PERGAMINO (FF for GenderIT.org) –
Valeria Betancourt, manager of APC’sCommunications and Information
Policy Programme, explains a report submitted by APCand partners
to the government of Ecuador, which aims to contribute to the
Universal Periodic Review process by making recommendations about the
relationship between freedom of expression online and access
to the internet for Ecuadorian women´s lives. More
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JOHANNESBURG (APC for APC WNSP) –
Drawing on findings from APC’s MDG3: Take Back the Tech! project with
women’s rights organisations in twelve countries in Asia, Africa and
Latin America, this paper explores the links between the internet, cell
phones and violence against women, illustrating that technology-related
violence impacts women as seriously as other forms of violence. More >
PRAGUE (Katerina Fialova for GenderIT)
– APC members and staff will be participating in the 12th international
forum by the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) in
Istanbul, Turkey from 19-22 April 2012. The theme of this year's AWID
Forum is “Transforming Economic Power to Advance Women’s Rights and
Justice”, and APC Women’s Networking Support Programme will be hosting
a number of workshops as well as a pre-events on the feminist practices
and politics of the internet. More
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QUITO (APC) – Together with its partners, APC is pleased to announce
the fifth regional preparatory meeting in LAC for the Internet
Governance Forum (IGF), to be held in late 2012. As with the four
previous IGF events, the purpose of the meeting is to provide a space
for multi-stakeholder political dialogue. More >
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