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Category: Global Voices
India’s Heat Wave Is Now the 5th Deadliest in the World
This post originally appeared in Global Voices. Heat is a constant phenomenon across much of India during summertime, but the … More
Why Militant Maoists Are Attacking Mobile Phone Towers in India
This article originally appeared in Global Voices. Posted 23 September 2014 18:06 GMT Early in the morning on September 19, radical … More
India: Mapping Street Harassment and Promoting Safe Cities
This article originally appeared in Global Voices Posted 13 May 2014 7:34 GMT It may be a challenge to find … More
Training Videos by Farmers, for Farmers
Some days, community agricultural extension workers in India have to travel many miles between several villages in one day. Would … More
Taking Back the Tech: Using Wikipedia to Counter Violence Against Women
This article originally appeared in Rising Voices, December 13, 2013. On Saturday and Sunday, December 7th and 8th 2013, Breakthrough and Hacks/Hackers … More
Becoming a Community Photographer: A Window Into the “Real India”
This article originally appeared in Global Voices “Until I came to Ranchi in 2012 for the first workshop, I … More
Are Female Vigilantes The Answer To Stop Rapes In India?
This article originally appeared in Global Voices A 22-year-old intern working as a photojournalist at a magazine was gang-raped in Mumbai, … More
Improving Sanitation: Making Videos in South Delhi
The opening credits read: “We want to get our voices heard.” Telling a story from the perspective of four girls … More
SecDev Foundation to Monitor Syria’s Digital Security
When Syria “disappeared” from the Internet last year, no one seemed to know exactly what had happened. Researchers later determined that thenearly-complete … More