Education Campaign Curbs Digital Violence Against Barbadian Women and Girls

13 February 2019
Event photographs of attendees of Combatting Online Abuse through Research and Education

Women are 27 times more likely to be victims of cyber violence than men, according to a 2015 report by the UN Broadband Commission. “Millions of women and girls around the world are subjected to deliberate violence because of their gender,” notes the report. “Violence against women and girls knows no boundaries, cutting across borders,…

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Telemedicine Program Brings Medical Care to Remote Reaches of Nepal

13 February 2019

For the villagers of Dullu, a remote and developing municipality in the Dailekh District of Nepal, access to good medical care isn’t easy. For those lucky enough to live nearby, the town’s solitary hospital is perpetually understaffed, underfunded, and lacking in advanced medical resources. Those who hail from the surrounding area have to walk two…

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