Global News Roundup 12.12.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: ‘Mother Robin’ Wins CNN Hero of the Year 12.12.11, CNN Missrepresentation: Are You a Part of it? 12.6.11, Huffington Post 179 journalists jailed worldwide 12.1.11, Committee to Protect Journalists Social Media Voices for Freedom and Justice 12.8.11, UN Women Where Are India’s Working [...]
Inequality On The Big Screen: No Progress In 65 Years
A new study was released this week that offers fresh numbers on just how dismal the representation of women in mainstream media can be. To real the full report, head here but we’ve included some highlights in our graphic below: The Good Men Project also ran a great piece responding to the report’s conclusions. Here’s an [...]
Breakthrough at the World Summit Youth Awards
Breakthrough’s Bell Bajao! campaign was among this year’s winners at the World Summit Youth Award in Graz, Austria. Katie McDonough attended the Summit with Bulbuli Mukherjee and writes about her experience here. I have a confession to make. I was really tired when I arrived in Austria for the 2011 World Youth Summit Awards. After [...]
Global News Roundup 11.28.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Why India Can’t Feed Its Children 11.28.11, The Wall Street Journal In Manipur, Women Take the Lead 11.25.11, The New York Times Name It, Change It, Flip It, Quip It 11.25.11, Huffington Post Nurses most vulnerable to domestic violence 11.28.11, India Today
The Scar Faced Girl
Redefining romance, this blogger writes about the traumatic past of his girlfriend who was incidentally an intern in the New Delhi office of Breakthrough. There’s no better example than in this long story that support system is all you need to get through the trauma of abuse.
We exist. Therefore, we share.
This week was Social Media Day, celebrating the evolution of internet most significantly brought about by the revolutionary changes that social media has made in our personal and professional lives. We asked our fans on Facebook & Twitter to share stories of how social media has made a difference in their lives and in particular [...]
Flashing Yellow @ Flash Mob #2
100 rupees for the t-shirt that you have to wear to be a part of it? Hmmm….okay. Please Mend the Gap came about as a result of anger from a fateful incident in the Delhi Metro and frustration in general with the problem of safety, discrimination and inequality that women in Delhi have to live [...]
Bole Toh, Must Bol!
Breakthrough was invited by Commutiny, The Youth Collective, for a stakeholders’ consultation on using ‘Social Media for Social Change’. An organization working towards mainstreaming youth development and active citizenship through alternate and mainstream media, Must Bol is Commutiny’s on going brain child. Using the popular platform of social media, Must Bol is a call to [...]
