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Empowering the marginalized & making a difference: Experiences of an international volunteer at WeDpro
From curiosity into knowledge and from knowledge into action—these were the transformations that Ashleen Graham experienced when she went to the Philippines to volunteer for the Women’s Education, Development, Productivity and Research Organization (WeDpro).
Remembering Kelesau Naan
Three years ago, a Penan headman disappeared.
In memory of Kelesau Naan grab our video and embed it onto your blog or website.
Call to African language teams for localisiation: Tux paint, Pidgin, VLC, Pootle, Virtaal and Abiword
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Deadline: 26 July 2010
Call for applications: Language Teams
Organisation: African Network for Localisation (ANLoc)
Project: Localise Software
Email to: localise [at] africanlocalisation [dot] net
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The African Network for Localisation (ANLoc) – Localise Software
Time to Establish a Knowledge Commission in Bangladesh
A few months ago, former Indian President eminent scientist Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam visited Bangladesh as a convocation speaker for UITS.
Call for applications: Localising software into ANY African language
- Deadline: 27 August 2009
- Call for applications: Language Teams
- Organisation: African Network for Localisation (ANLoc)
- Project: Localise Software
ICT4Culture: Establishing a coalition Bangladesh Coalition for Cultural Diversity (BCCD)
Establishing a coalition Bangladesh Coalition for Cultural Diversity (BCCD)
BACKGROUND
UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity is adopted by the UNESCO in 2001.
Social networking - the new pressure group in India
My Goan colleague Frederick Noronha, a happily-married Indian man, to my surprise recently joined the Facebook group “A Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women”.
Can the Commons be Universal? Embracing Linguistic Diversity at Sapporo
iSummit 08This week, free thinkers and open culture activists from around the world will gather in Sapporo, Japan, for the fourth global ICommons ISummit. The Summit will cover many exciting aspects of the Commons and open content movements, including open education, DIY video, and academic research on free culture.
Fast track to internet domains in own alphabet
The Register reports that certain countries such as China, Russia and Saudi Arabia are on the fast track to net domains that use their own alphabets.
Africa: Steps taken for multilingual internet
An article posted today on the allAfrica.com website reports on the collaborative efforts of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the International Telecommunication Union, and UNESCO to address the multilingualism issue posed by the rapid expansion of the internet.
