As I am writing this I am watching the US election unfold over and take up space of this entire week, sleepless nights and frequent Twitter refresh intervals included. This US election feels like a script by Shonda Rhimes with all the drama (stolen election!) and the archetypical characters at …
Image above: Ketty Nivyabandi kneels down in exasperation during the 13 May 2015 women-only led protests. Photo by © Joseph Ndayisenga From leader of the first ever women-only street protests in Bujumbura, Burundi to Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, anglophone branch In my first blog post a few weeks ago, a …
What comes to mind when you think of a WhatsApp group? Yet another app for hanging out as family, school friends or perhaps for planning a surprise party on the occasion of yet another cousin’s 50th birthday? Has it occasionally felt as though the app had become a tool for advancing …
Five4ThePeople is the five of us writing for and about development causes that we are passionate about, in order to raise awareness about individuals or groups that may not have a voice or platform to be heard. We will be focusing our discussions around new media activism, which is often …
