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A Nobel Peace Prize for the Internet? It's a busy day here at WITNESS! Our executive director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm and actress and activist Maggie Gyllenhaal were at the Clinton Global Initiative- announcing our commitment to campaign to end violence against women in conflict zones. You can read more about the campaign in Yvette's recent blog post. Matisse Bustos Hawkes September 21, 2010
Your Ideas on Human Rights and Free Expression on YouTube This is the fourth in an occasional blog series about human rights video, written by Steve Grove, Head of News & Politics at YouTube, and Sameer Padania, former Hub Manager at WITNESS, cross-posted from YouTube’s blog. As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. WITNESS September 21, 2010
Are There Enough Women Who Tech? When our blog editor asked me to write a blog post about Tech Crunch’s recent rant by Michael Arrington about women in tech and the numerous responses, such at Allyson Kapin’s post on FastCompany’s blog, I immediately thought about another recent blog I had read on Slate.com by Dahlia Lithwick about the U.S. Supreme Court now having three women titled, “The Female Factor.” WITNESS September 15, 2010
What do you think about human rights (and your rights) online? Government police shutting down farmer’s protests in China. A tobacco company employing under-age workers in Kazakhstan. Iranian merchants striking to protest tax increases in Tehran. WITNESS August 24, 2010
Update on The Hub and WITNESS’ New Online Strategy For those of you who participated in WITNESS' Hub project (thank you!) and for all of you in the "Video for Change" community interested in online human rights video, I am writing this post to explain what's happening with the Hub and WITNESS' new online strategy. Yvette Alberdingk Thijm August 18, 2010
WITNESS in Paraguay for Americas Social Forum Greetings from Asunción, Paraguay, where the IV Americas Social Forum kicks off today with a march and opening ceremony that includes remarks by Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú and many other leaders of social movements and civil society from across the region. Priscila Néri August 11, 2010
Landmark Decision – Prop 8 Ruling Thursday August 5th, 2010, was a victory day for the LGBT community. California's Prop 8 ruling was deemed unconstitutional in a landmark decision by Justice Vaughn R. Walker of the California Federal Court. The Rachel Maddow Show sums it up very well on MSNBC. WITNESS August 6, 2010
Human Rights Discussed at the ICSR Peace and Security Summit Earlier this month, I attended a summit held by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR). The Peace and Security Summit brought together a great number of policymakers, diplomats, senior officials and experts from across the globe to explore the issue of peace and security in contemporary society. WITNESS July 27, 2010
What We’re Reading + Watching, July 19-23, 2010 This week we're sharing more 'tweeted' bits of news and resources including a guide to mobile phone video journalism, a discussion about the ethics of video in the "YouTube era," an award given to our partners at HOPS in Macedonia, a new audio archive of the world's language, and a new shareable video and education campaign about how cosmetics are made, packaged and sold: Matisse Bustos Hawkes July 23, 2010
WITNESS at the Int’l Human Rights Funders Group Conference Last week, on behalf of WITNESS, I participated in the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) semi-annual conference. The IHRFG is an association of grantmakers supporting human rights projects. WITNESS July 22, 2010
What We’re Reading + Watching, July 8-16, 2010 In this round-up we're featuring more items to watch than read- a few examples of videos being used for change, satellite imagery being harnessed to identify tribal lands belonging to American Indians, some disturbing news from the International Criminal Court about the Thomas Lubanga trial, a link to video from our allies at Breakthrough and an article on gender justice. Matisse Bustos Hawkes July 16, 2010
Vimeo Integrates Creative Commons Licenses I've been a huge fan of Vimeo since its launch - a beautiful, simple interface, a super creative and active filmmaking community and a platform that made it easy to share your videos. WITNESS July 13, 2010
What We’re Reading + Watching, July 1-7, 2010 We are prodigious readers and watchers here at WITNESS. And whether we gain access to material via email newsletters and bulletins, Twitter, RSS feeds, or blogs and websites - our staff and interns are also sharing links to these items, often via Twitter. Matisse Bustos Hawkes July 8, 2010
Presumed Guilty: Documentary Puts Mexican Legal System on Trial Toño Zúñiga was just your average aspiring rapper and break dancer who made a living running a small electronics repair stand. WITNESS July 7, 2010
Peter Gabriel Contributes to The Voice Project In the spirit of his latest tour, Scratch My Back (on which WITNESS was invited to join the North American leg), our co-founder Peter Gabriel has just released another cover: "In My Neighborhood" by Tom Waits. WITNESS June 22, 2010