Shiftbalance worldtour

Post on 21-Jan-2018

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A quick world tour of equity

initiatives

Meet the shifters!

New toys are coming…

More than just a princess

Teaching your daughters how to code

Learning to master the tech space

Take back the tech

Leveraging the wearables trend

Using social media to

denounce everyday sexism

Engaging your political

representative

Providing concrete toolkits

In conferences, we mostly hear

men’s voices, visions and opinions

Actively look for women

speakers

Women in tech events

Lean in movement

Portray women differently

Ban Bossy Campaign

Ads challenging the

stereotypes

Check our Youtube playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXYiEgln4i9YWWglazhP_iMafvd0kiEOz

Kafa in Lebanon- #NoLawNoVote

Touhc the Pickle - India

#MyMothersNameIs- Egypt

What about the Middle

East?

Meet the shifters!

Abaad in Lebanon:

the role of men

Shefighter in Jordan

Menstrupedia in India

Girls got wheels - Egypt

Comics in Cairo metro

Tahrir Bodyguard - Egypt

Harassmap - Egypt

I saw harassment - Egypt

My stealthy freedom - Iran

My stealthy freedom - Iran

Waves of Freedom - Iran

Waves of Freedom - Iran

Speedsisters- Palestine

The project aims to empower Palestinians to document

human rights violations and to provide evidence both to the

public and to Israeli authorities.

Videre - Palestine

Bypass traditional structures

and hierarchies

Technological disruption tears through social norms, regulatory structures, and

adjusts the balance of power between stakeholders.

Comedy show - US

Because tech empowers the

most isolated placesMariam Abu ItawiMariam Abu Eatewi’s Wasselni, called “theUber of Gaza,” makes it easier to carpool in Palestine by connecting passengers and drivers through their website and mobile app.

http://www.wasselni.com/

One of the missions of Wasselni is to providewomen with a safe means of transportation.

Because tech empowers the

most isolated places

Abeer Abu GhaithBranded Palestine’s first female high-tech entrepreneur. Interface between Palestinian freelancers and businesses from all over the world that need to outsource certain services. Within the list of 100 most powerful Arab Women.http://staylinked.ps/

Nisa FM- Palestine

First women’s Arabic-languagecommercial radio station and multimedia website in theMiddle East.

Kees Chic- Saudi Arabia

Low-income women in Saudi Arabia upcycling plastic bags into innovative household products.

Saudi Girls Revolution Game

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the heroines of SGR are a badass group of Saudi women whocome together in a government enforcedcamp. Rising out of this brutality the womenbuild and race suped-up motorcycles. Theirmission; to fight the evil tyrannical rulers of thecorrupted Arabian Empire.

Have you heard of any

badass project?

Keep us posted!

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