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Copy of open culture – feminist cafe
*2023 open culture – feminist café Women Game-Changers in Digital Arts Shifted Paradigms between East and West September 18, 2023 6:00pm – 8pm (doors open 5:30pm) For this upcoming #OCFC we are very happy to have Nina Czegledy be our speaker. Nina is an artist, curator, and educator based in Toronto, Canada. Her curatorial work…
Read Morer0g_10 personal stories
r0g_10 personal stories A decade of impact through the eyes of our community. If you have a story to share, please email us at info@openculture.agency Read personal story Expand a r0g_agency? It all started with a crazy idea in late 2011 to organise a World Hactivist Congress in Addis Ababa. We had worked years earlier…
Read MoreFeminist Resistance Beyond Borders for Freedom, Peace and Justice
Across the world, peace processes are militarized and deeply patriarchal, affecting civilian-led efforts to address the root causes of conflict and blocking the path to peace. Within the context of Africa, peace processes often fail not only due to their patriarchal and militarized nature that excludes the meaningful participation of women but also due to…
Read More2023 #beproactive
We chose ‚pro-active‘ as our motto diving into 2023 – a call to us at home and to all our teams, colleagues and partners wherever they may be to take the lead in strengthening their communities, to think out of the box, to act on and create new initiatives.
Read MoreOn Women’s Inclusion in Repair Culture
An #ASKnet workshop initiative in Rhino Camp refugee settlement, Uganda In places like the Rhino Camp refugee settlement, there never seems to be a shortage of those willing and able to serve their communities. I interviewed one of the incredible women at the forefront of an amazing knowledge-sharing initiative. Dawa Edina is a South Sudanese…
Read MoreTHE IROKO OF PEACEBUILDING IN HER COMMUNITY – ROSE OBAH.
With the International Women’s Day, being on 8 March 2022, we talked to some of our partners on how their advocacy work for gender equality today builds a sustainable tomorrow for women in their communities. We talked to Rose Obah, a peace journalist and trainer in conflict transformation. She has worked with various communities ensuring…
Read MoreWho is responsible for regulating hate speech online?
By: Fogha Mc Cornilius Hate Speech is as difficult to define as it is to regulate. There is no international consensus on what is considered hate speech and what isn’t. The difficulty with regulating hate speech is that it sometimes infringes on the freedom of speech, which is a right defended by international law. In…
Read MoreNewsletter: Winter2020
Dear friends, This year is coming to a close – and what a year 2020 has been! Yet while the pandemic has had a huge impact on the daily realities for most of us, it has also provided a great lesson in staying flexible and learning to adapt to an ever changing world. We (and…
Read MoreOpen Educational Resources
Open Educational Resources Open knowledge is knowledge that one is free to use, reuse, and redistribute without legal, social or technological restriction. Open knowledge is a set of principles and methodologies related to the production and distribution of how knowledge works in an open manner. Knowledge is interpreted broadly to include data, content and general information. The concept is…
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#defyhatenow #defyhatenow aims to raise awareness of and develop means to mitigate social media-based hate speech, conflict rhetoric, and online incitement to violence. The program does so through a grassroots, community-based approach to peacebuilding, training, and conflict reconciliation. The goal is to strengthen and amplify the voices of peace in the local communities and within…
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