Sissies, landing strips and shoulders – body shaming in China
Ideas about what constitutes physical beauty in China are as restrictive as anywhere else and ‘body-shaming ’is endemic. Love Matters China wanted to encourage their young audience to feel more confident about their bodies.
The power of TikTok in China
Working with digital media can throw up unexpected results – as Justice4Her discovered recently when a video about who gets custody of the pets in a dvorce went viral on TikTok.
Access Denied – digital rights at SPEAK! 2019
Access Denied: Click to claim your civic space was an event focusing on digital access in restrictive settings, organised by RNW Media in partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Recognition and reggaeton for El Toque Cuba
El Toque Cuba has won a prestigious Online Journalism Award for a major interactive project created to increase understanding of Cuba’s recent constitutional reforms.
Building an eco-system for digital activism
Digital activism works in an ecosystem – and just as the success of a species is dependent on its reaction to environmental factors, so is the success of a digital activist platform.
The power of pleasure
Love Matters Arabic has a pleasure-positive approach to SRHR and stepped up to the challenge of starting a conversation with their online community on a topic that’s taboo in Egypt – sexual pleasure.
Using moderation to build communities
RNW Media’s moderation strategy is not just about removing abusive remarks but about looking at the conversations taking place and generating real dialogue.
Exploring SRHR options in Yemen
When looking to expand our Love Matters programme, research and local experience showed that a pleasure-positive approach was not the best way to achieve our SRHR goals in Yemen.
UX design – more than just a pretty face
UX design is about more than creating a website that looks good. It’s about giving your audience what they actually want – not what you assume they want.
Love Matters – youth SRHR for change
Comprehensive sexuality education is key to the fulfillment of young people’s SRHR – and Love Matters works to make this available in restrictive settings.