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Reconocimiento y visibilidad, ocultas no más

Iniciativas de numerosas mujeres alrededor del mundo comienzan a destacar y dar visibilidad a contribuciones fundamentales de muchas de ellas en campos del saber y de la creación en ciencia y tecnología en los que el reconocimiento público les estaba vedado. ¿Es hora de pensarnos como mentoras de nuestras pares y las jóvenes que se inician en este campo?

Cuando una empieza a leer a las teóricas feministas y a ver el mundo desde las gafas violetas: la división sexual del trabajo es una de las bases fundamentales del sistema patriarcal. Las mujeres en lo privado/reproductivo y los hombres en lo público/productivo. Y hay mucha gente que afirma que esta división ya no se aplica, ya que las mujeres estamos completamente integradas en la fuerza laboral. Pero, una vez más, estas afirmaciones subestiman al patriarcado mutante.

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Ciberfeminismo e a apropriação da internet

genderit-feninist talk-es - Mon, 01/08/2018 - 15:13
E seguro afirmar que as redes sociais são meios de debate, não cabendo mais o discurso de irrealidade inerente à internet que desqualificava interações e emoções que nela acontecem ou dela decorrem. O “mundo online” e o “off-line” se interacionam com os relatos de violência e assédio às discussões nas redes.

Nos últimos anos, o movimento feminista começou a transbordar as bolhas de grupos sociais. A campanha e o estudo Chega de Fiu, realizado em 2013, conduzido e publicado ao longo de 2014 pela ONG Think Olga e a defensoria Pública do Estado de São Paulo, jogou holofotes à violência de gênero que a grande maioria das mulheres enfrenta, potencializado por questões raciais e classe econômica.

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Ciberfeminismo e a apropriação da internet

E seguro afirmar que as redes sociais são meios de debate, não cabendo mais o discurso de irrealidade inerente à internet que desqualificava interações e emoções que nela acontecem ou dela decorrem. O “mundo online” e o “off-line” se interacionam com os relatos de violência e assédio às discussões nas redes.

Nos últimos anos, o movimento feminista começou a transbordar as bolhas de grupos sociais. A campanha e o estudo Chega de Fiu, realizado em 2013, conduzido e publicado ao longo de 2014 pela ONG Think Olga e a defensoria Pública do Estado de São Paulo, jogou holofotes à violência de gênero que a grande maioria das mulheres enfrenta, potencializado por questões raciais e classe econômica.

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The right to scream: Research on sexuality, internet and communication

Feminist reflections on internet policies - Thu, 12/21/2017 - 15:59

This edition is an exploration of the multiple layers of the relationship between sexuality, rights and sexual expression and the internet. Does it open up new avenues and forums for expression, or does it expose people to more variations of the violence, abuse and harassment that we face onground/offline? And is this even a question to ask, since it is now inevitable that we are all embedded in technology, whether with or without our participation or consent.

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Where have all the queer women gone?

Feminist reflections on internet policies - Thu, 12/21/2017 - 14:37

How the stories of movements for queer liberation are told is a historically complicated thing. What and who constitute the gay rights movement is a perennial question to which we know now clearly that there is no one answer. There is no homogenous ‘LGBT’ community in any country, nor is there a global homogenous ‘LGBT’ movement, with homogenous sets of values and agendas

There is no homogenous ‘LGBT’ community in any country, nor is there a global homogenous ‘LGBT’ movement, with homogenous sets of values and agendas.

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Interview with Women's Media Collective, Sri Lanka: About lesbian tutorials and other strategies

GenderIT.org in-depth - Thu, 12/21/2017 - 12:57
As part of the EROTICS research, the Women's Media Collective, Sri Lanka did research on 1) human rights of Sri Lanka lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer and 2) is on use of online space by lesbian women. In this interview by Shubha Kayastha, WMC talks about their process and recommendations.

Image source: Shubha Kayastha (sketch by participants in a sexuality workshop). Title: freedom of thought. Description: Art work showing different way in which one can access knowledge and enjoy sexual rights.

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Interview with Women's Media Collective, Sri Lanka: About lesbian tutorials and other strategies

Feminist reflections on internet policies - Thu, 12/21/2017 - 12:57
As part of the EROTICS research, the Women's Media Collective, Sri Lanka did research on 1) human rights of Sri Lanka lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer and 2) is on use of online space by lesbian women. In this interview by Shubha Kayastha, WMC talks about their process and recommendations.

Image source: Shubha Kayastha (sketch by participants in a sexuality workshop). Title: freedom of thought. Description: Art work showing different way in which one can access knowledge and enjoy sexual rights.

