Covering the Crisis

Online Fundraising Website to Raise Money Online for a Cause | Fundraise online for Charity on Crowdrise Women Under Siege Project N-Map | New Media Advocacy Project Critical Mass? How the Mobile Revolution Could Help End Gender-Based Violence The past three years – and more pointedly the past 12 months – have laid witness to monumental, if not heartbreaking, incidents of gender-based violence. The gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi last December; the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl left for dead in a pit latrine in Western Kenya last June; the mass sexual assault of women in Tahrir Square during the 2011 revolution in Egypt and since; all were high profile atrocities that ignited outrage around the world. In the aftermath of each of these, mobile technology solutions and internet-based advocacy campaigns surged. It’s almost like clockwork: violence happens, a technology response follows. And 2013 has seen an explosion of new efforts. This isn’t by coincidence. Much has been written about the power mobile phones wield for interacting with people from every corner of the world, at a magnitude never before experienced and perhaps even imagined. From Mapping Attacks to Safety Circles What’s Missing?