What if your Internet access is cut off overnight? Beyond no longer having access to your social networks and kitten videos, what would be the consequences on your life and your rights? Thousands of people have to deal with the situation, sometimes for several months. In times of elections or protests, some governments and/or telecommunications […]
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition to fight Internet blackouts Read More »
Laurence worked at Biyem-Assi SIC1 public primary school to integrate information and communication technologies (ICTs). This school is actually a school block where there are 9 schools sharing the premises of the same establishment. The number of classrooms and students requires a special organization that is combined with a shortage of textbooks and slender state
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This project will present our work with Sinar Project by detailing the two main spheres of our internship; first, how to conduct research and second, how to manage a project. As project agents, we were assigned management and administrative tasks. We learned how to effectively coordinate, research, execute, communicate and report within the context of
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This video was shot in Sned Jbel, in southern Tunisia, on the border with Algeria. In collaboration with a local production and filming company in Gafsa, I took the opportunity during my stay to demonstrate part of the Amazigh culture. The Amazigh are the indigenous people in Tunisia and do not have as much recognition
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The Philippines, with around 10% of its population working overseas, has an active labour export policy, whether or not the government admits it. This means their number one exported ‘good’ are Filipinos, who often speak English fluently and have a global reputation for working hard. One common path for female workers overseas is live-in domestic
Fashion is a booming industry with revenues expected to exceed $600 billion in 2019 and an annual growth rate of nearly 10%. In Canada alone, consumers buy 400% more clothing today than they did 20 years ago, and of that number, 90% was manufactured elsewhere in the world. At first glance, these figures are remarkable,
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After the 30-year civil war in Sri Lanka, the country experienced quite significant economic development. Investments from abroad have intensified, promoting development in different sectors, thus increasing the country’s socio-economic conditions. Several countries then turned to the Ceylon country, knowing that the investment potential would have significant short, medium and long-term economic benefits. The largest
Colombo International Financial City: impacts on the city of Colombo Read More »
The project “Violencia hacia las mujeres en linea”, which translates as Violence against Women Online, is a project that takes root in the FOMUJERES competition. Indeed, the Sula Batsu cooperative (https://www.sulabatsu.com/) had the project to build an inclusive platform for women to develop their livelihoods on the Internet. The cooperative therefore obtained funding from INAMU,
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The objective of a “legal identity for all” is part of the UN’s sustainable development objectives for 2030. Why is such an objective necessary nowadays? The World Bank states that at least one billion people cannot obtain a birth certificate, often because the states concerned do not care about issuing them. Being undocumented means being
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Laurence worked at Biyem-Assi SIC1 public primary school to integrate information and communication technologies (ICTs). This school is actually a school block where there are 9 schools sharing the premises of the same establishment. The number of classrooms and students requires a special organization that is combined with a shortage of textbooks and slender
Public primary school in Yaoundé: the difficulties in education Read More »