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Sexuality and the internet: Findings from the global survey (2017)

GenderIT.org in-depth - Wed, 12/20/2017 - 10:40
Since 2013 the EROTICS global survey has been carried out three times by APC-WRP to assess and learn about the role of information and communication technologies in the work of its worldwide network of gender and sexuality activists, advocates, professionals and scholars. The survey was particularly designed to reflect about their experiences and responses to online violence and censorship. Here the lead researchers involved in the survey introduce the findings from the survey.

At three different times over the past four years, the EROTICS Project: An Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet, by the APC Women’s Rights Program, sent out a questionnaire to its worldwide network of gender and sexuality activists, advocates, professionals and scholars, to learn about the role of information and communication technologies in their work. The survey was particularly designed to reflect about their experiences and responses to online violence and censorship.

Co-author:  Horacio Sivori

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Sexuality and the internet: Findings from the global survey (2017)

Feminist reflections on internet policies - Wed, 12/20/2017 - 10:40
Since 2013 the EROTICS global survey has been carried out three times by APC-WRP to assess and learn about the role of information and communication technologies in the work of its worldwide network of gender and sexuality activists, advocates, professionals and scholars. The survey was particularly designed to reflect about their experiences and responses to online violence and censorship. Here the lead researchers involved in the survey introduce the findings from the survey.

At three different times over the past four years, the EROTICS Project: An Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet, by the APC Women’s Rights Program, sent out a questionnaire to its worldwide network of gender and sexuality activists, advocates, professionals and scholars, to learn about the role of information and communication technologies in their work. The survey was particularly designed to reflect about their experiences and responses to online violence and censorship.

Co-author:  Horacio Sivori

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The Internet, Sexual Expression and Online Violence in Nepal: Interview with LOOM, Nepal

GenderIT.org in-depth - Tue, 12/19/2017 - 17:02
LOOM is a Nepal-based feminist organisation that works towards harnessing the collective power of women through multi-generational activism especially around sexual rights and sexual citizenship. As part of the EROTICS project, LOOM has been part of two studies conducted on the internet and sexual expression and online gender based violence, and in this interview they share more about the research.

Photo of workshop conducted by LOOM in Nepal. Photo credit: LOOM

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The Internet, Sexual Expression and Online Violence in Nepal: Interview with LOOM, Nepal

Feminist reflections on internet policies - Tue, 12/19/2017 - 17:02
LOOM is a Nepal-based feminist organisation that works towards harnessing the collective power of women through multi-generational activism especially around sexual rights and sexual citizenship. As part of the EROTICS project, LOOM has been part of two studies conducted on the internet and sexual expression and online gender based violence, and in this interview they share more about the research.

Photo of workshop conducted by LOOM in Nepal. Photo credit: LOOM

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“This research has become a bit of an obsession”: Interview with Point of View

GenderIT.org in-depth - Tue, 12/19/2017 - 15:42
Point of View as part of EROTICS (Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet) project undertook an extensive research to understand how law constructs obscenity online, and to identify specific instances of non-consensual sharing of intimate images, and the various ways in it is punished or acquitted. This study specifically looks at implementation of new laws under the Information Technology Act of India.

Image source: Digital storytelling workshop organised by Point of View.

Bishakha Datta and Smita Vanniyar talk to GenderIT about their research on Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

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“This research has become a bit of an obsession”: Interview with Point of View

Feminist reflections on internet policies - Tue, 12/19/2017 - 15:42
Point of View as part of EROTICS (Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet) project undertook an extensive research to understand how law constructs obscenity online, and to identify specific instances of non-consensual sharing of intimate images, and the various ways in it is punished or acquitted. This study specifically looks at implementation of new laws under the Information Technology Act of India.

Image source: Digital storytelling workshop organised by Point of View.

Bishakha Datta and Smita Vanniyar talk to GenderIT about their research on Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

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Flesh rather than word

GenderIT.org feminist talk - Tue, 12/19/2017 - 11:51
In 2017 the Independent Expert for Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression and the Yogyakarta +10 principles acknowledged the specific social, cultural, health and other issues that are faced by those who are gender non conforming, and non-binary. This article looks at the online lives of those who challenge, play with, question and disrupt the gender binary, and do more - who are visibly and obviously queer.

Image source: Second Life avatar of Nadika Nadja
THE QUEER SUBJECT AND VIOLENCE IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE SPACES

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Flesh rather than word

Feminist reflections on internet policies - Tue, 12/19/2017 - 11:51
In 2017 the Independent Expert for Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression and the Yogyakarta +10 principles acknowledged the specific social, cultural, health and other issues that are faced by those who are gender non conforming, and non-binary. This article looks at the online lives of those who challenge, play with, question and disrupt the gender binary, and do more - who are visibly and obviously queer.

