Think Pink [Taxi]: Can Segregation Solve Egypt’s Harassment Problem?

6000by Eleni Maria Rozali

Gender binaries are ingrained from the moment people are born: blue is for boys and pink for girls.

Therefore, segregation usually starts from the moment that mum starts decorating the nursery as well.

Then, there are girls’ films – boys’ films, girls’ toys – boys’ toys, and the list goes on and on. Society imposes this segregation in more ways than we are willing to admit.

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Wonder City: Becoming a Female Superhero

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by Jenn Warren

While research online and mobile gaming for social change for my organisation, Grassroot Soccer, and a potential project we may do in 2016-2017, I came across this innovative game that attempts to encourage female empowerment and independence for adolescent girls ages 8-13.

Games for Change calls Wonder City “a companion to the independent documentary film Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines” by filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and aims to provide adolescent girls with a game in which they can become female superheroes and discover their preferred superpower and “style of power” [1].

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The Last Mile to Safer Education in India: How ICT can eliminate the obstacles in education for girls in India

Screen Shot 2015-09-27 at 6.32.18 PMby Eleni Maria Rozali

India welcomes almost on a daily basis 40,000 newborns. In about six years time, these children will reach school age. How many however will actually get a full education is another question as is the percentage of girls vs boys that will be recipients of edification.

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