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A+ for profits, F for women's rights: Take Back the Tech! invites users to rate Facebook, Twitter and YouTube 11 September 2014 By Flavia Fascendini for APCNews

What Are You Doing About Violence Against Women? We invite users to join our campaign to demand answers and action. Research developed by the APC Women’s Rights Programme on internet intermediaries mapped the corporate policies of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to analyse each platform’s mechanis...

IGF 2014 shares messages on right to privacy in the digital age at Human Rights Council 10 September 2014 By APCNews

On 5 September 2014, Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2014 participants from governments, civil society, the private sector, academic and technical communities agreed on key messages concerning the right to privacy in the digital age. The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is now sharin...

End violence: Most significant change story from Pakistan
End violence: Most significant change story from Pakistan 08 September 2014 By Gul Bukhari from Bytes for All for APCNews

The APC End violence: Women’s rights and safety online project is changing women’s lives. We wanted to offer a closer, more personal look at individual women whose lives have been significantly impacted by the initiative. This week, we share the story of Urooj Zia, a woman living in Karachi, Pak...

APC and partners to attend Human Rights Council 27th session
APC and partners to attend Human Rights Council 27th session 04 September 2014 By APCNews

The 27th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC27) will take place in Geneva from 8-26 September 2014. APC will be attending the session to focus on internet rights and will be supporting a group of sexual rights activists who will be attending the Council for the first time. This briefing note hi...

APC launches "Feminist Principles of the Internet" at 2014 Internet Governance Forum
APC launches "Feminist Principles of the Internet" at 2014 Internet Governance Forum 03 September 2014 By Nadine Moawad for APCNews

On 1 September 2014, APC launched the “Feminist Principles of the Internet” at the Sexual Rights Pre-Event of the 2014 Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul, Turkey.    

Call for Applications for the second African Internet Governance School 2014
Call for Applications for the second African Internet Governance School 2014 03 September 2014 By APCNews

APC and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency–e-Africa Programme call for applications to the second African School on Internet Governance to be held from 23 – 26 November 2014. The venue of the school will be advised in due course.

APC leads global discussions at 2014 Internet Governance Forum in Turkey
APC leads global discussions at 2014 Internet Governance Forum in Turkey 02 September 2014 By APCNews

Since 2006, APC has been a key player in creating a space for civil society in internet policy making. The ninth Internet Governance Forum kicks off on 2 September in Istanbul, Turkey. For four days, people around the globe will discuss everything related to how the internet runs– from who makes d...

GISWatch Special Report 2014 - Internet rights that went wrong in Turkey
GISWatch Special Report 2014 - Internet rights that went wrong in Turkey 01 September 2014 By GISWatch for APCNews

This report presents an up-to-date assessment of internet rights in Turkey, and has been prepared to coincide with the Internet Governance Forum 2014. The IGF is a space that strives for a democratic and inclusive internet and this report assesses the Turkish government’s respect for international...

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