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MONTEVIDEO (KB and KAH for APCNews) - At the first Internet
Governance Forum (IGF), “access to the internet” emerged
as an issue of common concern and priority to all
stakeholders. At the second IGF the business, civil
society and technical communities worked together
to reach a consensus on what should be done to increase
access to the internet across the world. “Reaching
the next billion” is now one of the priority themes
for the upcoming third IGF – with participants working
together to move from debate and discussion to a manifesto
for action. Find out more and where APC will be.
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Programme (one page, web page and
PDF)
Full
programe (includes programme and descriptions,
18 pages, PDF)
MEXICO (ES for APCNews) - Whether its
through community radio, posters, sms, emails, audiocasts or websites,
creative and informed use of information and communication technologies
(ICTs) helps get the word out on violence against women (VAW). We have
to know about technology to best use it for our activism, we have to
understand it to protect ourselves and others, and to keep shaping an
internet for all. From 25 November to 10 December it’s time once again
to “Take Back the Tech!” and use ICTs to end violence against women. More
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BILASPUR (Anupama Saxena for APCNews) - The
1990s witnessed the exponential growth of online communication and
simultaneously experienced its widespread impacts on all aspects of
human activities. Worldwide progressive social movements recognised the
potential of online communication and started using it as a networking
tool for furthering their causes. APC member in South Korea, Jinbonet,
was to see the flashpoint for their own birth in 1997, during a general
strike, which “showed that computer networks could play a useful
organising role across borders for each sector of the movement,” says
Byoung-il of Jinbonet in an interview with APCNews to commemorate the
organisation’s tenth anniversary. More >>
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