In depth
Protección, sexualidad y seguridad infantil en línea: campos antagónicos
Para los/as adolescentes, la publicación de imágenes sexies de sí mismos en internet no sería un asunto que revista demasiada importancia, según revelan estudios realizados en Gran Bretaña. Pero ciertos adultos del gobierno y de la industria insisten en considersarlos/as víctimas en lo que a sexualidad e internet se refiere. ¿Por qué quienes están en el poder no pueden escuchar a los/as jóvenes y...
In depth
‘Does your mother know?’ Agency, risk and morality in the online lives of young women in Mumbai
Manjima Bhattacharjya and Maya Ganesh, the India partner of the APC's EroTICs Project, open their input with the evocative lyrics of a Swedish pop group ABBA: “And I can chat with you baby / Flirt a little, maybe / But does your mother know that you’re out ?” This article is about middle-class women digital natives in Mumbai, the city with the highest internet use in India, and the initial...
Feminist talk
Some Thoughts on Youth Participation at the IGF
Workshop #277 in Siwa Room 9 was bursting at the seams. They had to
bring in extra chairs and more than once my laptop screen was bumped,
nudged and shaken by large bottoms and smooth, dimpled elbows jostling
for a better shot. Cameras...
bring in extra chairs and more than once my laptop screen was bumped,
nudged and shaken by large bottoms and smooth, dimpled elbows jostling
for a better shot. Cameras...
Feminist talk
The Tyranny of Binaries: Child Protection, Sexuality and Safety Online.
Is it just me or does the schedule for the Internet Governance Forum conference in Sharm El Sheikh seem
to pop with the words youth, security, protection, empowerment, child? At least
two sessions every day focus on these themes.
