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Ida Jeng

Social media - UNFPA

About

I’m Ida. Born in Denmark, roots in Africa, living in New York. My work focuses on digital advocacy. I like to believe that social media can lead to social and political change. Happy to be part of UNFPA's media team in New York and social media initiatives, such as Conversations for a Better World and 7 Billion Actions.

#7Billion: Topic of the Day - Youth and Innovation

Saturday, October 29th, 2011 - 2 comments

Melinda Gates: What does the future hold?

Monday, September 20th, 2010 - 1 comments

Dear policy maker, listen up

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 - 2 comments

What do you think about HIV and condoms? Tell the experts!

Hi everyone,
I am working for Conversations for a Better World. Just wanted to say thanks for participating in this survey and for sharing your ideas and comments! Kind regards, Ida

Diamonds: Real stories of women living and HIV/AIDS

Thanks Mikael, cool site.

Diamonds: Real stories of women living and HIV/AIDS

Hi Sarah,
Thanks for sharing. Where can you watch the movie?

Nicaragua: Farmers express thoughts on rural development through video

Thanks for sharing Juliana. Martha Elena Montenegro and Juana Urrutia are great examples of women leading the way.

What I learned from teenage mothers in Brazil

Your story from Brazil is very thought-provoking, thank you for sharing your lessons learned.

Let's prevent Nigeria from sinking to the sea

Interesting analysis, thank you for sharing Taiwo.

Your sentence about young people is to true: "Today’s youth and future generations will inherit the climate system in whichever way governments decide to leave it".

Brave woman relocates 120 families in Papua New Guinea

Beautiful, beautiful Islands and interesting stories. It's very sad that the children are affected by Malaria (video 1).

Video response: The High maternal mortality rate in Nepal

An intersting perspective from Nepal!

India: Women farmers stand against climate change

Thank you for sharing, Belen

What Facebook has to do with poverty

@angeline: I agree - the Internet is a too, not the goal itself.

@digitalstorylab: Thank you for writing a Danish post on Conversations for a Better World and my blog-post. Keep up the good work (digital storytelling). You are always welcome to send me an e-mail if you are working on some interesting projects related to poverty/development and digital storytelling.

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