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Community networks newsletter: What changes when connectivity is rooted in communities? 28 March 2024 By APCNews

By being rooted in their own communities and encouraging collective articulation, a community network can became a catalyst for rethinking digital spaces and build more inclusive practices – as the pieces collated for this issue show.

Feminist #TechJoy! nurtures networks of safety and trust through small grants 28 March 2024 By APCNews

APC Women’s Rights Programme is delighted to announce the successful applicants for the first round of its small grants programme, Exploring Feminist #TechJoy! We will distribute the next call around June 2024.

Rights watered down in draft privacy and data protection bill in Namibia
Rights watered down in draft privacy and data protection bill in Namibia 27 March 2024 By Frederico Links

Some of the areas of specific human rights concern raised about the 2022 draft were underdeveloped consent provisions, the almost complete absence of protections for data subjects, and the absence of carve-outs for journalistic, artistic and academic data collection and processing.

Come work with us! APC is hiring an administrative coordinator for the Sustaining Defenders through Feminist Holistic Security project
Come work with us! APC is hiring an administrative coordinator for the Sustaining Defenders through Feminist Holistic Security project 26 March 2024

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is looking for an administrative coordinator for our project “Sustaining Defenders through Feminist Holistic Security” (SDFHS), to join our virtual office and team. The deadline for applications is 10 April 2024.

Unveiling the landscape: Malawi’s data protection journey and the evolving digital rights terrain
Unveiling the landscape: Malawi’s data protection journey and the evolving digital rights terrain 21 March 2024 By Moses Kaufa

In Malawi, authorities are increasingly demanding that citizens surrender personal information for routine activities, ranging from using a mobile phone to participating in elections, and the absence of a robust, currently enacted data protection law jeopardises citizens’ right to privacy.

NETmundial+10 highlights multistakeholderism around digital governance
NETmundial+10 highlights multistakeholderism around digital governance 14 March 2024 By Maja Romano

The upcoming NETmundial+10 meeting will be an important space to ensure that civil society priorities and perspectives are strongly represented and build on APC’s historical engagement in key internet policy and governance processes.

"Israel has killed over 10% of our colleagues”: Journalists in Palestine speak out about being systematically targeted in the war
"Israel has killed over 10% of our colleagues”: Journalists in Palestine speak out about being systematically targeted in the war 12 March 2024 By APCNews

IFEX, 7amleh, the Palestine Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and APC recently co-organised a webinar on the issue of the targeting of journalists in Palestine, with several local voices sharing the reality from the ground and what can be done.

Recommended readings and resources for CSW68
Recommended readings and resources for CSW68 11 March 2024 By APCNews

We encourage you to join us in mobilising for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) taking place from 11-22 March, for which we present some essential resources to help investigate and discuss some of the issues at stake this year.

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