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Learning together boosts confidence and better communications
… about audiences in great depth, and then look at a variety of social media and digital outputs. But after some busy days – and a couple of evenings – … them in different ways – blogs, articles, possibly a short video on social media – could change the way people think about the decisions …
Insight, 22 November 2019
CBA13 participants speaking
CBA13: bringing key messages to the global stage
… of new technologies, products or systems that have impact, and digital communication must allow for flow of information in both … Adaptation Plans must be owned and driven by countries, guided by social movements and civil society – not by multilateral agencies and …
News, 17 July 2019
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Sustaining coffee producers’ agency in the context of COVID-19
… Vava Coffee is a social enterprise in Kenya that aims to tackle barriers to an inclusive, … of the industry. It was in this context that Vava Angwenyi started a social enterprise with the aim of disrupting the coffee sector and … and Gente del Futuro are working with companies that are developing digital applications for improving traceability (including farmerline …
Insight, 04 August 2020
A woman burns off plastic in an informal settlement
What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change
… made in-person visits no longer possible, women learnt how to have digital conversations over the internet. Five priority areas emerged. … new normal. My two blogs reflect on what women want, and we invite social movements, other networks and people who design solutions in …
Insight, 11 June 2021
Freedom or a free for all? Creating an open but safe cyberspace
… not an excuse to water down human rights, nor can the exploitation of digital networks by a minority of criminals or terrorists be a … to the internet to a fast car, rather than having to walk. While social media didn’t start the Arab Spring , they “made us reach it … “We face many challenges, mainly this urban/rural divide and the digital divide,” she said. “In countries where there’s high illiteracy …
Insight, 01 November 2011
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
… among Tharu youth, and helped local leaders identify young Tharu 'social mobilisers' – a cadre of seven community youth who led the land … families in Dangisaran, field staff – supported by these young social mobilisers – began an extensive household survey of each of the … the end of a three-month process, all 2,712 households had complete digital files, entered into a comprehensive database that CSRC shared …
Article, 18 December 2020
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Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?
Insight, 12 July 2021
A group of women laugh and smile as they stand and dip their hands into two large buckets on a table
Financial summary 2020
… is a world-changing event that will cause radical disruption of social and economic life on a global scale, and we need to come to grips … that could go beyond ‘making do’ to put us at the forefront of digital working. Beyond the practicalities of coping with the pandemic, …
Page, 20 December 2020
Aerial view of informal housing.
Data to drive informal settlement upgrading. Who generates it – and who owns it?
… with local government. The process, which nowadays includes digital recording, includes numbering each house to produce the physical … have become institutional practice among local and national social movements. Peer exchanges and learning from each other have …
Insight, 03 March 2022
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PLA 59: Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development
… blogging for development  Christian Kreutz Web 2.0 tools to promote social networking for the Forest Connect alliance  Duncan Macqueen … blogging  Prince Deh Mobile phones: the silver bullet to bridge the digital divide?  Roxanna Samii Part III: Issue-based studies Anti social-computing: indigenous language, digital video and intellectual property  Jon Corbett and Tim Kulchyski …
Article, 31 May 2009