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
Securing Safe Spaces Online: Encryption, online anonymity and human rights
This report is the result of a collaboration between Privacy International, ARTICLE 19, and the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School. IHRC conducted desk research as well as interviews with individuals working in civil society organisations in the
Do We Really Want to Talk About Mass Surveillance?
By Soraya Chemaly | October 30, 2013 Source: Women’s Media Center Last Saturday, thousands gathered in Washington, DC, for a “Stop Watching Us” anti-surveillance rally. People are legitimately worried about the NSA reading our texts, chats, and emails, listening in
Addressing the Gender Balance: Access in MENA
This Research Ooredo in the Middle East and North Africa reveals that 2 out 3 internet users n the region are men. These research results aim to help help women better understand regional and national support from the media, their
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
Access & Gender
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