International Feminist Websites

In my Women and Computers class, on March 16, 2011, we looked at numerous International Feminist Websites. We looked at websites from Europe and the Global South. Of the eight websites that I looked at I found two to be especially interesting: Women's Net of South Africa and Visualizing Women's Rights in the Arab World.

Women's Net of South Africa is a feminist organization that works to advance gender equality and justice in South Africa. They do this through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). I found the website to be interesting in that it provides feminist organizations with a lot of options to help in setting up or improving. There are numerous projects, services, and publications available for feminists to utilize in setting up the technological aspects of their organizations. In addition to these helpful features there are also numerous digital stories available. Digital stories are interesting in that they provide a unique way of learning and sharing information. Overall, I think that Women's Net is a great resource for any new or existing feminist organizations.

Visualizing Women's Rights in the Arab World is the online space for Tactical Technology Collective's project initiative to strengthen the use of visual techniques by women's rights advocates in the Arab world. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and advocacy groups often time find that the information that they want to share with others is buried in long reports full of statistics and scholarly jargon--"the challenge they face is how to give the right people the right information in the best possible way." This website (and its blog) provide information on how NGOs and advocacy groups can approach this challenge. There are numerous resources that provide examples for organizations to play off of. The website also provides information on the workshop  that is offered. I think that Visualizing Women's Rights in the Arab World has a very unique website that provides useful information on how to present information in alternative way--which is what feminism is all about!