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On September 18, Zoe Quinn announced that she was going to be speaking about "cyber violence" at the UN on September 24. Her talk is part of a new UN report entitled "Cyber Violence Against Women & Girls: A Worldwide Wake Up-Call". Anita Sarkeesian will be speaking at this event as well. Danny Treshoujo @TheQuinnspiracy Follow OTHER EVENTS DURING THE HIGH-LEVEL WEEK Hey so l'll be speaking at the UN about cyber violence on the 24th. You'll be able to watch live & on demand here: webtv.un.org 24 SEPTEMBER archive.is/fmoiZ Launch of new UN report on Cyberviolence against Women and Girls Just ahead of the SDG Summit and 12th meeting of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development the Commission's Working Group on Gender, co-chaired by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director and Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP, will launch an important new report entitled: Cyber Violence Against Women & Girls: A Worldwide Wake-Up Call. The event will also feature guest speakers including Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO; Doreen Bogdan of ITU; Baroness Beeban Kidron, U.K. filmmaker and director of the film 'In Real Life' about teen experiences online; along with cyber violence survivors Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn; Madeline di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute for Gender & Media, and Roberta Cocco of Microsoft Europe. Media are encouraged to attend, and one- on-one interviews can be arranged upon request from interested media. A press release, video clips and photos will be issued by ITU immediately after the event (press release and report+report highlights are available under embargo to media who confirm their attendance - contact sarah.parkes@itu.int). 24 Hour Live and pre-recorded Programming UN Web TV is available 24 hours a day with selected live programming of United Nations meetings and events as well as with pre-recorded video features and documentaries on various global issues. webtv.un.org RETWEETS FAVORITES archive.is/9utsi Venue: Room 11, UN Headquarters, New York Time: 10a.m.-12 p.m 18 Sep Suzanne Seggerman is the co-founder of Games for Change. She's married to Michael R. Meyer the former Chief speechwriter for the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon. Find game by name, category, etc ABOUT PRESS ROOM BLOG R HANG GAMES PROGRAMS SERVICES FESTIVAL CONN SUZANNE SEGGERMAN archive.is/RRWA2 Suzanne Seggerman is an award-winning non-profit leader and public speaker, with a long career dedicated to helping people and causes across a variety of media and platforms. Currently based in Kenya, Africa Suzanne is a Strategic Planner at the Hawker's Market Girls Center, a school for girls from the slums of Nairobi. Before moving to Kenya, Suzanne was co-founder and former president of Games for Change, which she led for six years, becoming the catalyzer and primary voice for a new movement. She has been featured as an expert in national and international press and has given talks or keynotes at around the world, including at Sundance, Global Contents Forum Seoul, SXSW, PopTech, TEDx, and Harvard Human Rights. Suzanne has also served as an advisor, juror, and invited expert on a wide varniety of social impact projects including the White House's Innovations for Healthy Kids Challenge, Microsoft's Imagine Cup, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the Knight Foundation's News Game Awards, and many others. She is also the co-founder of PETLab, a design and research lab for public interest and educational media at the New School, launched with the support of mTV and the MacArthur Foundation. Before Games for Change, Suzanne worked in documentary film, including as Production Manager on the Ken Bums/Stephen lves PBS series, The West. Suzanne is a proud voluteer for Visiting Neighbors and is also a nationally-rated Scrabble player Back to About Games for Change MISSION archive.is/xUDzR Our Mission Statement: Catalyzing Social Impact Through Digital Games Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts We aim to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good. To further grow the field, Games for rect investment into new projects Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and learn more about our current and past projects, visit our Lab page Games for Change is a 501(c)3, nonprofit corporation Is/5J ar And guess who served as a judge for the Games for Change Awards? nge Zoe Quinn's Depression Quest: A worthwhile read on an impactful video game that's inspired a cavalcade of abuse Anita Sarkeesian is a media critic and the eminist Frequency, a video representations narratives. Her work focuses on n pop culture the associated with women in popular cuiture as well as highlighting issues surrounding the targeted harassment of women in online and gaming spaces. Anita earned her bachelor's degree in Communicaton Studies at California State University Northridge and her Master's degree in Social and Political Thought at York University Anita lectures and presents at universities, conterences and game development studios internationally She's been a presenter and panelist at various fan, media and technology conterences and has also facilitated and taught multi-day filmmaking workshops. She has been interviewed and featured in publications such as Forbes, Wired, The Boston Globe. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Her videos are freely available via the Feminist Frequency YouTube channel and widely serve as educational tools in high school and university classrooms. Zoe Quinn has come under heavy criticism for her PC game Depression Quest, in which the player is cast as a person who suffers from depression Anita was the recipient of the 2014 Game Developers Choice Ambassador Award, she was given a 2013 honorary award from National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers and was nominated for Microsoft's 2014 Women in Games Ambassador Award She is currently an adviser to Silverstring Media and has served as a judge for the Games for Change RETWEE 6

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NightmareNear

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Sep 19, 2015 at 11:33AM EDT

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Bookie

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Sep 19, 2015 at 05:22PM EDT in reply to Kevster99410

The UN isn't going to give a shit anymore then Congress did.

Remember when Big Daddy Lifschitz bought a congressional briefing for his son's girlfriend? Remember how some aides and that one congresswomen sat & listened to her playing the victim and how AntiGamer celebrated GamerGate being defeated forever and then nothing happened besides the FBI telling the congresswomen to stop bothering them about non-credible threats?

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