As you may know, the mission for this week was to find a story on WomenWatch and make the story bigger. I found a story that was about a new social network created by In-Straw, an organization created by the United Nations for the purpose of research and training individuals to help achieve gender equality for women.
I was intrigued by the story because I’m really interested in the growing relevance of social networking in our everyday lives. And when I visited In-Straw’s social network, something really stood out to me. I saw that various experts on gender equality would regularly post questions and encourage discussion on the site.
This got me thinking about how EVOKE is functioning in the same way. It’s also a social network created solely to rouse the troops for solutions. And coincidentally, In-Straw is an organization started by the United Nations and EVOKE is funded by the World Bank, which is also technically a part of the system of the United Nations.
Think about it. A global organization looking to social networks (us) to solve the world’s problems. So, to me, the bigger story stemming from In-Straw is that social networks are increasingly playing a major role in solving the world’s problems and we are the guinea pigs that are going to make it happen. Having said that, I have an idea on how the In-Straw social network could become more successful.
What if the representatives of In-Straw recruited women from Saudi Arabia and other women that are experiencing harsh inequality around the world to join the In-Straw social network. That way, they can offer up their perspectives and even lead the discussions in order to further the cause of gender equality.
Please let me know what you think of the idea, and share your thoughts on how this idea could be improved. After, I’ll submit all the ideas to In-Straw's to help improve their social network. Hey, then WE’LL be part of the bigger story.
Here’s the link to Instraw.org.
http://www.un-instraw.org/And if you have 19 more mins, check out this fascinating PopTech Video about the power of social networks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnS5yIXcFuAthanks for reading my post!
Luke
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