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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color: rgb(74, 98, 121);" lang="FR"><a href="http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42716689&f=1246&u=4118871&c=0"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US">Middle East: 30% of
bloggers are women</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color: rgb(74, 98, 121);"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color: rgb(63, 74, 80);" lang="FR">According to Eleana Gordon, founder of the
Center for Liberty in the Middle East, presenting its latest initiative, the
Institute of Online Activism at the World e-Democracy Forum in
Issy-les-Moulineaux (Paris), 30 % of bloggers in the Middle East are women. The
Institute allows women in the Middle East access to tools to "turn their
dreams into action for change." Her speech illustrates the rise of
e-democracy in this region.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color: rgb(63, 74, 80);" lang="FR">The Center for Liberty in the Middle East (Clime)
is a nonprofit organization that supports defenders of democratic values of
freedom and tolerance in the Middle East. Through its network of activists
across the region, CLIME advocates a peaceful transition of political systems
that protect individual liberties, allow the full political participation and
respect of ethnic pluralism, religious and political.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color: rgb(63, 74, 80);" lang="FR">Eleana Gordon is also founder of
"Online Activism Institute", whose goal is to teach activism through
e*learning, activist videos and virtual mentoring. After a year of development,
it launched in 2009 in Egypt and Jordan with training for 90 women on its
flagship online course, "Create Your Activism Plan."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color: rgb(63, 74, 80);" lang="FR">The Online Activism Institute is a
consortium of NGOs, web-development, and academic partners in the Middle East
and United States, who work together to provide state-of the-art training and
resources through an e-learning platform. The consortium is based in Cairo,
Amman and Washington, D.C. with plans to expand to more locations in the future.
The Online Activism Institute is funded through the U.S. Department of State's
Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). MEPI supports efforts to foster
reform throughout the Middle East and North Africa.</span></p>
<p><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color: rgb(63, 74, 80);" lang="FR"><a href="http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/1246/4118871/0/http://www.edemocracy-forum.com/2009/11/internet-tool-for-training-in-democratic-practices-.html"><span style="color: black;">http://www.edemocracy-forum.com/2009/11/internet-tool-for-training-in-democratic-practices-.html</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color: rgb(63, 74, 80);" lang="FR"></span></p>