An interesting session at the Church Centre - the discussion was around the "how to", and examples - the One Million signatures in Iran is one. The points I took away - you start with a picture and brief headline, then you follow up with more details, and finally you end with a conversation with many others on what ever topic you are covering. The concerns raised were the filters that are being used in many countries. Like parental controls that some families use on their computer for their children, countries put controls on the internet in their country. China and Iran are doing this - the One Million Signature campaign has been closed down 21 times in Iran.
The session concluded with the appreciation of the work going on, which is tremendous, but also what we as women must be concerned about - who is out there and how the social media is being used. A concern about the increasing use of gaming was raised. We agreed some of these topics will be most appropriate to raise at the 55th session of the CSW which will have the theme of technology.
Mira Hall told us about the plan to meet on Monday, International Women's Day, at the Information Centre of the UN to do a blog/facebook message. Watch for it!!
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