• @cdb_77
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    #Ushahidi : comment un site citoyen, né au Kenya, aide aujourd’hui l’ONU à gérer les crises humanitaires

    Créée en 2008 à l’initiative de quelques étudiants pour recenser et dénoncer les #violences post électorales, la plateforme kenyane Ushahidi est aujourd’hui utilisée un peu partout dans le monde pour traquer les #violences_politiques ou la #corruption.

    C’est au Kenya, que l’on trouve les prémices de ces réseaux citoyens africains appelés « #civic_tech ». Tout a commencé avec la surveillance des élections de 2007. A cette époque, les citoyens kényans signalent et documentent les incidents et les violences sur les réseaux sociaux.

    Constatant que les troubles sont peu couverts par la presse, l’influente blogueuse et activiste kényane #Ory_Okolloh lance un appel sur la Toile pour développer une carte qui recenserait les violences et les dégâts dans le pays. L’idée est de créer un site numérique permettant aux populations de signaler les violences et de les visualiser sur une carte. L’aventure Ushahidi commence. Dix ans plus tard, cet outil est utilisé pour des milliers de projets citoyens un peu partout dans le monde.

    Ushahidi signifie « témoigner » en swahili

    Les Kényans connectés au réseau peuvent alors relater et géolocaliser les violences dont ils sont témoins. Plus de 50.000 témoignages sont rapportés sur cette carte. Ushahidi est né.

    Fin 2008, le projet est remarqué par des fondations américaines. Séduites par cette jeune #start-up africaine à but non lucratif, elles proposent une aide financière.

    En 2012, les équipes d’Ushahidi ont élaboré en Libye, pour la première fois, une carte interactive d’un pays en guerre pour le compte de l’ONU. En moins d’une semaine, Ushahidi conçoit deux #cartes_interactives, qui évoluent en temps réel au gré des témoignages reçus. Mais aussi en fonction des informations et des vidéos diffusées sur les réseaux sociaux par des membres de la diaspora libyenne, des activistes, des journalistes et les organisations internationales.

    Sur ces cartes, on trouve les lieux et le nombre de blessés, le mouvement des réfugiés, les camps humanitaires, les centres de soin, les routes détruites...

    Depuis la création de la start-up, plus de 13 000 cartes ont été déployées par des internautes, des ONG ou par des médias.

    La start-up est plébiscitée par l’ONU pour les éléments mis en ligne afin de décrire et de documenter les catastrophes humanitaires et les violences politiques. Tremblement de terre en Haïti ou au Pakistan, violences en République démocratique du Congo, élections au Burundi, séisme et tsunami au Japon, révolution en Egypte... Ushahidi a été utilisé sur la plupart des zones de crises majeures.

    Ushahidi plébiscité par l’ONU

    Dans ce contexte, Ushahidi est devenu un #outil_cartographique en vogue. « Cette nouvelle tendance est en train de changer l’#aide_humanitaire d’urgence », explique Ted Turner, directeur de la fondation des Nations unies qui consacre une partie de son dernier rapport, Disaster Relief 2.0, au travail d’Ushahidi.

    Les cartes peuvent donc contenir des informations précieuses et stratégiques en temps de guerre. Un outil gratuit et visible par tous. Y compris par les belligérants ou encore par des membres d’organisations armées illégales.

    C’est pour cette raison que la carte publique de la crise libyenne a été filtrée par les équipes d’Ushahidi, qui ont travaillé étroitement avec l’ONU. C’est aussi la raison pour laquelle les témoignages rapportés sont géolocalisés avec 24 heures de décalage. Des précautions sécuritaires drastiques dont ne s’embarrassent pas la plupart des utilisateurs lorsqu’ils lancent une nouvelle carte.

    Sur plus de 13.000 cartes mises en ligne, l’équipe d’Ushahidi en a créé et géré seulement une centaine. Elle respecte une charte éthique pointilleuse qui impose par exemple d’avoir des partenariats avec des ONG ou des acteurs locaux sur le terrain.

