This report provides a new perspective on the social and political dynamics behind the threats to expression. It develops a conceptual framework on the ‘ecology of freedom of expression’ for discussing the broad context of policy and practice that should
By Marília Maciel and Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (APC), September 2011 Download the article The concept of governance has changed over the last decades. It includes plurality of actors involved in political processes, and the importance of “soft power”
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”.
Source GenderIT.org A new series of reports by the Association for Progressive Communications presents findings from a multi-country research project on technology-related violence against women (VAW). The research – which reveals a lack of access to justice for survivors –
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
By Joy Liddicoat and Avri Doria (APC) December 2012 The Internet is a network that empowers at the edges, rather that the centre, rendering it a profoundly democratic and rights-fostering platform. Human rights are principles that seek to empower those
By Jeanette Hofmann, Christian Katzenbach, and Kirsten Gollatz, August 2014 This paper contributes to the recent move towards a more systematic reflection on the conceptual foundations of Internet governance. It is led by the question of how to define (Internet)
In this contribution to the Third Annual Symposium of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) in Hyderabad, Heike Jensen on behalf of the OpenNet Initiative Asia gender team presents the research into Internet censorship and surveillance in Asia that
By Jac sm Kee From falling in love to falling into debt It is not an exaggeration to say that the internet has entered into almost all spheres of our lives today. From falling in love to falling into debt,
Twenty years ago, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a roadmap for gender equality, was adopted by 189 countries. Section J of the Beijing Platform addresses women and the media, which fits into the work of APC Women’s Rights