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Text Messaging Used to Report Violence Against African Women
According to Pambazuka News:
"The UmNyango Project will use SMS technology for rural women and men to access information to, and report incidences of violence against women and children, as well as violations of women’s right to land.
This initiative will be tested out in Dondotha, KwaDlangezwa, KwaGcwensa, Limehill and Muden, and if successful, will be rolled out on a wider scale.
As well as using text messaging, the project will enable women in these areas to produce their own radio programmes which will be made available to local radio stations, as well as being distributed over the internet as ‘podcasts’".
Take Back the Tech: How Can Technology Stop Violence Against Women?
Like everything in life, we have a choice to use our tools, skills and knowledge to help, or to hurt. Here are NetSquared, we focus on how technology can be used to help people, but sometimes it is used to hurt. Take Back the Tech is raising awareness about the role of technology in violence against women with a 16-day blogathon. During the 16 days, from November 25-December 10, the Association of Progressive Communications, Women's Networking Support Programme is asking bloggers to write about how technology increases, or can stop violence against women with stories like these from the Take Back the Tech site:
