Hera Hussain

Born in Glasgow, raised in Pakistan and living in London, Hera knew from early on she wanted to e

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How technology is enabling a new generation of change makers fighting violence against women

Posted Mon 6 Jul 2015 - 07:21 | 7,724 views
Tara is a 26 year old aspiring computer engineer based in Oman. She has always excelled at her classes, exams, internships and appears to live a normal life. But what no one knows is that when at home, Tara is battling neglect, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her family.
flavia

Flavia Fascendini vive en una ciudad en el interior de Argentina y es directora de comunicaciones

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Gender and Internet Governance eXchange in Asia

Posted Tue 30 Jun 2015 - 12:49 | 6,466 views
To start off our series of gigX, APC in collaboration with the Foundation for Media Alternatives, held a 2-day event on the 29 and 30 June 2015 where advocates from the region came together to exchange knowledge on the intersections of women’s rights and internet governance.
flavia

Flavia Fascendini vive en una ciudad en el interior de Argentina y es directora de comunicaciones

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“Shut up you bitch”: Some thoughts on women speaking up, internet trolls and ignorance

Posted Tue 30 Jun 2015 - 12:39 | 10,797 views

After attending an interesting workshop on digital violence and hate speech in Buenos Aires, I returned home with some questions. These are a few notes on how online hate speech operates to silence women – regardless of their public status.

Tarryn

Tarryn is a South African BA graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology.

DJS choice

Rainbows, Minds and #DontMancriminate

Posted Tue 30 Jun 2015 - 04:29 | 3,460 views
DJ's choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to…
Tarryn

Tarryn is a South African BA graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology.

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Facebook real name policy: the frustration!

Posted Fri 26 Jun 2015 - 07:51 | 5,579 views
Facebook has constantly been in the spotlight for its questionable community standards. Recently, users are required to provide the name they use in real life; the reasoning for this is that, that way, you always know who you're connecting with and apparently this helps keep the online community safe.
kaca

Katerina lives in Czech Republic and enjoys spending as much time possible in India.

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Talking about snowflakes on the iceberg

Posted Fri 19 Jun 2015 - 11:31 | 8,460 views
It is late spring of 2015 and we are sitting in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, talking about a grave violation of women's human rights: violence against women (VAW). It has been a long time since I have been invited to speak about technology-based VAW to a group which is primarily working in the area of women's rights and VAW, but engages little if at all with internet rights. It is…
Tarryn

Tarryn is a South African BA graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology.

DJS choice

Gender identities, consent signals and Mx

Posted Wed 17 Jun 2015 - 03:03 | 3,292 views
DJ's choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to…
SujathaSubramanian

Sujatha has completed an M.Phil in Women’s Studies and her research interests include girlhood st

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Why I decided to study feminist activism on social media

Posted Mon 15 Jun 2015 - 11:13 | 11,573 views
"As part of my research, I found it important to not just study and document such instances of misogynistic violence in online spaces but also instances of activism, of resistance, of solidarity," states Sujatha Subramanian in this great article that tracks back the path she walked to write "From the streets to the web: Looking at feminist activism on social media".
flavia

Flavia Fascendini vive en una ciudad en el interior de Argentina y es directora de comunicaciones

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Technology-related VAW addressed by report of Special Rapporteur on violence against women

Posted Mon 15 Jun 2015 - 07:58 | 6,162 views
The report produced by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences contains the findings following her visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from March to April 2014. The report flags technology-related violence as one of the ways in which VAW manifests, pointing specially to online harmful behaviours such as humiliation, harassment,…
caroline

Caroline is the West and Central Africa Programs Coordinator for the Coalition of African Lesbian

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Mobile apps, games and the White web

Posted Wed 10 Jun 2015 - 02:42 | 5,373 views
DJ's choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to…