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MONTEVIDEO (APC WNSP for APC) - What is
“harmful content” on the internet? The
definition is contestable, subjective and open to a range of
interpretations, and the majority of interventions to combat it are
mostly concerned with obscenity and child pornography. Sexual rights
workers are troubled by the growing role of conservative forces –
supported by religious extremists – and their attempts to encourage new
legislation that would treat all online sexual exchanges as sexual
predation and all adult content on the internet as pornography. This
protectionist approach overshadows other important aspects of the
internet that directly impact on internet users’ lives and their
ability to access to vital information on sexuality, sexual health and
sexual rights. EroTICs, an exploratory research just starting at APC,
aims to narrow the gap between political assumptions and a better
understanding of content and “harm” based on women’s real experience of
sexuality online. More >>
MONTEVIDEO
(Katerina Fialova and Jac sm Kee for APC) - The APC women’s programme
looks at the current climate internationally regarding “harmful
content” on the internet and explains the raison d’etre of their
current exploration into the world of sexuality online. More
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MONTEVIDEO
(APC WNSP for APC) - Marginalised women, teenage girls and
women in armed conflict in ten countries will be the people most likely
to benefit in a project launched in January 2009 by the APC women’s
programme to tackle what the UN has called a “global epidemic of
violence against women”. More >>
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