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The 11th ICT4D Conference will bring together public, private and civil society organizations from across the humanitarian and international development community. Participant will share how they’ve used innovations in technology to increase the impact of their work. Highly interactive and hands-on, the ICT4D Conferences attracts a diverse audience of technical advisors, ...
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Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) with support from Internews (www.internews.org) is announcing a Fellowship Program on Conflict Sensitive Journalism to foster a better understanding of conflict and conflict resolution and the news media’s role. The news media is increasingly faced with rumors, misinformation, manipulation or suppression perpetuated ...
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Cities in the global South – including those with a smart city agenda – are seeing increasing presence of digital data of all kinds: from mobile phones, remote sensing, ground-level sensors, community mapping, etc. The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) at the University of Manchester (UK) are commissioning a set of urban data case studies ...
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Applications are open for the second window of the Responsive Research and Evaluation Fund (RREF2), supported by the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme. The fund will be used to respond to emerging knowledge gaps and demands over the life of the programme. The total budget for this second window ...
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Internews is launching an open call for grant proposals. They will provide grants of up to $5,000 USD each to support: Type of projects: • Short-term and targeted advocacy initiatives, or • Tangible outputs to raise awareness of internet policy and digital rights. Proposed projects could take a number of ...
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HER Voice is the result of various consultations with women organizations and women’s funds citing challenges faced, particularly by young women, while engaging in relevant policy and program design processes that directly affect their lives. Through its “Community Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative”, the Global Fund has invested USD500,000 in HER Voice to ...
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Organise or attend an event as part of the ‘SPEAK! 2018 campaign!’ run by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. Events will be taking place globally from 16-18 November with the aim of tackling the issues of increasing social and political polarisation bringing people together across lines of division and ...
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With its hashtags, trending topics, and 280-character messages, Twitter has become the place to watch ideas, movements, and communities develop and become part of a global consciousness. While some scholars and social commentators are excited at the increased visibility of groups and ideas commonly excluded from mainstream discourse, as well ...
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