Feminist internet

On holding half the sky: New GenderIT.org edition shares stories of resilience from the Horn of Africa
On holding half the sky: New GenderIT.org edition shares stories of resilience from the Horn of Africa 24 January 2023 Various contributors for GenderIT.org

The editors co-created this edition as a reflection of the ever-dynamic and actively resilient mosaic they know to be embodied in each daughter of the Horn. In the questions they ask, they find the answer always rooted in their untold histories, experiences and everyday realities.

A coy-tale: Queer cyber intimacy and the surveilled subject
A coy-tale: Queer cyber intimacy and the surveilled subject 19 December 2022 Lara Mansour for GenderIT.org

This personal essay by Lara Mansour narrates the experience of being gay in a conservative country like Egypt, and the anxieties of a first-ever digital sexual encounter.

Access denied: Gender digital divide as a form of violence in South and Southeast Asia
Access denied: Gender digital divide as a form of violence in South and Southeast Asia 16 December 2022 Various contributors for GenderIT.org

This new GenderIT.org edition collects stories of women and LGBTIQA+ individuals and communities from South and Southeast Asia discussing the impact of the gender digital divide and how they respond to the challenges and barriers.

New GenderIT.org edition: Trans perspectives on technology and politics from Latin America
New GenderIT.org edition: Trans perspectives on technology and politics from Latin America 12 December 2022 Various contributors for GenderIT.org

This edition encompasses the fused multiverses coexisting among trans populations across the Latin American global South. From visual arts to political science, it maps and highlights best practices engaging with technology as a tool for political emancipation, autonomy and self-determination.

Statement to the Open-ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security 2021-2025
Statement to the Open-ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security 2021-2025 09 December 2022 Association for Progressive Communications and Global Partners Digital

This joint statement from the Association for Progressive Communications and Global Partners Digital focuses on how states can raise awareness of the gender dimensions of security of and in the use of ICTs and promote gender-sensitive capacity building at the policy level.

Highlights of the APC network @IGF 2022
Highlights of the APC network @IGF 2022 08 December 2022 APCNews

The annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is the United Nations’ most significant multistakeholder event for tackling internet governance. Here are some highlights of the APC network's participation this year.

A framework for developing gender-responsive cybersecurity policy: Literature review
A framework for developing gender-responsive cybersecurity policy: Literature review 07 December 2022 APC

This literature review explores how cybersecurity as a gendered space has been addressed in research, as a contribution to the framework developed by APC to promote more gender-sensitive cybersecurity policy.

A framework for developing gender-responsive cybersecurity policy: Norms, standards and guidelines
A framework for developing gender-responsive cybersecurity policy: Norms, standards and guidelines 06 December 2022 APC

There are numerous tools, agendas and frameworks that cybersecurity policy makers can draw upon when seeking to promote a gender perspective within local or multilateral cybersecurity.This paper presents an overview of the most relevant of these instruments.

The Hidden Codes that Shape Our Expression: Understanding How Social Media Algorithms Obstruct Feminist Expression and How Malaysian Women Navigate the Challenges
The Hidden Codes that Shape Our Expression: Understanding How Social Media Algorithms Obstruct Feminist Expression and How Malaysian Women Navigate the Challenges 01 December 2022 Serene Lim

This research intends to better understand the barriers and biases resulting from algorithms in women’s access to freedom of opinion and expression, and to examine how they navigate these algorithms to create the much-needed space to speak out, to be heard, and to occupy digital spaces.

Seeding change: AZUR Développement raises awareness on gender-based violence in the Republic of Congo
Seeding change: AZUR Développement raises awareness on gender-based violence in the Republic of Congo 24 November 2022 Maja Romano

What impact can 16 days make in the fight to end violence against women? In the Republic of Congo, AZUR Développement embarked on a powerful sensitisation campaign across four communities to raise awareness on gender-based violence.

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