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"Access is my right" campaign for a Pakistan free of censorship and surveillance

28 November 2012 (Bytes for All for APCNews)

This campaign launched by APC member Bytes for All from Pakistan is a call for larger human rights movement in the country and citizens to fight the ongoing censorship as it will further take its toll on already compromised civil liberties in the country. All individuals are invited to join the movement and protest by sharing the campaign visuals over the internet.

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Violence against women and ICTs: Map it! End it!

27 November 2012 (FF for APCNews)

Have you or other women you know experienced violence against women online or through the use of information and communications technologies such as mobile phones and the internet? You get into action to end violence against women and map the incident. Come and join us to unmask online violence with just a few clicks.

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Women at the IGF: Now we need to mainstream gender

23 November 2012 (Sonia Randhawa for APCNews)

This year’s Internet Governance Forum came to a close in Baku, Azerbaijan on 9 November. GenderIT.org contributor Sonia Randhawa spoke to three women about their experiences at the IGF, and whether any progress is being made in terms of the representation of women, and the prominence of women’s rights and gender as cross-cutting issues for internet governance.

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Women's take on internet governance: A selection of tweets from IGF 2012

Pergamino

This is a selection of the tweets circulated during the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 6-9 2012.

IGF 2012: Day two in room four

Prague

What I most value about the IGF is that thanks to its multi-stakeholder principle, it widens my perspective on pressing internet governance issues. However, all three sessions I attended on day two in room number four, while talking about human rights, failed to include women’s rights perspective.

Take Back the Tech! 16 days x 16 stories. Tell. Listen. Act

22 November 2012 (Take Back the Tech! for APCNews)

Take Back the Tech! From 25 Nov to 10 Dec, take part in the 16 days of activism and take control of technology to tell, listen and share transformative stories. Document, inspire, converse and collectively envision the end to violence against women.

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Landmark report on women’s rights on the internet

BUENOS AIRES 22 November 2012 (Dafne Sabanes Plou for APC WNSP)

Women may not have been an active part of policy-­making conversations when internet governance started, but the rapid pace of change online means they need to participate now to ensure that the future of the internet is shaped taking into account women’s rights. Read a report about “Women’s Rights on the Internet” on UNICEF’s The World We Want 2015 platform.

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APC submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly

By Henrik Almstrom & Joy Liddicoat (January 2012, APC )

Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association by Association for Progressive Communication (APC). The submission has three parts: the conceptualisation of freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association on the internet, country specific cases and recommendations.

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Going visible: Women’s rights on the internet

By Women’s Rights Programme, Association for Progressive Communications (November 2012, Addressing inequalities - The Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Future We Want for All - UN Women, UNICEF and United Nations )

Women may not have been an active part of policy-­making conversations when internet governance started, but the rapid pace of change online means they need to participate now to ensure that the future of the internet is shaped taking into account women’s rights. This paper was developed by the Women´s Rights Programme as part of the global thematic consultation “Addressing inequalities – The Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Future We Want for All”.

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2012 GISWatch on “the internet and corruption” launched during the IGF

PERGAMINO 16 November 2012 (FF for APCNews)

APC and Hivos launched the 2012 edition of the Global Information Society Watch during the second day of the Internet Governance Forum that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a joint presentation with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Internet & Society Co:llaboratory.

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