MAKING WAVES

IN DIGITAL MEDIA

By Sapna Shahani & Angana Jhaveri

A presentation about Women Aloud Videoblogging for Empowerment

HOW WAVE IS INNOVATIVE

• Brings together videoblogging and socio-economic empowerment• Creates a forum for the collective voice of women from across India• Opens a window into remote areas, connecting urban/semi-urban & international/ Indian groups• Promotes citizen journalism and archiving indigenous cultures

THE FIRST NATIONWIDE VIDEOBLOGGING NETWORK

Indigenous Arts & Traditions

India’s Tradition of Rainwater Harvesting

Tribal Bride Sattriya Dance, Assam

Chai Shop

Stories of Inspiring Women

Padma, Assam

Manjula, Mysore

Farmer women, Haryana

Parul, Lucknow

Forum for Issues of Concern

No Toilets in Slums Female Foeticide

Menstruation & Customs

Transgender Rights

MENTORING

• WAVE is unique in that we guide young women starting out their media

careers with experienced support

• We stress individuality, analytical thinking, research, creativity,

technology and leadership skills

• We will refer graduates of our program to paid

work opportunities.

WOMEN ALOUD

Vinitha is a college student who lives in a shelter for women rescued from human trafficking

A DIVERSE COLLECTIVE

Jyotsana lives in a slum and is a teacher in a Gandhian school

Moonstar studied ecology at Schumacher College in the UK and now promotes organic

farming in Punjab

Leeza is physically challenged but works tirelessly to help children in

BiharChinju works in the field of ICT, developing free and open source software for the blind

Moushumi Basu, Tribal struggles

Empowering Journalists with Video Cameras

Sanghmitra Mainkar, Mining and pollution

Half-widows of Kashmir

Lebul Nisa, Human Rights Lawyer

Salam Babina Devi, Women Action for Development

Mothers protesting in Manipur

Women in Conflict Zones

LOOKING AHEAD• Remodelling our program – WAVE will provide monetary incentives for

women to express their views about local concerns through their videos.

• Regular contributors are highlighted in our program and become part of the inner circle whose production services are marketed by staff.

• We will focus free equipment and training resources on areas of the country from where we are not getting enough videos so we can live up to our pan-

Indian representation.

• Planning: Research sustainable models and develop our social business.• Potential directions: News videos for websites, educational archive,

partnering with campaigns for advocacy, grassroots production house, training organization.

• Sustainability, fundraising, social entrepreneurship business advice•Training materials that encourage

creativity•Marketing assistance

•Volunteers• Video editors

• Connect with us by joining our Google group

• Watch and comment on our videos

OUR WISHLIST