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New GenderIT.org edition: A feminist conversation on cybersecurity 27 July 2023

This edition focuses on the human dimension of cybersecurity, asking how cybersecurity policies developed from the centres of political, economic and epistemological power affect those at the margins, and how we can think about cybersecurity from a feminist perspective.

Community networks newsletter: Challenging the digital divide around the world 27 July 2023 By APCNews

Welcome to the 60th monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks and community-based initiatives. In this edition, we celebrate these networks’ multiple achievements, discuss the challenges they face, and moot the kind of support they need.

Regulators from Southern African countries take a deep dive into community networks alternatives for digital inclusion
Regulators from Southern African countries take a deep dive into community networks alternatives for digital inclusion 26 July 2023 By Débora Prado

A forum organised by the Communications Regulators' Association of Southern Africa brought together its member states to discuss the importance of community networks in providing universal services, and the policy and regulation measures needed to support them.

APC at the OEWG II fifth substantive session
APC at the OEWG II fifth substantive session 24 July 2023 By Verónica Ferrari

APC is currently participating in the fifth substantive session of the UN Open-ended Working Group on developments in the field of ICT in the context of international security (OEWG), where it will continue to emphasise the need for a human rights-based approach to the work of the group.

Our Circular Future: "If you're reading this, you’re part of the environmental problem”
Our Circular Future: "If you're reading this, you’re part of the environmental problem” 18 July 2023 By Maja Romano

In the fifth and final part of Our Circular Future series, Leandro Navarro from Barcelona-based APC member Pangea explores ways to build mobile phones that are socially and environmentally responsible as well as how principles of reuse are essential for social inclusion.

Voices from Making a Feminist Internet 2022: Movement building in a digital age
Voices from Making a Feminist Internet 2022: Movement building in a digital age 17 July 2023 By GenderIT.org

MFIs are face-to-face and online gatherings where activists working on different intersecting issues come together to strategise and activate how we make this feminist internet. In this two-part podcast series, activists at the MFI2022 convening share their experiences and thoughts.

When protection becomes threat: Cybercrime regulation as a tool for silencing women and LGBTQIA+ people around the world
When protection becomes threat: Cybercrime regulation as a tool for silencing women and LGBTQIA+ people around the world 30 June 2023 By Derechos Digitales

Derechos Digitales has mapped cases involving the abusive use of cybercrime regulation to silence and criminalise women and LGBTQIA+ people around the world, and the results warn of the inherent danger of imposing international standards in this matter without building in human rights safeguards.

Community networks newsletter: Women connecting a village
Community networks newsletter: Women connecting a village 29 June 2023 By APCNews

In this issue, we are inspired by women who are cultivating community networks in their regions. Welcome to the 59th monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks and community-based initiatives.

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