We can name iBridges one of the most successful conferences that connects Iranians to high tech organizations in the world. It has started small, but as today, it has participants from more than 40 countries which more than one fifth of them comes from Iran. Regarding to official statistics, 200 entrepreneurs and more are participating to attract 50 funders from LA to get supporting for their projects.
This year iBridges has been held in Barcelona, Spain from seven to ten December.
Raham Rafiee from JoopeA foundation participates in the conference. JoopeA is providing projects such as JAssist for people in restricted countries which can be helpful for small organizations and startups in Iran.
If your project needs online assistance such as SSL Certificates, VPS, secure emails, etc and you are looking for free services, please contact Raham at raham@joopea.com or follow him on twitter.
There are many many bright & creative ideas here in JoopeA Foundation waiting for an opportunity to shine. But as now, here is a list of projects that came to life so far:
IranPride – Iran in Pride Parades in favor of increasing Iranian LGBTIQ visibility
Homophilia Campaign – Say yes to love & no to hateJAssist – Assists groups, individuals & small organizations to have their web platform risk freeAsk Your Sexual Questions – A reliable source for Persian community to get access to personal answers about sexRainbow Calendar – A Persian calendar with all LGBTIQ eventsJNews – Reliable source to read about Sexual Rights topics in Persian
Security & safety are most important elements in our work. This is why some other projects are not listed here.
JAssist (short form for “JoopeA Assists”) is a project that helps small organizations, activist groups and individuals in restricted countries to have their secure website and web services at no costs.
We believe every one on the planet has the right to have a voice. By lowering the risks and costs of having a website for people in restricted countries, we grantee their voice is being heard.
JAssist is small project at the moment and can assists few groups.
If you are interested to make this project bigger to give this opportunity to more people, you can help us by donations or other types of help.
Please visit JAssist website and don’t hesitate to contact team at hello@jassist.eu for any further info.
JoopeA with all sub-projects (JNews, JClub, JAssist, etc) are growing every day after another & it means more complexity. We have grown as much as we can’t stay in our current shell. We to have to open up & move to a new place.
Do you know a place that we can use? Do you know a company or people who likes to support our goal? Or do you have a spare room or office space that we can use for limited amount of time in Amsterdam?
Please contact us at: info@joopea.com
Or leave us a voice/text message on: +31 68 5104509
We are looking forward to hear from you.
If you like to know more about JoopeA Foundation and the work we do, please visit About Us.
In case you are interested in donating JoopeA in cash please visit this link.
We are proud that we have been presented for LGBT & Iran in “Iran: The Road Ahead” by Radio Zamaneh. JNews flyers were the only flyers that has been taken completely by people at he festival. There were nothing left to b taken back
Thank you all for your attention and hope to have your visit on https://joopea.com
Help us to give more voice to the JAssist as well as JNews, JClub, etc. by your donations!
Every and each donations of you is invested in expanding access of citizens in restricted countries to information.
You can donate to Stichting JoopeA by click on this link or donation module below.
Where does your donation go?
We spend your donations on different project. All projects are focused on expanding Internet Freedom & Sexual Rights specially in Middle East. Here are more details about the projects:
IranPride: Donations will make it possible for Iranian & Persian-speaking LGBTIQ to come out & stand for their rights. By making the participation in Pride Parades around the world, we increase Iranian LGBTIQ social & self acceptance.
JAssist: We spend donations to help activists in Middle East to have their online platforms risk-free and cost-free. We try to empower social activities inside restricted countries by helping small organizations, groups & individuals to have their secure website & web services.
JNews: We produce & also re-publish reliable Persian topics on Sexual Rights (LGBTIQ, Sexual Health, Sex Education, etc.) to increase knowledge in this field in Persian. Donations are needed to produce, translate & re-publish more knowledge in this area.
JClub: JoopeA Club is a new social network for LGBTIQ & Alliances to dialogue. This social network has been designed with features which is needed for restricted country such as Iran to keep the users safe from being tracked or harassed by cyber army or hackers. Donations goes to moderators & secure hosting which help Persian Speaking LGBTIQs & alliances to have this secure social network to communicate.
We are also in need of other type of donations:
Do you have a spare space in Amsterdam that you can leave us for limited amount times? We would love to use it as our office.
Please do not hesitate to introduce us to other active groups. We would love to know more people.
Are you living in a restricted country under censorship rules? Yet, you want to increase knowledge in your language, write articles about the situation, have an small news blog or even have your online poems notebook?
Red Dot Project is for you.
We offer free hosting and web-service such as building a website to individuals and small groups.
Get in touch with us for more information: info@joopea.com
If you would like to donate to the project, click here.
There are many interesting posts and services provided by JoopeA Foundation such as many articles that are being published every day on JNews. You might want to re-use, copy part or full article or use JoopeA’s services. We are more than glad to welcome you too. All JoopeA’s services & outputs are under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) v4 International except where noted. Copy full or part of articles, using of services, etc. for personal or enterprise are allowed as while as your work has the same license and mention it’s sources. We believe in community work & building a better world together.
The Trademark List and Logos List below set out an illustrative, non-exhaustive list of trademarks owned by JoopeA Foundation, as well as suggested generic terms for those products.
In case you would like to mention, link to us or our products, here are some logos & official English names with legal notes that you need to attach:
The JoopeA™ and the logo below is registered Trademark of JoopeA Foundation. Trademark & logos are public domain & you may use the logo but only to refer to the JoopeA Foundation.
JoopeA Foundation Logo
The IranPride® brand is registered by JoopeA™ Foundation. All rights are reserved for JoopeA Foundation. You may use the brand without permission for non-profit purposes related to Iranian & Persian-speaking queers. JoopeA reserves all rights to prohibit any entity to use this brand.
IranPride Flag
The JoopeA News (in Persian: کارگاه خبر ژوپیآ), JoopeA Club (JClub – in Persian: کلوپ ژوپیآ), JNewsNL (in Persian: ژوپیآ برای هلند), JAssist & affiliate brands & logos that are listed below are sub-licensed by JoopeA™ Foundation.
You might want to know more details about JoopeA Foundation banking information or need to confirm these such info as bank account number. Here are our banking information:
Account name: Stichting JoopeA
IBAN: NL90 INGB 0006 6858 71
Account number: 0006 6858 71
Bank: ING Nederland
BIC/Swift: INGBNL2A
VAT number: NL854432838B01
Registration no: KVK61656127
Address:
Stichting JoopeA
Post box: 22339
1100 CH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Zamaneh Media is one of the leading progressive media NGOs among other Persian medias in exile. They are mainly known for their efficient and valuable news website and online radio Radio Zamaneh.
Zamaneh Media is going to celebrate it’s 10 years anniversary on 21th October with the title of “Iran: The Road Ahead” along with holding a conference and dance party in Amsterdam.
JoopeA is pleased to be the partner with Zamaneh to present Iranian LGBTIQ in a road ahead! Article19 and JoopeA will present obstacles on the way of Iranian queers in the online world.
Join us on 21th October to discuss how JoopeA processes big data on Sexual Rights and how we manage online security for minorities in restricted countries.