strength, courage, solidarity: the women of haiti

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My Ignite talk for the HaitiTech meetup sponsored by the US Dept. of State. Featuring photographs taken by members of five grassroots women's organizations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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“Strength, Courage, Solidarity”Haiti’s

Women

3 days:13 women

from5

organizations+

4 digital cameras

2 Flipcams

Flickr: UN_PhotoNational Geographic

What makes a good photo? What makes a viewer care?

The power of photography to personalize, contextualiz

e & memorialize

.

Documentation

Shelter

Water

Food

Unemployment

Discrimination, exploitation and

abuse

Violence

Family

Solidarity

Communications

Mobile Access

Recent survey in Port-au-Prince:

83% of men and 67% of women

had mobile phones

... that’s higher than radio & tv.

UN Cluster system

Designed to protect, but

there is much confusion.

What now?

These are the people with the knowledge &

passion to transform the

violence.

Will we give them

the support &

skills they need?

Emily Jacobi@emjacobi

ejacobi@digital-democracy.org

Abby Goldberg@DigiAbby

agoldberg@digital-democracy.org

www.digital-democracy.org

Abby & Emily with translator Jocie

Mesi - thank you.

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