shiftbalance worldtour
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A quick world tour of equity
initiatives
Meet the shifters!
New toys are coming…
More than just a princess
Challenging the brands
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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