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Video: Open Video Contest for Trip to SXSW Interactive Festival

We want to send you on a five-day, expenses paid trip to the South By Southwest Interactive 2010 festival. Tell us your story and you could be headed to Austin on us. Plus, we're giving away three Flip Mino video cameras and a bunch of sweet ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: SXSW,  Creative Commons

Colombia: Video interview of 12 year old drug dealer

Giovanni Lopera interviews Jorman, a 12 year old in a Colombian working class neighborhood who tells how he deals drugs to help at home with money, giving half his earnings (6 USD for 6 hours) to his mother. He was kicked out of school when they ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  17 Nov 2009

Nicaragua: Farmers express thoughts on Rural Development through video

The Alzar las Voces (Raise the Voices) project in Nicaragua brings farmers in rural communities the possibility to speak out  through video telling of their concerns, their projects, their wishes and ideas. There are six organizations in Matagalpa ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  17 Nov 2009

Video: The world commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall

Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a complex security structure that once divided East and West Berlin in Germany. Today we are showcasing some of the videos from throughout the globe that are being uploaded to ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  9 Nov 2009

Israeli and Palestinian youth use video to understand the conflict

Two different organizations in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are using video tools to help both Arabic and Jewish youth to understand the conflict and bridge gaps between them,  creating spaces for interaction and communication where ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  6 Nov 2009

Video: Winners of UN Contest became Citizen Ambassadors

We bring you the 5 winning videos for the UN contest where participants sent in a video stating what they would tell world leaders if they had the chance.    The 5 video bloggers had the opportunity to give their message in person at the UN Day ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

Videos on how Maternal Mortality Affects Communities

When a woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth or due to complications after delivery, it affects not only the family, but also the whole community. These videos, by different human rights organizations, go beyond statistics to tell us the stories of ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: UNICEF,  Phil Borges

Pregnancy and Prisons: Women's Health and Rights Behind Bars

Do all pregnant women deserve equal human rights, or do pregnant women in prison forfeit those rights? There are a few questions that come to mind regarding a pregnant woman's right to live and to raise her child when she has been convicted for some ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  24 Oct 2009

Adoption: Securing the Rights of Mothers and Children

The adoption of a child either within your own country or across borders creates opportunities for children and prospective parents as well as risks for human rights abuses. On the internet, people worldwide share varied experiences from the point of ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  23 Oct 2009

Colombian film on petty theft wins National Documentary Award

In Square Eyes blog, a Colombian blog about TV, movies and shows, they bring us the trailer of Bagatelle, the winner of the National Documentary Award. Bagatelle shows the day to day happenings in the judicial system where petty criminals are ...

From JULIANA RINCóN PARRA, Global Voices Online,  21 Oct 2009

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