New information and communication technologies aid Nepali activists
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Monday 31 January 2005 by Christina Haralanova
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“Internet not only enables individuals and groups from North and South to keep up-to-date on crucial developments in human rights. It also enables groups in the South to connect to each other in a more direct way, and without Northern groups as the key base of supporters”, says Sushma Joshi, a consultant with UNDP’s Access to Justice program in Nepal. Large campaigns and projects are carried out primarily with the use of Internet.

As early as 1997, information on projects that aim to create democratic forums of discussion on health and rights have been made available on the World Wide Web. The usage of the Internet will become more creative as the technology improves. “Putting the Internet in the hands of a human rights activist, and teaching them how to use it, may become as proverbial as teaching a person to fish for a living,” adds Joshi. “There is no way a small grassroots organisation working with bonded workers in Nepal could keep up with the latest technological updates. But as a media activist who has seen and used the power of the Internet, I believe that people overcome these difficulties with surprising ingenuity, taking a small gift to make it grow,” she concluded.

Joshi’s full article on this topic is published on the EUMAP website: Towards A Global Network of Rights: The Experience of Nepal. EUMAP aims to monitor human rights and the rule of law in Europe.


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