OneWorldSEE

OneWorldSEE is an APC member and partnering organisation in the "End violence: Women's rights and

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Why feminism matters to the internet?

Posted Fri 29 May 2015 - 08:55 | 4,729 views

By OneWorldSEE

Feminism is a political statement, and more importantly political practice, way of thinking, understanding and public articulation of practically every issue of life. Feminism as such would be able to manage, animate and even more importantly took part in the defining and coding of virtual space.
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flavia

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

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Take Back the Tech! campaign wins The Bobs award in People’s Choice for English category

Posted Fri 29 May 2015 - 08:55 | 3,386 views

By Flavia Fascendini

Among over 4,800 submissions, APC’s Take Back the Tech! campaign was recognised with the prestigious award The Bobs in the People’s Choice for English category.
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genderit.org team

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Coalition of African Lesbians granted Observer Status by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Posted Sun 3 May 2015 - 08:55 | 3,319 views

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In this statement, the Coalition of African Lesbians congratulates the decision of the African Commission on Human and People´s Rights to grant Observer Status to CAL, a network of 19 organisations working to transform Africa into a continent where lesbian and bisexual women and gender non-conforming people enjoy the full range of human rights.
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Tarryn

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

DJS choice

JK Rowling, prom queen and homophobic warzones

Posted Sat 2 May 2015 - 08:55 | 3,927 views

By Tarryn Booysen

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…
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Tarryn

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

DJS choice

Ireland, femojis and a terrible verdict

Posted Wed 29 Apr 2015 - 08:55 | 4,262 views

By Tarryn Booysen

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…
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Tarryn

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

DJS choice

Copyrighted breasts, the Avengers and it was never a dress

Posted Wed 29 Apr 2015 - 08:55 | 3,724 views

By Tarryn Booysen

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…
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Tarryn

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

DJS choice

Unsolicited advice, 18 years and menstruation

Posted Mon 20 Apr 2015 - 08:55 | 3,499 views

By Tarryn Booysen

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…
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tarakiyee

Tarakiyee is a campaign coordinator for APC with a focus on digital security, online rights and i

Feminist talk

The art of smashing things

Posted Tue 7 Apr 2015 - 18:37 | 3,190 views

By Mohammad Tarakiyee

In the last couple of years, I have found myself getting angry often. Working for social justice means seeing, analysing, and talking about injustice a lot. It's important to expose injustice and be exposed to it, and I'll get to that later, but it's also hard sometimes to hold your anger about all that's unfair and ugly in the world. I would get so angry sometimes I felt like smashing things,…
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daphne

Comunicadora social y activista por los derechos de las mujeres.

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Women: Strengthening communication on the internet to improve rights

Posted Tue 7 Apr 2015 - 12:41 | 4,287 views

By Dafne Sabanes Plou

After four years working as an advocate of sexual and reproductive rights, Lorena M., had already gathered quite an experience for the type of insults that could come across her path in meetings and public events. But she never thought her life would get dangerously complicated when anonymous hands hacked the defenders’ network site and began receiving insults and threats of all kinds in her e-…
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Tarryn

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

DJS choice

Feminist heroes, harassment and Section 377

Posted Tue 7 Apr 2015 - 08:24 | 4,435 views

By Tarryn Booysen

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…
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