16 July 2007 By Jac sm Kee There are different dimensions to access-related issues, and there are significant points of connection between them. Open access networks have been identified by APC as being made up of three layers – physical
By APC (APC), May 2011 The dramatic increase in the number of people using mobile phones worldwide constitutes an enormous opportunity for the enforcement of human rights and for using information and communication technologies for social development. As recognised by
Business people, community activists and policy-makers have an interest in as many people as possible –including people in the lowest income-brackets- having access to the internet, being able to check out important information on websites and communicate cheaply via email
By Mike Jensen (APC, IFLA and TASCHA), May 2014 Download the extended version. Download the abridged version. The briefing paper “Public access: Supporting digital inclusion for all – Maximising the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for inclusive
This report was published by UNESCO’s broadband comission for digital development, and its working group on broadband and gender chaired by Helen Clark and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka in 2013. You can dowload the report here. This Report studies the role that
Source: UNESCO This publication is one of the outputs of the Freedom of Information and Women’s Rights in Africa Project, a regional programme launched by FEMNET in partnership with UNESCO. “The advancement of African women has been affected by lack
Author: Natasha Primo ICTs could give a major boost to the economic, political and social empowerment of women, and the promotion of gender equality. But that potential will only be realized if the gender dimensions of the Information Society –