Mobile Activism

Mobile Tools

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• With mobile Twitter settings, tweet and set up Twitter notifications via text messages. No need for a smartphone. More on using Twitter and Facebook without the Internet here.
• PollEverywhere.com: Create live Web polls to which participants can respond via text message from any mobile device.
• QR codes are a kind of matrix barcode which can be scanned by smart phones and other mobile devices, particularly to mobile web sites or apps. You can generate QR codes using bitly.com, an online bookmarking and URL shortening service.

Apps

Youth for Human Rights Education
A really rich, high-quality app from Youth for Human Rights International. This free app includes the "Story of Human Rights" documentary, all 30 Human Rights PSAs, interactive lessons and a virtual classroom.

United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this app, developed by the United Nations, includes the full text of the UDHR.

AI Candle
This app from Amnesty International includes human rights news and online actions and petitions.

Human Rights Watch for iPad
This app brings you the weekly human rights news from around the world as well as Human Rights Watch’s in-depth reports, allowing you to learn more about current challenges and opportunities to create change.

Human Rights
A simple app which includes the full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.