Feminist internet

Feminists are building their own technology to organise, but where are funders?
Feminists are building their own technology to organise, but where are funders? 16 November 2020 Ledys Sanjuan Mejia for GenderIT.org

Feminist activists have played an important role in pointing out how the internet rights of those who are marginalised on account of gender, sexuality and gender expression are particularly precarious. But where is the funding for feminist work on technology and infrastructure?

Examining women’s access to digital platforms: A case of mobile broadband connections in Uganda - Policy brief
Examining women’s access to digital platforms: A case of mobile broadband connections in Uganda - Policy brief 13 November 2020 WOUGNET

This policy brief presents the findings from an evidence-based study that examines the gendered aspects to women’s internet access on mobile broadband connections in Uganda. 

APC at the IGF 2020: Daily highlights
APC at the IGF 2020: Daily highlights 12 November 2020 APCNews

The annual Internet Governance Forum, the United Nations’ most significant multistakeholder platform for discussing internet governance, is taking place from 2 to 17 November remotely. Here are some highlights on the participation of APC and its members. 

Citizen data and freedom: The fears of people living with HIV in India
Citizen data and freedom: The fears of people living with HIV in India 04 November 2020 Rosamma Thomas for GenderIT.org

India has the world's third-largest population with HIV, after South Africa and Nigeria. This report looked into the situation of people living HIV in India and how their plight was affected by the lockdown measures imposed as a means to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

APC policy explainer: Platform responsibility and accountability
APC policy explainer: Platform responsibility and accountability 01 November 2020 APC

Companies should use international human rights law as the authoritative global standard for ensuring freedom of expression and other rights on their platforms, not the varying laws of states or their own private interests. In this document, APC explains why, where and how we work on this issue.

APC at the Internet Governance Forum 2020
APC at the Internet Governance Forum 2020 30 October 2020 APCNews

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is mobilising for the 15th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which this year will take place remotely. We will be participating in activities from 2 to 17 November 2020.

APC priorities for the 2020 Internet Governance Forum
APC priorities for the 2020 Internet Governance Forum 29 October 2020 APC

The 15th edition of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), the United Nations’ most significant multistakeholder platform for discussing internet governance, is taking place virtually from 9 to 17 November 2020, with pre-sessions from 3 to 6 November. These are APC's priorities for this year's IGF.

Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 30
Community Networks and Local Access Monthly Newsletter - Number 30 29 October 2020 APCNews

Welcome to the 30th monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks.

Movement building in a digital age: Evaluation report – learnings for networks
Movement building in a digital age: Evaluation report – learnings for networks 29 October 2020 Sheherezade Kara

Between November 2019 and April 2020, the APC Women’s Rights Programme (WRP) held an evaluation of our work around movement building in the digital age. A total of 82 people participated in the survey and/or interviews conducted for the evaluation.

Movement building in a digital age: Evaluation report – learnings for donors and funds
Movement building in a digital age: Evaluation report – learnings for donors and funds 29 October 2020 Sheherezade Kara

The evaluation sought feedback from feminist internet meeting participants, including around the impact of the convenings on participants’ movement work and activism, their evolving relationships with digital technologies, and challenges in taking this work forward.

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