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24 July 2007

Daily archive · 3 posts

Stories from 24 July 2007

Podcast: Intro to the Nari Jibon Project

Written by David Sasaki · South Asia

Just three weeks ago the Nari Jibon center in Dhaka, Bangladesh was announced as one of five recipients of the first round of Rising Voices outreach grants. This introductory podcast offers some background information to Bangladesh, the current status of Bangladeshi women, and how the Nari Jibon project aims to use citizen media to help empower the voices of young women from Dhaka.

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Palestine: Condolences to Dr. Mona El Farra and Many Others

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

The best blog posts from the Palestinian blogosphere are not always the happiest. While many around the world are celebrating the victory of the AKP in Turkey and the release of the final Harry Potter book, others are suffering, writes Jillian York.

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Bolivia: Historic Rally in La Paz Provides Opportunity for Journalism 2.0

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

A mass rally was held in La Paz to support that the Bolivian capital would remain in that city. Estimates place the attendance at close to one million. A few Bolivian bloggers decided that this would be an excellent opportunity to practice journalism 2.0, in which ordinary citizens could set out and capture images, videos, and opinions from those in the street. Even though everything did not go as planned, it was these new technologies that allowed them to overcome some obstacles and continue this "experiment."

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Updates from 24 July 2007

Tanzania

Gillian writes about the decision by the Swiss government to remove all tarrifs on trade with Tanzania: “The Swiss government has removed all tariffs and quotas standing in the way of Tanzanian exports destined for Switzerland. The new regulations came into force in April 2007, and are expected to benefit a wide range of Tanzanian businesses trading in products such as flowers, cashew nuts and fish.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Ghana

Annansi writes about a new exhibit by the Ghanaian architect, David Adjaye, at the Studio Museum of Harlem, New York City: “The exhibit, Making Public Buildings, introduces Adjaye’s architecture to American audiences by carrying viewers through his working process-from inspiration to completion-through ten projects, both built and uncompleted.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Burkina Faso

Keith blogs about education in Burkina Faso: “We are also looking at the possibility of starting a primary school in the region, and I will let you know as things progress. Education is one of the Millenium goals, and a priority in Burkina, where literacy (according to the 2005 UNDP report) is 12.8%.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Slovenia

Best of the Slobs roundup, a post on Slovenian-American sausages, and the Slovenes' attitudes toward sex - at The Glory of Carniola.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Serbia

Anegdote writes on the visa regime liberalization with the EU members for Serbia.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Darkness at Noon shares his 7-year-old collection of Lenin photos.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

A translation of a piece on the Russian media - at La Russophobe.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Kenya

The Kenyan Blogs Webring is 3 years old. Daudi Were looks back on its 3 years of existence: “This past year has also been marked by KBW and KBW bloggers being recognised outside our own community and emerging as leaders in some of the most interesting projects that use web 2.0.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Hungary

Csikszereda Musings writes about an exhibition of the paintings of Mihaly Munkacsy, “Hungary's most famous painter.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Kenya

22 things to ABSOLUTELY love or hate about NAIROBIANS:
1. Nairobians like staring at pregnant women (hate)
2. Nairobians like staring generally (love) can do wonders for your self esteem
3. Nairobians are always in a hurry
4. But if you stare at space, Nairobians will stop and stare with you despite 3
5. Nairobians don't have xenophobia, they love people (love)
6. It is possible to get home without bus fare. Cook a story on losing your wallet (they love people)….