MozFest is one of the largest annual global events on internet technologies. MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. This year, it is virtual, allowing more people to participate in its…
We Must Support WHRDs and Protect Civic Space For immediate release. March 15, 2021 Joint statement by the following organizations on Afghanistan, Iran and Egypt – in English, Farsi and Arabic.
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, 23 March In the context of the parallel events for the 65th Session of Commission on the Status of Women, FEMENA is organizing the event Advocacy for Women’s Rights Peace and Security in MENA: Challengers of Shrinking Civic Space. Speakers include Virtual Activism’s Executive Director, Marlyn Tadros, Egypt, FEMENA organizer Sussan…
Protect Civic Space – Egypt Sample tweets Egypt’s gov must end systematic harassment, pressures & threats against NGOs. We urge Egyptian authorities to immediately stop targeting WHRDs w/ asset freezes, travel bans, arbitrary detention, & prison sentences. #SupportWHRDs #ProtectCivicSpace #IWD2021 On #IWD2021 we stand in solidarity with #WHRDs and gender equality activists in Egypt. We…
Protect Civic Space in Afghanistan Sample tweets: On #IWD2021 we call for the end to the killing of women activists and journalists in Afghanistan. This impunity must end and those responsible must be held accountable. Process & talks with Taliban have many worried that women’s hard won rights may suffer setbacks in Afghanistan. But Afghan…
On March 15th, the Center for Social Research in India organized an event on the occasion of the UN Women’s Commission 65th Session. Virtual Activism has been invited to the panel. The event is entitled Digital Safety and Citizenship Development. The speakers were: Dr. Ranjana Kumari, director of the Center for Social Research Anne Collier,…
Sample tweets: On #IWD2021 Iran must stop persecuting women’s rights activists and drop charges against Najmeh Vahedi, Hoda Amid and Raha AskariZadeh. #SupportWHRDs #ProtectCivicSpace On #IWD2021 Iran needs to stop its relentless attack against civil society and women’s rights activists and allow women to hold public gatherings for #March8 #SupportWHRDs #ProtectCivicSpace يران: : في اليوم العالمى للمرأة 2021…
WHRD and its co-sponsors, including Virtual Activism, are pleased to be launching their Campaign to Support WHRDs and Protect Civic Space, on March 8th, 2021. The project is co-sponsored by the following organizations and individuals [and their Twitter handles]: FemenNet @FemenNetReporters without Borders – persian @RSF_persanReporters without Borders International @RSF_inter@ARMANSHAHR_OA@adelamohseni51Virtual Activism @virtualactivismWomen Living Under Muslim Law…