    L’Afrique est en train de vivre une révolution technologique inédite qui va provoquer des changements politiques, économiques et sociaux sans précédent
    Erik Hersman, le cofondateur d’Ushahidi

    Cette start-up africaine a, depuis, inspiré des dizaines de geeks africains. CFI, l’agence française de développement médias, a recensé plusieurs dizaines d’initiatives prometteuses. Autant de signes de l’engagement d’une nouvelle génération.

    Une chose semble sûre : les #réseaux_sociaux_citoyens vont monter en puissance pour faciliter la participation et la mobilisation de la population sur le continent.

    ▻https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/societe-africaine/ushahidi-comment-un-site-citoyen-ne-au-kenya-aide-aujourd-hui-l-onu-a-g

    #cartographie #visualisation #violence

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    L’#USH passe au scanner la demande de #logement_social
    ▻https://www.banquedesterritoires.fr/lush-passe-au-scanner-la-demande-de-logement-social

    A l’approche de son 81e congrès, l’Union sociale pour l’habitat intitule son traditionnel rapport : « Mieux connaître la demande pour mieux orienter les politiques publiques ». Ce rapport passe au crible les caractéristiques des quelque 2,2 millions de ménages ayant une demande de logement social en attente, sachant qu’il n’existe pas de profil-type. Et se penche sur les demandeurs prioritaires. Sachant que le nombre de logements sociaux a progressé nettement moins vite que la demande.

    ▻https://www.union-habitat.org/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/2021-09/ush-rapportaucongres-170x240-page.pdf

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    The woman fighting back against India’s rape culture

    When a man tried to rape #Usha_Vishwakarma she decided to fight back by setting up self-defence classes for women and girls.

    At first, people accused her of being a sex worker. But now she runs an award-winning organisation and has won the community’s respect.

    ▻https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-48474708/the-woman-fighting-back-against-india-s-rape-culture
    #Inde #résistance #femmes #culture_du_viol

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      In China, a Viral Video Sets Off a Challenge to Rape Culture

      The images were meant to exonerate #Richard_Liu, the e-commerce mogul. They have also helped fuel a nascent #NoPerfectVictim movement.

      https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/06/06/business/31NEWWORLD-illo/d58789bab47840549fa53d2156eb03a6-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp#.jpg

      Richard Liu, the Chinese e-commerce billionaire, walked into an apartment building around 10 p.m., a young woman on his arm and his assistant in tow. Leaving the assistant behind, the young woman took Mr. Liu to an elevator. Then, she showed him into her apartment.

      His entrance was captured by the apartment building’s surveillance cameras and wound up on the Chinese internet. Titled “Proof of a Gold Digger Trap?,” the heavily edited video aimed to show that the young woman was inviting him up for sex — and that he was therefore innocent of her rape allegations against him.

      For many people in China, it worked. Online public opinion quickly dismissed her allegations. In a country where discussion of rape has been muted and the #MeToo movement has been held back by cultural mores and government censorship, that could have been the end of the story.

      But some in China have pushed back. Using hashtags like #NoPerfectVictim, they are questioning widely held ideas about rape culture and consent.

      The video has become part of that debate, which some feminism scholars believe is a first for the country. The government has clamped down on discussion of gender issues like the #MeToo movement because of its distrust of independent social movements. Officials banned the #MeToo hashtag last year. In 2015, they seized gender rights activists known as the Feminist Five. Some online petitions supporting Mr. Liu’s accuser were deleted.

      But on Weibo, the popular Chinese social media service, the #NoPerfectVictim hashtag has drawn more than 17 million page views, with over 22,000 posts and comments. Dozens at least have shared their stories of sexual assault.

      “Nobody should ask an individual to be perfect,” wrote Zhou Xiaoxuan, who has become the face of China’s #MeToo movement after she sued a famous TV anchor on allegations that he sexually assaulted her in 2014 when she was an intern. “But the public is asking this of the victims of sexual assault, who happen to be in the least favorable position to prove their tragedies.” Her lawsuit is pending.

      The allegations against Mr. Liu, the founder and chairman of the online retailer JD.com, riveted China. He was arrested last year in Minneapolis after the young woman accused him of raping her after a business dinner. The prosecutors in Minnesota declined to charge Mr. Liu. The woman, Liu Jingyao, a 21-year-old student at the University of Minnesota, sued Mr. Liu and is seeking damages of more than $50,000. (Liu is a common surname in China.)

