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This section features articles that are meant to inform readers about perspectives, issues and debates around certain topics considered relevant within the ICT arena, as well as highlights about all those activities and themes that matter to the APC network and the spaces we engage in.

Pulling the plug in Burma TORONTO, Canada 24 October 2007 By OpenNet Initiative

Adding to their long history of reports on the study of internet filtering, the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has compiled, and released, a bulletin on the recent demonstrations in Burma and the Burmese government’s shutdown of the internet there. The executive summary of "Pulling the Plug: A Techn...

Information in Khmer about women's issues becomes available on the internet PHNOM PENH, Cambodia 24 October 2007 By KONG Sidaroth

The Open Institute – a Cambodian NGO – launched a Khmer language web portal on October 24 2007. It will give non-profits, the government, and other organisations working on women’s issues in Cambodia easy access to legislation and latest developments related to women’s issues.

Dialogue on regulation: preparing the GK3 session
Dialogue on regulation: preparing the GK3 session 23 October 2007 By APCNews

In preparation for the Hello Regulator? session to be held during the Global Knowledge 3 conference, to be held in December in Malaysia, the Kenya ICT Action Network (Kictanet) is currently holding a 10-day e-discussion on eCommunication Strategies for Regulatory Authorities. The objectives of the d...

Call for dialogue: Regulatory frameworks for improving access
Call for dialogue: Regulatory frameworks for improving access 22 October 2007

LIRNE.NET and APC invite internet and telecom practitioners, ICT policy and regulation experts, and other stakeholders to submit statements on what they identify as the key issues and important factors currently facing regulators concerned with access to infrastructure. This dialogue is being undert...

Omolayo Samuel: Climbing above the stereotypes
Omolayo Samuel: Climbing above the stereotypes 22 October 2007 By Katherine Walraven for APCNews

The 2007 Global Information Society Watch report identifies Nigeria as the fastest growing ICT market in Africa. Despite this, women remain severely under-represented among the country’s ICT professionals. And yet, one young woman in APC-member Fantsuam’s ICT department became a role model when ...

Winners of the APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize 2007 announced
Winners of the APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize 2007 announced 17 October 2007 By APCNews

The first APC FOSS Prize established in 2006 to honour Chris Nicol, a long time FOSS advocate and activist who for many years, worked with APC, has been jointly awarded to Free Geek (USA) and NepaLinux (Nepal).

Computer Aid International wins Nominet’s access award
Computer Aid International wins Nominet’s access award 16 October 2007

Access remains one of the greatest challenges facing the internet community in the developing world. The Nominet judges believe that the work of Computer Aid epitomizes what their access category represents. Computer Aid has enabled thousands of people in developing countries, who wouldn’t normall...

Every laptop assigned a child
Every laptop assigned a child 16 October 2007 By Miguel Peirano

Journalist Miguel Peirano finds that "Many people think that a laptop for every child is a magic solution and that just giving the children a machine will make them happy," in his well-documented opinion piece about the CEIBAL Plan. This Uruguyan adaptation of the One Laptop Per Child project turns ...

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