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KUALA LUMPUR (APC
WNSP for APCNews) - APC women’s Feminist Tech Exchange (FTX) is
training a key group of women’s rights advocates particularly those
living in the developing world in essential internet, audio and other
technical skills to enable them to use technology to most effectively
document abuses, build knowledge, disseminate information, mobilise
support and amplify pressures for change. Through hands-on learning,
sharing of experiences and strategies, organised discussion sessions
and spaces for face-to-face and online reflections and conversations,
FTX creates a vibrant space to explore and deepen feminist practices
and politics of technology. More
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MONTEVIDEO
(Natalia Uval for APCNews) - Poor indigenous communities experiencing
contact with the world beyond their local surroundings for the first
time ever. One hundred institutions in rural areas of Paraguay with
access to the internet. These are just a few snapshots of the outcomes
achieved by rural wireless connecitivity that has demonstrated the
potential of the internet as a door to economic and social improvements
in traditionally marginalised communities. More
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MONTEVIDEO
(APC for APCNews) - South Africa is on the eve of a major
broadband infrastructure roll-out and April elections provide an
opportunity to look at the policy framework with fresh eyes and to
consider what’s needed to develop a coherent national broadband
strategy. APC is together with other civil society organisations and
businesses is building a coalition to campaign for the lowering of
costs associated with the internet in South Africa. The campaign being
carried out with the support of the Partnership for Higher Education in
Africa (PHEA) is mobilising internet service providers, communications
workers, content providers, academics, alternative energy experts, a
number of civil society organisations and private sector associations
to advocate for affordable broadband access for all South Africans. More
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