      Debate about the incident has raged online in China. When the “Gold Digger” video emerged, it shifted sentiment toward Mr. Liu.
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      Mr. Liu’s attorney in Beijing, who shared the video on Weibo under her verified account, said that according to her client the video was authentic.

      “The surveillance video speaks for itself, as does the prosecutor’s decision not to bring charges against our client,” Jill Brisbois, Mr. Liu’s attorney in the United States, said in a statement. “We believe in his innocence, which is firmly supported by all of the evidence, and we will continue to vigorously defend his reputation in court.”

      The video is silent, but subtitles make the point so nobody will miss it. “The woman showed Richard Liu into the elevator,” says one. “The woman pushed the floor button voluntarily,” says another. “Once again,” says a third, “the woman gestured an invitation.”

      Still, the video does not show the most crucial moment, which is what happened between Mr. Liu and Ms. Liu after the apartment door closed.

      “The full video depicts a young woman unable to locate her own apartment and a billionaire instructing her to take his arm to steady her gait,” said Wil Florin, Ms. Liu’s attorney, who accused Mr. Liu’s representatives of releasing the video. “The release of an incomplete video and the forceful silencing of Jingyao’s many social media supporters will not stop a Minnesota civil jury from hearing the truth.”

      JD.com declined to comment on the origin of the video.

      In the eyes of many, it contradicted the narrative in Ms. Liu’s lawsuit of an innocent, helpless victim. In my WeChat groups, men and women alike said the video confirmed their suspicions that Ms. Liu was asking for sex and was only after Mr. Liu’s money. A young woman from a good family would never socialize on a business occasion like that, some men said. A businesswoman asked why Ms. Liu didn’t say no to drinks.

      At first, I saw the video as a setback for China’s #MeToo movement, which was already facing insurmountable obstacles from a deeply misogynistic society, internet censors and a patriarchal government. Already, my “no means no” arguments with acquaintances had been met with groans.
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      The rare people of prominence who spoke in support of Ms. Liu were getting vicious criticism. Zhao Hejuan, chief executive of the technology media company TMTPost, had to disable comments on her Weibo account after she received death threats. She had criticized Mr. Liu, a married man with a young daughter, for not living up to the expectations of a public figure.

      Then I came across a seven-minute video titled “I’m also a victim of sexual assault,” in which four women and a man spoke to the camera about their stories. The video, produced by organizers of the hashtag #HereForUs, tried to clearly define sexual assault to viewers, explaining that it can take place between people who know each other and under complex circumstances.

      The man was molested by an older boy in his childhood. One of the women was raped by a classmate when she was sick in bed. One was assaulted by a powerful man at work but did not dare speak out because she thought nobody would believe her. One was raped after consuming too much alcohol on a date.

      “Slut-shaming doesn’t come from others,” she said in the video. “I’ll be the first one to slut-shame myself.”

      One woman with a red cross tattooed on her throat said an older boy in her neighborhood had assaulted her when she was 10. When she ran home, her parents scolded her for being late after school.

      “My childhood ended then and there,” she said in the video. “I haven’t died because I toughed it out all these years.”

      The video has been viewed nearly 700,000 times on Weibo. But creators of the video still have a hard time speaking out further, reflecting the obstacles faced by feminists in China.

      It was produced by a group of people who started the #HereForUs hashtag in China as a way to support victims of sexual harassment and assault. They were excited when I reached out to interview them. One of them postponed her visit to her parents for the interview.

      Then the day before our meeting, they messaged me that they no longer wanted to be interviewed. They worried that their appearance in The New York Times could anger the Chinese government and get their hashtag censored. I got a similar response from the organizer of the #NoPerfectVictim hashtag. Another woman begged me not to connect her name to the Chinese government for fear of losing her job.

      Their reluctance is understandable. They believe their hashtags have brought women together and given them the courage to share their stories. Some victims say that simply telling someone about their experiences is therapeutic, making the hashtags too valuable to be lost, the organizers said.

