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NATO's HEIST project moves forward with its mission to protect global internet infrastructure

TechSpot

On February 18, 2024, a missile attack by Houthi militants in Yemen struck the cargo ship Rubymar in the Red Sea, setting off a chain of events that would expose a critical vulnerability in the world's internet infrastructure. As the disabled vessel drifted for weeks before finally sinking, its anchor. Read Entire Article

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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This morning we saw live video of democracy protesters in Yemen who have been following the discussions via streaming video. Maria Al-Masani, founder of the Yemen Rights Monitor human rights group, told conference participants how her fellow activists have effectively used common applications to circumvent censorship.

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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started work on the E-Mediat project over a year ago. It is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and as part of Civil Society 2.0.

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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Morocco Team discussed how Youth Without Borders is a networked network and the Yemen Team pointed out how the Youth Leadership Development Foundation is one as well. Lina Aleryani , Team Leader from Yemen, offered this reflection on her workshop blog during “laptop time.&#.

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What can you learn by visualizing your Twitter network?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first day of training is this Sunday and we’ll be covering networked approaches for NGOs and social media trainers. The participants include in-country teams from six different countries: Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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COVID-19 case study: Changing funding practices in Europe

Candid

in Yemen, to around 80% in most European countries. After a steady decline in extreme poverty rates over the past two decades, inequalities between countries have been on the rise again as a result of COVID 19. Two years after the start of the pandemic, vaccination rates still vary from 0.6% in the DRC and 1.4%

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E-Mediat Day 3: Digital Activism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Yemen Team has some additional reflections on their workshop blog. Often it gets messy when you’re training the trainers in a skill they will need to acquire along with having them train others. Mary’s session was one where she was modeling how they might teach the topic, not teaching them the topic.

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