Ongoing | All the Time | https://www.apc.org/ushahidi Violence against women is also taking place online. Cases of online harassment, cyberstalking, violation of privacy and violence targeted at groups of people online due to their gender or sexual identity and politics are growing. Help us document the cases by mapping your experiences or reporting incidents you’ve [...]
هل أنت فتاة تحب التكنولوجيا؟ هل لديك إهتمام بالكمبيوتر؟ وهل ترغبين بتمضية أسبوع ممتع خلال هذا الصيف تكتسبين خلاله العديد من المهارات الرقمية؟ ما عليك سوى أن تشاركي في مخيم التكنولوجيا! ما هو هذا المخيم؟ تنظم حملة “إسترجعي التكنولوجيا” مخيم ل٢٥ فتاة في لبنان خلال شهر تموز المقبل (من ٨ و حتى ١٤). سوف تدربك [...]
We still have room for more participants so you can still join us for the camp! Apply here or email n.moawad@gmail.com Camp is now also open to 19-year-olds who want to join! Are you a girl who loves technology? Interested in computers? Want to spend an amazing week this summer learning all about useful digital [...]
Join us this Saturday, February 19 at 11am – 1pm at the Nasawiya House for a workshop on the basics of film editing. You will learn how to take digital footage from your video camera or phone and edit it using a computer program. Bring your laptops which should have iMovie or Windows Movie Maker [...]
A little photography training can go a long way! Join us this Saturday, October 30, from 12pm – 2pm at Nasawiya in Achrafieh for some Photography 101 Basics with Abir G. She will guide us through camera main functions and shooting modes. Bring your camera — any digital camera will do. The workshop is free [...]
With summer kicking into full gear, our Take Back the Tech workshops are back. On Saturday, June 19, 2010 and Saturday, June 26, 2010, we’re holding a 2-part Graphics 101 workshop with graphic designer Maya El-Helou. Each session will take place between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM at our office in Mar Mikhael (call 01-447192 [...]
Arab Techies and Social Media Exchange (SMEX) have teamed up to host a meeting in Lebanon on 11-15 May 2010. The objective is for women techies to meet up, exchange skills and ideas, discuss collaborations, talk about tech from a gender perspective, and network. Our member Nadine Moawad met with Jessica Dheere from SMEX last [...]
As part of our recently launched Take Back the Tech initiative, we’re holding a blogging workshop entitled “Why Blog? How to Blog? And Then?” on Saturday, 10 April 2010. Run by software developer and blogger Liliane Assaf, the workshop will take place between 11:00 AM and 1:oo PM at our office in Mar Mikhael (call [...]
After a series of successful workshops on empowering young women to use ICTs for social change and an equally successful gender initiative at ArabNetME, Nasawiya is thrilled to announce the launch of Take Back the Tech in Beirut. We are now part of a global collective of organizations, feminists, and geeks working on reclaiming information [...]
“Our emotions change very quickly. We should be able to draw them out quickly too,” said web developer/comics artist Maya Zankoul at the beginning of the workshop she held at our office on Saturday, 27 March 2010. She explained how illustration is a way of communication, of representation, and how the right brain is intuitive [...]
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