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...That same adjective might seem to apply to the failure of the Afghan government to include in its delegation even one woman. When Orsana Ashraf, the founder of the nongovernmental organization Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan, first heard about the London conference, she began to lobby officials to ask that women's views be properly represented. The response, she says: "They said this isn't ladies' business; this is about security...
Over 480,000 Twitter users participated in spreading information about the status of post-election Iran, Ashraf said...
...Ashraf praised digital media’s ability to unite such a broad group of people...
...Ashraf did express frustration at the international response to the Green Movement...
...Twitter users “tweeted” updates on the situation in Iran, such as how the government was trying to quell the protests, American networks like CNN also began relying on Twitter as a source for information, Ashraf said...