Publication

Internet rights are human rights, claims APC before the Human Rights Council

Posted Wed 25 May 2011 - 09:18 | 5,091 views
APC calls on states to repeal laws which criminalise online freedom of expression and to cease interference with freedom of expression by means which violate international human rights standards. The Statement emphasises that women’s human rights must be respected and protected and their rights to freedom of expression and association must not be restricted. The Statement is part of a set of…

Feminist talk

On UN women, theme framing, buzz words and rockstars...

Posted Wed 23 Feb 2011 - 23:51 | 12,768 views
Jac sm Kee reports on her second day at the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. She posts about the connectivity irony, her doubts about the framing of this year's theme, the opening session, Michelle Bachelet's - UN Women Executive Director - introductory speech, women's empowerment principles developed in consultation with the private sector and Abigail Disney's…

Feminist talk

GenderIT.org's team @ Internet Governance Forum 2010, Vilnius

Posted Wed 8 Sep 2010 - 22:46 | 9,043 views
What is the role of the internet in defending and realising women's rights and sexual rights? What are our positions as women's rights and sexual rights advocates on how the internet should be governed? From 14-17 September, the GenderIT.org team had been assisting at the Fifth Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania. The GenderIT Feminist Talk contributors and tweeters at the fifth IGF…