Editions
GenderIT.org produces three editions annually, each devoted to a particular theme. These thematic editions allow GenderIT.org readers and writers to take a more in-depth look at particular topics, especially “hot” topics around internet and technology, where there is little or zero feminist analysis available to the public at present.
Women's rights and the Internet: Take Action
Wed 25 May 2011
This year the annual report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion focuses for the first time on the internet. Over recent decades, the internet has become a platform for shared learning, innovation, and collaborative...
3 May: World Press Freedom Day | Declare your right to communicate
Mon 2 May 2011
On 3 May join Communication Is Your Right! and the GenderIT.org's sister project Take Back the Tech! for a global action day to defend our right to freely access, use, engage and share information...
GenderIT.org @ the Commission on the Status of Women 2011, New York
Tue 8 Mar 2011
From 22 February to 4 March 2011, the GenderIT.org team took part in the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. The CSW is a global policy-making body of the United Nations dedicated to gender equality and the...
Live from the Commission on the Status of Women 2011, New York
Wed 23 Feb 2011
From 22 February to 4 March 2010, GenderIT.org holds live coverage of the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. The CSW is a global policy-making body of the United Nations dedicated to gender equality and the...
Special CSW edition: Can technology transform women's reality?
Wed 16 Feb 2011
The 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be held in New York from 22nd February to 4 March 2011. The theme for this year's session is "Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and...
Take back the tech! Build knowledge and grow diversity.
Tue 7 Dec 2010
Women's rights advocates and feminists who work on violence against women have used information and communications technologies (ICTs) strategically and tactically in our advocacy and organising. From documenting violence and abuse through the use...
Take a Stand | Don’t forward
Mon 6 Dec 2010
Violence is not our culture! Take Back The Tech! 2010
Mon 29 Nov 2010
29 November is the International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders. To mark this event, Take back the tech! and "Violence is Not our Culture" global campaigns call for actions to support the work of women human rights defenders to demand the end...
Get creative! Explore technology! Defend women's rights! Take Back The Tech! 2010
Thu 11 Nov 2010
From 25 Nov to 10 Dec, Take Back The Tech! calls on women and men to take control of technology to protect the right to freedom of expression and information. Since it began in 2006, campaigners in more than 30 countries have used the internet,...
