Ladder of Hierarchy: how gender matters in internet governance In the Gender and Internet Governance Exchange (gigX) workshop last month participants from different countries in Asia were asked to arrange a series of words by the “ladder of hierarchy”. Despite
By Hazel Divinagracia Since the mid 1980s, more Filipino women than men were leaving the country for various destinations abroad. Most of the women working abroad were domestic workers, 98% of them. The number of migrant women in health and
The lifelong-learning experience of a young feminist The Gender and Internet Governance Exchange-Asia (gigX) hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications in partnership with the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) gave me an opportunity to learn about the intersection
Three things I’ve learned at the Gender and Internet Governance Exchange, Asia Noemi Lardizabal-Dado was one of the participants in the Gender and Internet Governance Exchange in Asia. In this feminist talk, she shares how she participated with other
Gender and Internet Governance eXchange in Asia To start off our series of gigX, APC in collaboration with the Foundation for Media Alternatives, held a 2-day event on the 29 and 30 June 2015 where advocates from the region came
Internet Governance Forum 2014: Results from the Gender Report Card Summary of findings The ninth Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2-5 September 2014, framed discussions under the overall theme “Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet Governance”.
Pulling apart the patriarchy: Edition in commemoration of Heike Jensen News of Heike Jensen’s death from cancer, on 3 February 2014, reached internet governance academic and civil society networks a year later. As Marianne Franklin, friend and colleague from GigaNet,
A legacy on how gender is built into the way we discuss and use technology In this article, GenderIT.org talks with Anita Gurumurthy from IT For Change about gender and privacy. Anita worked with Heike in the Gender and Citizenship
Rendering the invisible visible: In memory of Dr Heike Jensen The shocking idea that gender could be invisible is one that has only struck me recently. The visibility of women, as women, from birth to menopause, the constant reminders of
Whose internet is it indeed! Internet governance feminism as political praxis These reflections follow on from a personal recollection of Heike Jensen on the Global Internet Governance Academic Network blog (May 15, 2015). Here I will focus on one of