This breakthrough study carried out in Brazil, India, Lebanon, South Africa & USA looks at how the internet plays host to critical information about sex education, health, fighting sex discrimination and defining one’s own sexuality. It debunks the commonly-held view
Assessing Internet governance arrangements requires an understanding of both the unevenness in access to and use of the Internet between the North and the South of the world, and of the disparities between developed and developing countries’ abilities to effectively
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
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
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
Across the continent, there are now critical questions being asked about how the Internet environment can be cultivated to best meet Africa’s social and economic development needs and goals. The development of the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms
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
By Sheena G. Magenya How Google and I are raising a child When I found myself suddenly having to care for and look after my new born child alone, I panicked. I panicked because I had never done this before
Inclusión de género es más que contar mujeres Durante el último día del Foro de gobernanza de internet en Baku se desarrolló la reunión de la Coalición Dinámica de Género, un espacio que se viene sosteniendo desde los comienzos del
Fichas de evaluación de género en el FGI En el Foro de gobernanza de internet de este año, APC elaboró una ficha de evaluación de género para monitorear y evaluar el nivel de inclusión y paridad de género en las