CALGARY (LC for APCNews) -
Recent acts of violence against teenage girls Amanda Todd and Malala
Yousafzai have sparked discussion about the internet’s role in
perpetuating violence against women. One of the ways APC has been
working to end technology-based violence against women is through a new
mapping project that will help document such cases. More
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CALGARY (LC for APCNews) - It is
not uncommon for women and girl techies to be patronised, harassed or
discouraged by male colleagues. The @AsikanaNetwork is a group of women
in technology who want to provide support for each other and help
further their skills in a safe environment. More
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MONTREAL (MK for APCNews) - This
special edition of Global Information Society Watch 2011, “Internet
rights and democratisation: focus on freedom of expression and
association online” features updates from six countries on the state of
internet rights and an introduction from the Electronic Frontier
Foundation’s Jillian York. More
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JOHANNESBURG (Alan Finlay for
APCNews) – “South Africa has adopted some of the more problematic
elements of the new post-9/11 surveillance regime, many of which have
been authored in supposedly liberal democracies, while failing to
incorporate key safeguards that may have been incorporated in these
democracies,” says Jane Duncan in an interview for the forthcoming
Global Information Society Watch. More
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