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<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma" lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue>>>> Courtney Radsch <A href="mailto:radsch@freedomhouse.org> 10.07.2012 19:24 >>">radsch@freedomhouse.org> 10.07.2012 19:24 >></A><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I thought you might be interested in a recent report I wrote on the role played by young women in the uprisings and their aftermath throughout the Arab region. <I><A href="http://www.bakerinstitute.org/publications/ITP-pub-CyberactivismAndWomen-051712.pdf/view" target=_blank><SPAN class=il><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">Unveiling</SPAN></SPAN> the Revolutionaries: Cyberactivism and the Role of Women in the Arab Uprisings</A>, </I>published today by the Baker Institute at Rice University, is the first scholarly analysis of how young women used social media and cyberactivism to help shape the “Arab Spring” and its aftermath. It argues that women's engagement with social media has coincided with a shift in the political landscape of the Middle East, and it is unlikely that they will ever retreat from the new arenas they have carved out for themselves because they have reconfigured the public sphere in their countries, as well as the expectations of the public about the role women can and should play in the political lives of their countries.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hope you find of interest.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Courtney C. Radsch | Senior Program Manager<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Freedom of Expression Campaign<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Freedom House<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Tel:+1.202.747.7038<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A href="https://twitter.com/#!/courtneyr"><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">@courtneyr</SPAN></A> / <A href="https://twitter.com/#!/free_xpression"><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">@Free_Xpression</SPAN></A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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