Stories from 12 November 2014
New Book Tells the Story of Ukraine's Euromaidan Protests in Facebook Posts
A new book, made up entirely of over 700 Facebook posts, chronicles the events Euromaidan protests as they were recorded and told by Ukrainian Facebook users.
Forget Ice Water, Take the Indigenous Language Challenge Instead
Instead of pouring buckets of ice water on their heads, these passionate advocates have accepted the challenge to use indigenous languages on video.
Too Many Under Trial Detainees in India's Jails
Indian alternative news portal Beyond Headlines sheds light on the darker side of India's judiciary. In India, of all people detained in lockups and state prisons there are more people under trial than convicts. Because of the slow process of the judiciary process, thousands of people suspected or accused of...
Reasearch, Implementation and Impact, Is What Universities Investigate Useful?
A comment about whether the population values the researches carried out from the universities, triggers member of academic community César Viloria to shed a light about this on his blog. About research, we have to know it's divided in two branches: basic research and applied research. The former increases or...
ICT Access and Rural Women Empowerment
Marita Seara Fernández, who blogs on Mujeres construyendo (Women building), calls for the empowerment of rural woman and explains that according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 58 million women in Latin America and the Caribbean live in rural areas and 4 and a half million are farmers....
