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Jac sm Kee on Take Back the Tech! @ CSW58: Access and control of technology is critical to advance on women´s rights
The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics spoke with Jac SM Kee, Manager of the Women's Rights Programme, Association for Progressive Communications at the event "ICTs and the Internet as Powerful Means in Advancing Women's Rights and Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges" which took place in New York at the 58th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58).
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Charlas en línea: Enlaces entre el Pueblo para debatir sobre violencia contra las mujeres en línea
Participa el próximo 27 de marzo de 6pm a 7pm (EST) y 4pm a 5pm (CT y MéxDF) en una charla con Erika Smith del Programa de derechos de las mujeres de APC para discutir las tecnologías y su relación con la violencia contra las mujeres, así como las tensiones que existen entre la libertad de expresión y el combate al discurso de odio.
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Join People Links Digital Gatherings to discuss technology related violence against women
Join us on Thursday, March 27th from 6-7pm EST and 4-5 CT-MexDF to discuss technology related violence against women and the tensions that exist between combating hate speech versus the right to freedom of expression with Erika Smith from the APC's Women´s Rights Programme.
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Women Confront VAW using ICTs: Experiences from remote and fishing community in Eastern Uganda
I was privileged to coordinate a project on combating violence against women using ICTs. This project was in partnership with Association for Progressive Communication and Isis-WICCE. As part of the project activities, I conducted training on VAW and ICT with grassroots women in a remote and fishing community of Namaingo located on the shores of lake Victoria. For long fishing communities in…
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Caminhos para a universalização da internet banda larga - Entrevista com Dafne Sabanes Plou
O acesso à internet banda larga se tornou um imperativo social, cultural, econômico e um direito a ser reivindicado e garantido. Diversos países estão investindo tempo, planejamento e recursos, desenhando e executando suas estratégias de inserção na era digital. Esse livro digital e impresso foi feito por 12 pesquisadores que discutem os caminhos da Internet no Brasil e no mundo. Aquí se…
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Some unfortunate aspects of social media in Pakistan
With increased internet penetration in Pakistan, the youth of the country has taken enthusiastically to connecting and socializing via social media networks. It has allowed expression and surfacing of youth voices like never before. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Thumblr, Blogsphere etc. have offered convenient public forums for a large number of people to interact, to…
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Facebook, are you leaning in?
I was at BlogHer'13 this year, for those who don't know, BlogHer is one of the largest gathering of women bloggers in North America. Apart from being one of panelists for International Activists, I had the opportunity to meet a lot of keynote speakers in person, not limited to Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. The reason I decided to talk about Sheryl as she…
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Rape Threats: It’s A Free Speech Issue
Recently the media has been full of stories about women in the public eye being subjected to sexist abuse online. I’ve written in the past about the way women are singled out for vitriol which men simply do not have to face, and the tendency for the attacks to focus on their bodies rather than their ideas. Just this week, Caroline Criado-Perez has spoken out about the way she was the target of…
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Tweetup on #OrangeDay and say NO to violence against women & girls in cyberspace
Violence against women & girls is perpetrated in various ways online. At the same time, technology can offer critical tools to access services and to fight against VAW & girls. For #OrangeDay on 25 July, @SayNO_UNiTE hosted two tweetups on the topic with @takebackthetech, @circleof6app & @schemaly.
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Controlling Indonesia’s internet
The utilization of internet is linked closely with every aspect of citizen’s lives and their basic rights. The state should manage the internet – just like what it is supposed to do for water and earth - for its citizens’ diverse necessities. The state should not control the internet to cater to the interests of a few capital owners, dominant political forces or beliefs/ideology. A question…