Sometime in the last six months we joined forces with partners and the Government of Rwanda on a plan to make Rwanda web literate. The work is spearheaded by our friends at Digital Opportunity Trust who are on a mission to show how youth leaders can revolutionize an entire country and create lasting change that … Continue reading We’re on a Mission to Make Rwanda Web Literate
Tag: Mozilla Clubs
Training Digital Leaders with Mozilla in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
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 SalaamIn … Continue reading Training Digital Leaders with Mozilla in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
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 run … Continue 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, … Continue reading Mozilla Club Leadership Training in Nairobi and Cape Town
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? … Continue 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. … Continue reading Working with UN Women to Teach Key Digital Skills to Women
Mozilla Clubs year-end reflection
Well, it’s been quite a year! Having kicked off Mozilla Clubs in 2015 we knew the year would be filled with learning, reflection and growth. Both in what we wanted to create and how we could help individuals have an impact in their local communities. In October 2015, the Mozilla Clubs team gathered to review … Continue reading Mozilla Clubs year-end reflection
Creating a pathway to build Mozilla Clubs at Mozfest
It's almost that time of year again, the time when Mozilla unleashes chaos in the form of Mozfest. This year, I am working with team members Andre and Carolina to see how we can curate a pathway that truly benefits Mozilla Clubs and the community. With that in mind, we have selected an esteemed group … Continue reading Creating a pathway to build Mozilla Clubs at Mozfest
Sustaining the movement. From Maker Party to Mozilla Clubs
The below is a exert of a talk I gave at the 2015 TechWomen event in San Francisco to a hundred emerging women leaders in STEM from Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East. In 2013 I joined Mozilla to run a global campaign to teach digital literacy skills. At Mozilla we promote openness, innovation … Continue reading Sustaining the movement. From Maker Party to Mozilla Clubs
State of Mozilla Clubs – what’s left for 2015?
Since the launch of Mozilla Clubs at the beginning of the year, we have been in an ever developing lean model of create, test, adapt and share. As we continue through this cycle and develop a new program, we’ve had our share of learning. Throughout it all, a lot has worked! In the last few … Continue reading State of Mozilla Clubs – what’s left for 2015?
