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Take Back the Tech!: Reclaiming ICTs to end violence against women

Published date:

6 Dec 2011

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To commemorate the 16 days of Activism campaign of NO violence against women and children Women'sNet has been involved in a number of activities, including documenting women’s voices using technology and raising awareness on issues of communication and access to information rights of women

Under the “Take Back the Tech” banner and with the support of Vodacom, Women’sNet is running a campaign and twitter drive called Fone4Women. The campaign is aimed at getting people to donate their old cell-phones – which will be handed over to Women’s rights organisations, to benefit women and girls who experience violence.

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How technology is used to instil fear: 16 days stories

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2 Dec 2011

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Join us for the 16 days of activism: Fone4women

Published date:

9 Nov 2011

As part of the 16 days of Activism campaign, Women’sNet is embarking on a campaign and twitter drive under the hashtag #fone4women. The campaign is aimed at the public to donate their old cell-phone to women and girls victim of violence as it has been previously reported that victims of violence more especially domestic violence use cell-phones to record and report incidents of violence to use as proof for their case. The cell-phones will be donated to victims of violence.

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Cell Phone Tech Brings Lost Girls Home

Published date:

13 Dec 2011

The simple act of calling for help from a cell phone played a huge part in two girls making it off of Big Mountain safely Sunday morning. It’s all because of a technology called triangulation. First a person calls 911. Then, the cell phone’s signals bounce off of three or more cell towers. Then computers many miles away at a phone company’s facilities calculate just where that call might have come from. “If you’re on a cell phone where we get the latitude and longitude lines, we’re going to be able to find you,” said Flathead 911 Center Manager Michelene Provo. “Just sit tight.

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