Women’s Rights, Gender and Internet Governance – Issue paper

Women’s Rights, Gender and Internet Governance – Issue paper

by Avri Doria Download the women’s rights, gender and internet governance paper here. Written specifically to frame to discussions of the gigX, this issue paper focuses on the question of the degree to which gender and women’s rights feature in

Feminist Principles of the Internet Training Module

Feminist Principles of the Internet Training Module

The module centres around the 15 Feminist Principles of the Internet 1 that were developed by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and a group of international activists, researchers and scholars at a Global Meeting on Gender, Sexuality and the

International Women’s Day: How surveillance is used to assert control

International Women’s Day: How surveillance is used to assert control

Source: Privacy International Authors: Claire Lauterbach Date: 6 March 2015 This Sunday is International Women’s Day. You could celebrate the considerable progress in legislating for women’s equal rights. You could join a protest against political and legal inequality, discrepancies in

CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action – UNESCO: Outcome document

CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action – UNESCO: Outcome document

UNESCO organized from 3 – 4 March 2015, an international multistakeholder conference to discuss the first draft of the Comprehensive Study on Internet-related issues. This major global study captures and explores global perspectives on the new and emerging trends that

Access to Knowledge in Emergency situations: Looking at the situation in Jordan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Access to Knowledge in Emergency situations: Looking at the situation in Jordan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2 June 2010: Source GenderIT.org By Sonia Randhawa Access to knowledge is vital at any time. This is especially evident in times of emergency where a lack of knowledge can be disastrous, as graphically illustrated during the Asian tsunami of