Day: 3 January 2018

48-hour Hackathon in Sarajevo to generate new tech solutions to combat violence against women and girls.

Stuart Mitchell

Throughout 16 Days of Activism, UN Women reached out to the youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina, asking them to generate ideas for technology solutions that would help prevention of violence against women and girls. At two ideation processes, Ideathons, young men and women suggested 17 ideas that included tech tools such as mobile apps, web platforms, interactive chats, QR technology, wearable gadgets and mobile games that would tackle this widespread problem. The 6 most potent ideas were chosen to be further developed at a 48-hour Hackathon under the guidance of…

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Southpaw creates“Don’t look the other way” Christmas campaign for YMCA

Stuart Mitchell

This is a Campaign I got the info on before Christmas but that got lost in the number of stuff coming through, so I want to apologise to the YMCA and Southpaw but I wanted to highlight this so apologies it’s a bit late. The YMCA are encouraging people to acknowledge the homeless without judging this Christmas, with a new film created by Southpaw. The Tunbridge Wells-based agency created the emotive campaign, using the tagline “Don’t look the other way”, for the West Kent YMCA to raise awareness of youth homelessness…

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New Women’s Empowerment Initiative (WEI) Launches

Stuart Mitchell

Yoga International has launched The Women’s Empowerment Initiative (WEI), a year-long online course designed to empower women to thrive physically, emotionally, and spiritually. This comprehensive course includes 54 workshops led by fourteen women who are leaders in their respective fields of finance, nutrition, relationships, spirituality and more. Registration is now open to all. Participants can begin the course as early as January 1, 2018. Yoga International and host Molly Birkholm partnered to assemble some of the most brilliant humanitarians, entrepreneurs, and visionaries to produce online workshops that provide infrastructure and…

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Another Silent Night: United Nations And Refugee Choir Re-Imagine Holiday Carol

Stuart Mitchell

In December, 32 young women stood in the heart of New York’s holiday festivities and performed a new take on the holiday classic, “Silent Night.” As people gathered for their performance in front of the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, they realized that the words to the familiar song had been changed with lyrics describing the pain and fear of those trapped in conflict areas around the world, and the hope and relief that can be provided by humanitarian aid.  “This is not your typical Silent Night,” said Nyawal, 23, a…

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New rule to ban harmful gender stereotypes next year

Stuart Mitchell

Speaking ahead of a reception at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Ella Smillie from the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), announced that a new rule will be introduced in the UK Advertising Codes next year to ban harmful gender stereotyping in advertising. The CAP/ASA goes into details on their website: The review by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on harmful gender stereotyping in advertising, Depictions, Perceptions and Harm, published last summer, provided an evidence-based case for stronger regulation of ads that feature stereotypical gender roles or characteristics which can be harmful to…

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