[DW] [ogp] Save the Date: OGP 5th Global Summit - July 17-19, Tbilisi

[Steven Clift]

From: "paul.maas...@opengovpartnership.org" <
paul.maas...@opengovpartnership.org>
Date: Jan 9, 2018 6:57 AM
Subject: [ogp] Save the Date: OGP 5th Global Summit - July 17-19, Tbilisi
To: "OGP Civil Society community" 
Cc:

Dear colleagues:

First of all, happy new year. I hope it will be a beautiful year for open
government and overall for the values and principles we all work for every
day!

Some important news to kick of the year. *Georgia, co-chair of the Open
Government Partnership (OGP), will host the 5th OGP Global Summit in
Tbilisi on July 17-19, 2018.*

The OGP 2018 Global Summit will focus on civic engagement, fighting against
corruption, and public service delivery. The objectives of the Summit are
to promote peer learning, inspire OGP reformers to raise the level of
ambition, and push the open government agenda forward to address new
challenges and improve the lives of citizens around the world. In line with
the OGP philosophy of co-creation, we will shortly launch a process to
collectively build an agenda that reflects the priorities of all
participants.

For further information, please contact: sum...@opengovpartnership.org.


Hope to see you in Tbilisi in July!




Paul







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*Paul Maassen*Director, Civil Society Engagement
*Open Government Partnership Support Unit*

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[DW] Internews: In Study of Social Media in Afghanistan, Women Report Mixed Feelings

[Steven Clift]

See:
https://t.e2ma.net/click/wjva7/s0xgd1/wrpjkk


From: "Internews" 
Date: Jan 9, 2018 12:06 PM
Subject: In Study of Social Media in Afghanistan, Women Report Mixed
Feelings
To: 
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New report on digital engagement and expression in Afghanistan
[image: New report on digital engagement and expression in Afghanistan]
[image: Internews - Stories: In Study of Social Media in Afghanistan, Women
Report Mixed Feelings] 
A new report on digital engagement and expression details the issues of
rights and harassment online, particularly for women
Social media is still in its infancy in Afghanistan, with a small and
mostly homogenous user base of educated, relatively wealthy, predominately
male users. But while small, it holds opportunity for engagement and
expression.
For example, a group of young women, using the hashtag #*whereismyname*,
started a public debate on the custom of not using women's names on
invitations, in the market and even on burial tombs and only referring to
them as a wife or daughter of a man. This discussion could not have taken
place without the platform offered by social media.
Beyond gender dynamics, *Social Media in Afghanistan: Users and Engagement
* examines the development
and influence of social media on open expression and social change in
Afghan society.

READ MORE 


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