Increasing web literacy and digital inclusion in local areas across East Africa has been an objective for our gender and education teams in Mozilla. We’ve been taking great strides over the last year and with the help of our partners and continuing to build local digital champions in these areas. Running trainings in Dar es SalaamInContinueContinue reading “Training Digital Leaders with Mozilla in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam”
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Case Study: Developing a Learning Platform for Women
Exploring the intersection of gender and equity online — This report is a collaboration of data and findings by myself and the team at Every1Mobile who were leaders behind the development, curation and analysis of the online platform. — Working at the intersection of gender issues and equity online has required us to really dig intoContinueContinue reading “Case Study: Developing a Learning Platform for Women”
Women + Web =
To kick-off Mozilla Festival (Mozfest) this year, we hosted the Women and the Web Convening on October 27th, 2016. In what was the first of it’s kind, this fringe event gathered almost 20 female leaders across the Mozilla Leadership Network from a variety of backgrounds and locations including USA, Canada, South Africa, Kenya, India andContinueContinue reading “Women + Web = “
Introducing Mozilla’s New Women and Web Literacy Site
We’re excited to launch a new site for Mozilla’s Women and Web Literacy initiative, a program started this past year. The program addresses Mozilla’s commitment to tackling issues related to digital equity and inclusion by focusing on the increased barriers women face in accessing and participating on the web and in the technology sector. WomenContinueContinue reading “Introducing Mozilla’s New Women and Web Literacy Site”
How We’re Training Women in Africa to Teach the Web
A look inside Mozilla and the UN Women’s web literacy work in Nairobi and Capetown As part of our work with UN Women to teach key digital skills to young women we’ve been busy launching Mozilla Clubs for women in Nairobi and Cape Town and I recently had the opportunity to visit both communities and runContinueContinue reading “How We’re Training Women in Africa to Teach the Web”
Mozilla Club Leadership Training in Nairobi and Cape Town
As part of our work with UN Women to teach key digital skills to young women we’ve been busy launching Mozilla Clubs in Nairobi and Cape Town and I recently had the opportunity to visit both communities and run a Mozilla Club Leadership Training in each city. Though the experiences were different in each city,ContinueContinue reading “Mozilla Club Leadership Training in Nairobi and Cape Town”
Mapping Community Data (the quick and easy edition)
As someone who has spent years understanding how to take community curated content like media, data and events and share them publicly (re: mapping community videos at My City Lives, events for Maker Party, club locations for Mozilla Clubs), I’ve learned some valuable lessons. Here’s just a few: A map can be a powerful representationContinueContinue reading “Mapping Community Data (the quick and easy edition)”
Embedding Diversity and Inclusion Practices into Your Daily Work
At our last staff meeting we were asked to share practices, projects or initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion in an individual or team’s current work. The list was great benchmark on how to embed diversity and inclusion tools into the work environment so I wanted to share a list of examples as told byContinueContinue reading “Embedding Diversity and Inclusion Practices into Your Daily Work”
Developing Digital Skills for Women – UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women
The below is a exert of a talk I gave at the 2016 UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women detailing answers to some of these questions: How should we be defining and looking at “digital literacy”? How do we better promote women as creators of content and services, not just consumers of them?ContinueContinue reading “Developing Digital Skills for Women – UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women”
Working with UN Women to Teach Key Digital Skills to Women
Cross-sharing this blog post I posted today on the Mozilla Learning Blog because I’m so excited to be working on this new project to create local learning circles for women and girls in South Africa and Kenya. —- The Internet is most powerful when anyone — regardless of gender or geography — can participate equally.ContinueContinue reading “Working with UN Women to Teach Key Digital Skills to Women”
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