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MAKING WAVES
IN DIGITAL MEDIA
By Sapna Shahani & Angana Jhaveri
A presentation about Women Aloud Videoblogging for Empowerment
HOW WAVE IS INNOVATIVE
• Brings together videoblogging and socio-economic empowerment• Creates a forum for the collective voice of women from across India• Opens a window into remote areas, connecting urban/semi-urban & international/ Indian groups• Promotes citizen journalism and archiving indigenous cultures
THE FIRST NATIONWIDE VIDEOBLOGGING NETWORK
Indigenous Arts & Traditions
India’s Tradition of Rainwater Harvesting
Tribal Bride Sattriya Dance, Assam
Chai Shop
Stories of Inspiring Women
Padma, Assam
Manjula, Mysore
Farmer women, Haryana
Parul, Lucknow
Forum for Issues of Concern
No Toilets in Slums Female Foeticide
Menstruation & Customs
Transgender Rights
MENTORING
• WAVE is unique in that we guide young women starting out their media
careers with experienced support
• We stress individuality, analytical thinking, research, creativity,
technology and leadership skills
• We will refer graduates of our program to paid
work opportunities.
WOMEN ALOUD
Vinitha is a college student who lives in a shelter for women rescued from human trafficking
A DIVERSE COLLECTIVE
Jyotsana lives in a slum and is a teacher in a Gandhian school
Moonstar studied ecology at Schumacher College in the UK and now promotes organic
farming in Punjab
Leeza is physically challenged but works tirelessly to help children in
BiharChinju works in the field of ICT, developing free and open source software for the blind
Moushumi Basu, Tribal struggles
Empowering Journalists with Video Cameras
Sanghmitra Mainkar, Mining and pollution
Half-widows of Kashmir
Lebul Nisa, Human Rights Lawyer
Salam Babina Devi, Women Action for Development
Mothers protesting in Manipur
Women in Conflict Zones
LOOKING AHEAD• Remodelling our program – WAVE will provide monetary incentives for
women to express their views about local concerns through their videos.
• Regular contributors are highlighted in our program and become part of the inner circle whose production services are marketed by staff.
• We will focus free equipment and training resources on areas of the country from where we are not getting enough videos so we can live up to our pan-
Indian representation.
• Planning: Research sustainable models and develop our social business.• Potential directions: News videos for websites, educational archive,
partnering with campaigns for advocacy, grassroots production house, training organization.
• Sustainability, fundraising, social entrepreneurship business advice•Training materials that encourage
creativity•Marketing assistance
•Volunteers• Video editors
• Connect with us by joining our Google group
• Watch and comment on our videos
OUR WISHLIST