Image source: Second Life avatar of Nadika Nadja
THE QUEER SUBJECT AND VIOLENCE IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE SPACES

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[Columna] Ser o no ser anónimo, ahí el dilema

genderit-feninist talk-es - Wed, 12/06/2017 - 12:35
Entendemos que internet es una nueva esfera pública donde se dan debates y se tejen redes. Sin embargo toda interacción en internet converge desde dos planos: el digital y el físico, es decir una identidad digital que transita desde la web y el lugar físico desde el que estas tipiando sea un smartphone o computadora, por lo tanto ¿cómo podemos asegurarnos del anonimato?

Cuando estaba en el colegio era común entre las niñas de la escuela pasar en clases un cuaderno en el que respondíamos diferentes preguntas: nuestra materia favorita, color o programa de tv que más nos gustaba. A medida que pasaban las hojas del cuaderno, el tono de las preguntas subía hasta preguntar quién te gusta y si habías besado a un chico.

Éramos sinceras con nuestras respuestas porque creíamos ciegamente en el anonimato del “chismografo”, hasta que alguien se enteraba quien te gustaba y pedias a gritos que te tragara la tierra.

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[Columna] Ser o no ser anónimo, ahí el dilema

Entendemos que internet es una nueva esfera pública donde se dan debates y se tejen redes. Sin embargo toda interacción en internet converge desde dos planos: el digital y el físico, es decir una identidad digital que transita desde la web y el lugar físico desde el que estas tipiando sea un smartphone o computadora, por lo tanto ¿cómo podemos asegurarnos del anonimato?

Cuando estaba en el colegio era común entre las niñas de la escuela pasar en clases un cuaderno en el que respondíamos diferentes preguntas: nuestra materia favorita, color o programa de tv que más nos gustaba. A medida que pasaban las hojas del cuaderno, el tono de las preguntas subía hasta preguntar quién te gusta y si habías besado a un chico.

Éramos sinceras con nuestras respuestas porque creíamos ciegamente en el anonimato del “chismografo”, hasta que alguien se enteraba quien te gustaba y pedias a gritos que te tragara la tierra.

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[Entrevista] Una internet feminista debe anclarse en acciones concretas

En profundidad de GenderIT.org - Mon, 11/13/2017 - 14:04
¿Es internet la quintaesencia de la comunicación? Muchas mujeres se encuentran al borde de alguno de los puntos cruciales que constituyen un desafío para el movimiento de mujeres hoy en día. Se ven enfrentadas al patriarcado todos los días y, en algunos casos, se ven obligadas a lidiar con problemas aún más peligrosos. El movimiento de mujeres se basa en historias de mujeres y sus acciones diarias, en línea y en las calles. Sobre estas cuestiones y muchas más conversamos con la feminista africana Maggie Mapondera.

Maggie Hazvinei Mapondera, nacida en Zimbabwe, es una feminista híbrida que trabaja en el cruce entre el feminismo de las comunidades de base, la comunicación feminista y la creación del movimiento

En esta entrevista, Maggie reflexiona sobre la situación actual de la tecnología e internet en relación al movimiento feminista y la organización y participación de las mujeres en el día a día, a nivel mundial.

Koliwe Majama: Hablemos sobre tu trayecto como activista feminista. ¿Qué es lo que te apasiona y lo que más te motiva?

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[Entrevista] Una internet feminista debe anclarse en acciones concretas

¿Es internet la quintaesencia de la comunicación? Muchas mujeres se encuentran al borde de alguno de los puntos cruciales que constituyen un desafío para el movimiento de mujeres hoy en día. Se ven enfrentadas al patriarcado todos los días y, en algunos casos, se ven obligadas a lidiar con problemas aún más peligrosos. El movimiento de mujeres se basa en historias de mujeres y sus acciones diarias, en línea y en las calles. Sobre estas cuestiones y muchas más conversamos con la feminista africana Maggie Mapondera.

Maggie Hazvinei Mapondera, nacida en Zimbabwe, es una feminista híbrida que trabaja en el cruce entre el feminismo de las comunidades de base, la comunicación feminista y la creación del movimiento

En esta entrevista, Maggie reflexiona sobre la situación actual de la tecnología e internet en relación al movimiento feminista y la organización y participación de las mujeres en el día a día, a nivel mundial.

Koliwe Majama: Hablemos sobre tu trayecto como activista feminista. ¿Qué es lo que te apasiona y lo que más te motiva?

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Making a feminist internet: Building movements, remembering resistance, hacking security and care

Feminist reflections on internet policies - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 14:08

Over 80 people engaged in wildly different kinds of feminist activism across the world gathered together to discuss what does it mean to build movements around feminist principles, women’s rights, sexuality and related issues in the digital age. From the cataclysmic and profoundly loud speaking out that took place spontaneously across varied contexts with #metoo to understanding, owning and building feminist infrastructure, there is a lot that we can do as feminist activists.

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