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Sex on the internet: GenderIT.org covers sexual agency and rights, networking, safety online
The latest GenderIT edition draws on the groundbreaking survey of APC’s EROTICS project and probes specific realities in different countries, including the value of the internet in sexual rights advocacy, online challenges faced by sexual rights activists and the role of network building in resisting online threats and content regulation.
Coalition launches alternative to secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Fair Deal Coalition has launched “Your Digital Future”, a new initiative that will give internet users a platform to discuss what copyright should look like under the TPP.
Coalition launches alternative to secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership
Coalition to TPP negotiators: It’s time to move beyond secret meetings and join with the public to chart a better course for our digital future.
The Fair Deal Coalition has launched a new initiative that will give internet users a platform to discuss what copyright should look like under
July 25th is #orangeday: Take action for safer online spaces for women and girls
APC’s Take Back the Tech! campaign joins the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, which in July is dedicated to promoting “Cyber Space as Safe Space for Women and Girls.” Join the action!
Women’s rights and threats to online freedom: reflections from the Freedom Online Conference 17 to 18 June 2013
From 17 to 18 June 2013 I took part in the conference on online freedom known as Freedom Online. This conference, carrying the same name of the coalition behind it, highlighted the continent in which it was hosted.
APC leaders inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame
APC Executive Director Anriette Esterhusyen and Finance Manager Karen Banks have been inducted by the Internet Society into the Internet Hall of Fame. They were honoured in the category of Global Connectors as individuals who have made significant contributions to the global growth and use of the internet.
Civil society slams US citizen surveillance
IT Web, Johannesburg, South Africa
Civil society slams US citizen surveillance
26 June 2013
Making ICTs work for social justice and development: From encryption to data validation, our panel give 16 key pointers on using information and communication technologies
The Guardian, United Kingdom
Making ICTs work for social justice and development: From encryption to data validation, our panel give 16 key pointers on using information and communication technologies
26 June 2013
Freedom Online Coalition: Governments should take action to protect rights
APC and other civil society organisations participating at the Freedom Online Conference called governments to protect the human rights of all people online, not just those of their own citizens.
Civil society statement to the Human Rights Council: Impact of PRISM/NSA surveillance on human rights
PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
_Civil society organisations drafted a declaration on the recent revelations about the surveillance of citizens’ online activity by the government of the United States.
