APC Talk

This section is a space where APC's staff, members and readers can open up conversations on topics that are of interest for the ICT community. It is a space where authors get to be themselves – sometimes to express opinions and challenge the readers on issues and topics that are close to them, sometimes to share their personal experience on an event or a current debate. The views expressed in this section do not necessarily reflect the views of APC or its network, but that does not make them any less valuable.

Women actively join internet governance discussions 06 November 2015 Dafne Sabanes Plou

It’s good news to know that more women are actively joining internet governance discussions and that they are starting to take steps so that women’s rights activists and their movement include internet governance issues in their agenda.

Bytes for All Pakistan, Internet Rights Are Human Rights workshop 02 November 2015 Haroon Baloch

Ali Rana was among ten participants selected for the Internet Rights are Human Rights (IRHR) workshop held with human rights defenders, women’s rights defenders, journalists and members of academia, as part of the project Advocacy for Change through Technology in India, Malaysia and Pakistan (I...

The thing about gaming
The thing about gaming 26 October 2015 Nadine Moawad

The thing about gaming is you can’t quite explain the immersiveness of it to non-gamers. And I speak not about mindless arcade games you play to pass the time (although I think time-passing on a screen is totally legit. Play on, Candy Crushers).  

Claiming governance spaces: from Gender and Internet Governance Exchange to Africa Internet Governance Forum
Claiming governance spaces: from Gender and Internet Governance Exchange to Africa Internet Governance Forum 26 October 2015 Caroline Tagny

The Association for Progressive Communications’ Caroline Tagny interviewed Chenai Chair, a participant of the Africa Gender and Internet Governance Exchange, on her experience. Chenai Chair is a researcher with Research ICT Africa.

Violence against women online
Violence against women online 26 October 2015 Kembabazi Gloria

On the 28 and 29 September 2015, CIPESA held its eighth Forum on Internet Freedom in East Africa.

Storify in solidarity with Azza Soliman and other women human rights defenders targeted for speaking out against injustice
Storify in solidarity with Azza Soliman and other women human rights defenders targeted for speaking out against injustice 26 October 2015 AWID

AWID called on our members, partners and allies to send solidarity messages via Twitter to @AzzaSoliman1 and to be part of a global solidarity effort with Azza and all women human rights defenders in Egypt. Thank you for responding to that call. Here are some sample tweets that were shared.

Online safety is critical
Online safety is critical 20 October 2015

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