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Blog: Contacting Marginalized Communities With Interactive Audio Software On Mobile Phones

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Posted April 13th, 2010 by longx277

In many places, marginalized communities do not have recourses in Internet communication technology, and it is difficult for human rights activists to get necessary information to people in need. However, the use of mobile phones in marginalized communities is high. Freedom Fone (sic) offers interactive audio software for cell phones, landlines, and Skype.

notebook: Making Sense of the Information Wilderness: Library and Information Services for the Improvement of Human Rights Work

In this notebook we learn about how effective libraries and librarians can promote human rights by providing information to people in places where reliable sources are lacking.

notebook: Engaging the Media: Building support for minimum wage reform

The Korean Women Workers Associations United (KWWAU) and its partners effectively engaged media to raise public awareness and concern regarding the minimum wage system, thereby assisting in the creation of a social movement that has succeeded in changing the minimum wage law to afford greater protections for workers, especially for women.