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Ringing in Change
Leveraging the high penetration of mobile telephones into rural India, a social tech company has given one of the country’s most backward regions its first...
Women become citizen journalists
Women in rural Bihar now have an innovative media to voice their issues, be it personal, social or financial.
How do you turn audio clips into a multimedia journalism project?
Our friend Anika has written a fantastic blog about audio journalism, created in a hackathon on women rights. Thanks Anika! Original link
Radio-over-phone ‘Gram Vaani aims to eliminate child marriage
Our campaign on early marriage in partnership with Breakthrough was covered on Zee News! Original link
On Building World’s First Voice-Based Social Network For Empowering Rural Communities, Challenges And Road Ahead
Thanks Lighthouse for carrying this fantastic article! Original link
From Bhatdih to Delhi – Journey of a young girl and a community reporter
Brimming with exuberance, 16 year old Neha Bhatt, Jharkhand Mobile Vaani’s (JMV) youngest reporter set off from her village in Baghmara block of Dhanbad district.
Sourcing weather info from fishermen
Gram Vaani is proud to be collaborating with Radio Monsoon, in partnership with the University of Sussex. Original link
IIT students work on system to check government claims
Dipanjan’s work on using IVR systems to track wage payments and grievances, in collaboration with the Liberation Technologies group at Stanford, has been published in...
