The Internet Society has developped a series of short briefs to explain what is the internet, how it works , who makes it work and how the internet is evolving. In a relatively short period of time, the Internet has
What is the Internet?
Feminist Principles of the Internet
An evolving document Developed at the Gender, Sexuality and the Internet Meeting organized by the Association for Progressive Communications 13-15 April, 2014 Malaysia Download the principles in pdf format here In April 2014, the Association for Progressive Communications, APC, organized
Gender and the IGF: participation and language used (2012)
The participation of men in the IGF, from its inception in 2006 to the last forum in 2012, significantly outnumbered women (number). But, as the IGF matures, a noticeable trend towards gender balance is coming to light. At each successive
Introduction to Human rights, ICTs and the internet: training module
This is the first of a series of training modules concerned with the relationship between humanrights, ICTs and the internet. These modules are intended to help those who work on humanrights and/or ICTs, and others with an interest in the
The APC ICT Policy Handbook (Second edition)
By APC/Ed. David Souter (APC) Montevideo, November 2009 Dowload the handbook here. Ask a typical citizen from anywhere in the world about ICT policy and the reply will probably be something like “What’s that?” or “Who cares?” Getting involved in
Critically absent: Women in internet governance. A policy advocacy toolkit
Authors: Anja Kovacs, Avri Doria, Bruno Zilli, Margarita Salas, Women’s Legal Bureau Download the document here. Personal and social communication have changed substantially with the use of ICTs, social networks and text messages. ICTs create new scenarios, new ways for
Gender & Internet Governance: The intersections : Infographic
Mapping Internet Public Policy
A presentation by David Souter made for APC Symposium on Networking Networks in Internet Public Policy. July 2010. This presentation covers: 1. Some existing mapping frameworks: Diplo’s baskets Schrödinger’s cats Global Partners’ layer model WGIG IGF framework of issues 2.
Gender issues in the information society – UNESCO (2003)
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 –
Witnessing J-spot
4 March 2010 : Source GenderIT.org By Jan Moolman I’m at the UN building in New York attending the 54th CSW and have just uploaded two videos to my online account. It took 3 minutes to upload. The videos share