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Participatory methods and COVID-19: Conducting online focus group discussions in low-resource settings

padmin — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:39:40 +0000

Focus group discussions are one of the most formalized and utilized participatory research methods. As a formal qualitative research method, the strength of a focus group discussion relies on the process of discussion rather than the result of the discussion. As such, a good scientific question is whether the virtual focus group is as methodologically [...]

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Free To Be Online: How We Are Engaging Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for Safer Spaces Online

padmin — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 06:50:43 +0000

Background “Violence is a fact of life for women.” This short but saddening statement comes from Bailey Poland’s book on online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV), “Haters and Harassment.” And the truth is, for women and girls worldwide, violence is part of their life as 1 in 3 women have/will experience some form of GBV in their lifetime(WHO, 2017). [...]

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Here’s a Step by Step Introduction to Data Analysis with STATA

padmin — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 06:47:06 +0000

In today’s digital world, the use of data has become a day-to-day business requirement be it in public or private organizations. Whichever industry or field one’s in, you always come across data either indirectly as someone who relies on decisions made from data or directly as the person making sense of it. Data is a [...]

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Data and Misinformation Part 3:

padmin — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 07:01:51 +0000

How can one be able to detect misinformation, disinformation networks, bots, influencers, and other fake news perpetrators on social media to help fight the social media infodemic? The growing number of social media platforms and users has amplified the fake news problem around the world. With access to social media, each of us has the [...]

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Here’s Your Guide to Conducting Digital Advocacy

padmin — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:11:02 +0000

Advocacy exists so all people can have their voices heard, issues tackled, views considered, rights protected, and thus serves as an organized process of influencing a targeted audience, individuals or institutions into appreciating and achieving a given positive cause. Digital advocacy happens when the advocacy process is done digitally relying on digital tools such as [...]

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Here’s Your Transformative Guide on your Data Visualization Journey

padmin — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:28:39 +0000

Visual communication is a must-have skill for everyone who works with or uses data. This is because even with the best (high quality) data, it remains worthless if no one can understand it. The study of using a visual or artistic approach to represent data is what is considered data visualization. Our fourth virtual event [...]

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Here’s our Visual Guide to Digital Data Collection (in the time of COVID19)

padmin — Fri, 29 May 2020 08:00:18 +0000

Rather than calling off or pushing data collection activities because of the pandemic, you can decide to go digital! During this period, research organizations must embrace technology and be able to utilize the many opportunities on the internet that simplify work. It is true that so many organizations that had data collection as part of [...]

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A Mega-Thread of Visuals on the Origin, Propagation and Nature of Disinformation

padmin — Mon, 04 May 2020 08:02:46 +0000

Fact-checking and Verification have since long been crucial skills for journalists even before the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, these two must move hand in hand with journalism in order to ensure that facts and the truth are never buried. But with the current environment characterized by social media platforms and 1.56 billion yearly smartphone unit sales, [...]

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Here’s a Guide to Organising Successful Virtual Events

padmin — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:05:12 +0000

A few months ago, virtual events were adopted as a means to minimize costs while reaching large numbers of participants and these provided a great way to host large-scale events digitally. In times like these of #Covid19, with thousands of events being canceled, we need to be at the forefront with virtual events to make [...]

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Is Open Data Working for Women in Uganda?

padmin — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 08:08:50 +0000

109 years ago, the first-ever international women’s day occurred. This marked the beginning of an annual global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women around the world. This day is also geared towards accelerating gender equality and this year’s celebration was about collective individualism under the theme #EachforEqual. In celebration of Women’s Month [...]

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