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It is no news that domestic violence against women leads to far-reaching physical and psychological consequences, some with fatal outcomes on victims and
10 July 2021 In this paper, we study tweets with the hashtag #metooindia, towards understanding the #metoo phenomenon as it has unfolded/unfolds in India. This study by Nayantara Ranganathan (researcher and lawyer working on the politics and culture of technologies) with support from data-analyst Piyush Aggarwal, was commissioned by All Women Count-Take Back The Tech! (AWC-TBTT!) project at the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Rights Programme (APC WRP). Through quantitative methods, we examine the possibilities, limits and contradictions of studying a movement through a ...
Why are people's relationships important in online work? A network is only as strong as the people that are part of it. Working for social change requires passion and commitment to a cause. This becomes even more crucial if the work we do is mostly online, because the support of our co-workers is distant and it is easy to lose motivation or the sense of urgency when we interact through a phone, pad, tablet or computer screen instead of face to face. In this sense, it is important for your organisation to make explicit what you believe in and build common ground among the people in your networ...
SERAP Drags Nigerian, Kogi Governments To UN Over Illegal Detention Of Buhari-Must-Go Protesters The group described the "arrest and continued detention of Larry Emmanuel and Victor Anene Udoka as an egregious violation of their human rights". by SaharaReporters, New York May 27, 2021 The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has officially taken the matter of two anti-President Muhammadu Buhari protesters detained arbitrarily in Kogi State before the United Nations. The group said it had sent “an urgent complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detent...
Vanguard News Translate Home » News » SERAP drags FG, Kogi to UN over arbitrary detention of activists Larry and Victor SERAP drags FG, Kogi to UN over arbitrary detention of activists Larry and Victor On By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over alleged Federal and Kogi State arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of activists Larry Emmanuel and Victor Anene Udoka for peacefully exercising their right to protest in Kogi state. In the complaint dated Ma...