      “The world is full of things that hurt women,” said Liang Xiaowen, a 27-year-old lawyer now living in New York City. She wrote online that she had been molested by a family acquaintance when she was 11 and had lived with shame and guilt ever since. “I want to expand the boundaries of safe space by sharing my story.”

      A decentralized, behind-the-scenes approach is essential if the #MeToo movement is to grow in China, said Lü Pin, founding editor of Feminist Voices, an advocacy platform for women’s rights in China.

      “It’s amazing that they created such a phenomenon under such difficult circumstances,” Ms. Lü said.

      ▻https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/business/china-richard-liu-rape-video-metoo.html
      #Chine #vidéo

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    L’#USH accuse le chef de l’État de rompre le #pacte_républicain
    ▻http://www.caissedesdepotsdesterritoires.fr/cs/ContentServer/?pagename=Territoires/Articles/Articles&cid=1250279784812&nl=1

    « En voulant tuer le mouvement #HLM, le président de la République manque au premier devoir de sa charge qui est de protéger le pacte républicain, dont le #logement_social fait partie », estiment les six membres de la conférence des présidents de l’Union sociale pour l’#habitat (USH)* qui se sont réunis, mercredi 27 septembre, au deuxième jour du congrès HLM, alors qu’ils découvraient de nouvelles surprises dans le projet de loi de finances pour 2018 présenté le matin par le gouvernement. Ils ont confirmé unanimement la position avancée la veille par Jean-Louis Dumont en tribune, de ne pas poursuivre les discussions avec le gouvernement tant qu’il n’aura pas remis en cause l’esprit de sa réforme sur les #APL.

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  • @adrien1
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    Avec « En marche » pour savoir si le bateau coule, regarde par le Hulot.

    Entre celui qui pense combattre le terrorisme en réglant les problèmes de climat et l’autre qui se fait payer par ceux qu’il « combat ».
    Faut les envoyer à Fort boyard.

    Des hommes d’affaires « sales »

    https://www.challenges.fr/assets/img/2017/05/28/cover-r4x3w1000-595d0379ebf3e-000-ou6t1.jpg

    #Hulot #Ushuaia
    ▻https://www.challenges.fr/politique/shampoings-ushuaia-la-machine-a-cash-de-nicolas-hulot-dans-le-viseur-du-c

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    Map of attacks on migrants in Athens

    About
    While the rise of neo-nazism in Greece has been reported widely, the extent of the violence and the spread of everyday racism is not very well understood in the rest of Europe. The aim of this map is to act as a constantly updated public record of these attacks and as a tool for organising and communicating amongst anti-fascist/ anti-racist initiatives.

    Methodologically this map is based on crowdsourcing, this means that everyone can submit information about an incident. Every effort is made for the information to be verified, but this is not always possible. In that case incidents are not published or if they are published are flagged as unverified. If you have evidence that any of the incidents are unverified or false please contact us.

    But who are we? We are a group doing research on the impact of the crisis on urban spaces in Athens, including the rise in racist violence in the city and beyond. The map has been developed as part of our project “City at a Time of Crisis”:

    www.crisis-scape.net

    We are unaffiliated with any political party and several of us have been active in the area of counter information across Europe for some years. As part of the project we are initiating a network of trusted sources. Feel free to contact us if you want to get involved.

    You can also submit information to the map by emailing
    info@crisis-scape.net

    or by filling in the form directly on this website. We will then verify the report by checking additional sources where possible, and then allow the incident to appear on the map.

    Reports can be submitted anonymously but require that you submit an email address so that we can contact you if we need to clarify any details (all email addresses will be secure and hidden from the public). We accept reports in most languages and will translate them into English for the map.

    http://i.imgur.com/fZrGiA1.jpg

    ▻http://map.crisis-scape.net

    #carte #cartographie #racisme #cartographie_radicale #attaques_racistes #visualisation #Athènes #Grèce #xénophobie #crowdsourcing #cartographie_participative

    Découvert ce site ici:
    ▻http://www.globaluprisings.org/global-uprisings-event-balie-amsterdam

    Map powered on #Ushahidi
    ►http://www.ushahidi.com

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