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16 April 2012

Tunisia: Book Readers to the Streets!

Written by Ahmed Medien · Middle East & North Africa

Following weeks of demonstrations in Tunis, a new event has been announced, called “L'avenue ta9ra”, or “The avenue reads”. The plan is for Tunisians to bring their books to Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the most symbolic thoroughfare of the capital, and take part in a collective reading session.

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14 April 2012

Armenia: Support for Georgi Vanyan

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Following the cancellation last week of a festival of Azerbaijani films in Armenia amid threats of violence, alternative voices online comment on the campaign targeting the organizer, peace activist Georgi Vanyan.

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This Week in the Caribbean Blogosphere

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

It has been another interesting week in the Caribbean blogosphere, with netizens discussing everything from crime to upcoming elections…

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13 April 2012

Argentina: “I Don't Believe in Schools but I do Believe in Education”

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Educacion Viva (Live Education) has released the first of their videos challenging traditional education systems, titled I Don't Believe in Schools but I do Believe in Education. In the subtitled video, more than 20 men and women read aloud a poem on the educational system and how it is different from what they believe education is.

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Russia: Ilya Varlamov, Omsk's Blogger-Mayor?

Written by Kevin Rothrock · Eastern & Central Europe

In the city of Omsk, a local activist group has arranged online primaries for opposition candidates, in order to nominate one for the city's June mayoral election. Popular Muscovite photoblogger Ilya Varlamov has emerged as the contest's front runner, but what impact could his candidacy have on regional politics?

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8 April 2012

Tunisia: Police Use Tear Gas and Batons to Disperse Jobless Protesters

Written by Afef Abrougui · Middle East & North Africa

On April 7, 2012 the Union for Unemployed Graduates staged a protest in downtown Tunis. When the protesters attempted to break a ban on demonstrating on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the capital's main avenue, police used tear gas and batons to disperse them.

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6 April 2012

Is Basketball's Jeremy Lin the Light of Taiwan?

Written by bonniefly · Translated by Chris Kamp · East Asia, North America

From a benchwarmer to an NBA player who led the New York Knicks to seven consecutive victories, Jeremy Lin's inspiring Cinderella story has incited “Linsanity” in Taiwan. All major newspapers have extravagantly portrayed him as "the light of Taiwan." However, many Taiwanese bloggers are wary of this kind of blind idolatry.

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Armenia: Straight to the village

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Western Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

With a GDP per capita estimated at just $5,400 in 2011, Armenia is one of the poorest countries in the former Soviet Union. The situation is particularly noticeable in the villages of the landlocked country, but one foreign diplomat hopes to change all that.

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3 April 2012

Videos: Female Gendercide and Infanticide in India and China

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · East Asia, South Asia

Between India and China, 200 million girls have gone "missing" as parents abort female fetuses or kill and abandon baby girls. Several documentaries and reports cover this phenomenon, trying to explain the causes for this deadly gender discrimination and figure out what can be done about it.

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Philippines: Students Prevented from Graduating Over Facebook Bikini Photos

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

An exclusive all-girls Catholic school managed by nuns in the Central Philippine island of Cebu sparked public outrage when it barred five high school students from joining the graduation ceremony because of photos posted on their Facebook accounts showing them wearing bikinis.

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Updates about Youth

9 April 2012

Kenya

Kenyan young man invents wooden extension cable, AfriGadget reports: “A young man from Kiandutu slums in Thika had always wanted to be an electrical engineer, but lack of fees denied him a chance to further his studies. And yet this has not dampen his resolve to put his mark on the world of electrical engineering.For starters, he has devised a way of making wooden extension cables, which as NTV’s Jane Ngoiri reports, is causing quite a stir in his neighbourhood.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

6 April 2012

Laos

Through a workshop on Innovative Communication for Early Childhood Development, creative minds in Lao People’s Democratic Republic came together with UNICEF to generate quality media for children, as can be seen on video in Young People's Media Network's post.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

4 April 2012

Jamaica

Of the “Wild Wild West” killing of Trayvon Martin, Abeng News Magazine says: “When stories like these emerge from the streets of cities in the Middle East and other countries in the developing world, Western political leaders and ‘rights' agencies lambast the nations as lawless and prepare to depose their despotic leaders.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

2 April 2012

Jamaica

“Yes, the crime rate and garrison communities are atrocious. Yes, the decline in public morality is a cause for concern. But there are bright spots that shine beyond Jamaica's geographical boundaries”: Diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp highlights one of them.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

31 March 2012

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

A recent survey of 130 college students [es], mostly from the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico, shows that many of them actually use Facebook to read news.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Spain

Three Barcelona-based journalists, Lucija Stojevic, Jennifer Baljko and Marc Herman, have launched the excellent digital magazine 51percent with the mission “to go beyond the news headlines and put a face to the youth unemployment crisis facing Spain. We’ll be investigating this issue for the next couple of months, on-the-ground around Barcelona.”

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Bulgaria

Bulgarian blogger Boyan Pishtikov publishes [bg] images from a students' demonstration in the north-western city of Vratza [en]. The protest was organized by high school students who disagree with the recent dismissal of one of their teachers. According to the principal [bg], the layoff was caused by alleged libel by a teacher who claimed corruption was rampant at the school. On a dedicated Facebook page [bg], the students express their support to all fired teachers. The Ministry of Education has opened an investigation [bg] into the claims.

• Rayna St.

30 March 2012

Nepal

The 2012 Nepal Indigenous Film Festival is calling out for submissions of any type of film related to Indigenous youth produced after 1 January, 2008. Submitted films should be made by indigenous youth or should focus on positive efforts indigenous youth are doing to honor their heritage. More details about the festival including submission forms on their site.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

26 March 2012

Jamaica

“An excited man kills someone for the flimsiest of causes. And someone asks us to believe it’s due to clothing choices!”: Diaspora blogger Grasshopper Eyes The Potomac comments on the Trayvon Martin case.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

23 March 2012

Bosnia Herzegovina

Sin Ruido, or Noiseless in Spanish, is a documentary on Flamenco Dancer Inma Lobato and her work teaching and training people with mental problems. The film [es] will focus on the impact the lessons have on the well-being of the students in Spain, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

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