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Join the letter writing campaign to free Malaysian activists
Join the letter writing campaign to free Malaysian activists 29 June 2011 grady

Please write protest letters to the government and the police to express your strongest condemnation of the arrests and the on-going denial of rights of expression.

Empowering the marginalized & making a difference: Experiences of an international volunteer at WeDpro
Empowering the marginalized & making a difference: Experiences of an international volunteer at WeDpro 27 June 2011 Igor Dela Pena

From curiosity into knowledge and from knowledge into action—these were the transformations that Ashleen Graham experienced when she went to the Philippines to volunteer for the Women’s Education, Development, Productivity and Research Organization (WeDpro).

MDG3: Take Back the Tech! - updates from the Philippines
MDG3: Take Back the Tech! - updates from the Philippines 25 June 2011 Lenlen Mesina

The MDG3 Take Back the Tech! partner in the Philippines, sent us an update on the latest developments of the project.

TBTT grantee is now a registered NGO
TBTT grantee is now a registered NGO 19 June 2011 NN

Gawaahi is an initiative by Naveen Naqvi, a famous television personality & journalist, and Sana Saleem, a blogger, editor, writer, activist & medical student. Gawaahi.com archives and makes available on the internet digital stories of people of Pakistan, and particularly the stories of women who have survived violence.

Out of the shadows: Filipino youth survivors of violence transform the personal into the digital
Out of the shadows: Filipino youth survivors of violence transform the personal into the digital 13 June 2011 Ava Vivian Gonzales

The narrator of The Shape of My Youth recalls how two years previously, a relative sold her for US$ 23. She was just 12. But this and other digital stories produced by a group of young Filipinos are not just stories of betrayal – they are also stories of hope.

The great firewall of China - internet censorhip in China
The great firewall of China - internet censorhip in China 07 June 2011 APC

The Great Firewall is the unofficial name of the system censoring the internet in China. It’s famous for blocking access to some of the world’s most widely used websites, such as Facebook and Twitter. The full extent of the censorship is much larger, constantly changing and not fully known.

From Islamabad to Geneva, Feminist Tech Exchanges creates young reporter
From Islamabad to Geneva, Feminist Tech Exchanges creates young reporter 01 June 2011 LC

After attending APC WNSP’s Feminist Tech Exchange in Islamabad, 24 year old lawyer and activist Sana Masood attended the she never imagined it would lead her to be a young reporter for the International Committee of the Red Cross. View her new digital story Pakistan: Youth in armed violence. Photo © ICRC / Gassmann Thierry    

User-generated content and social networking in the Arab spring and beyond
User-generated content and social networking in the Arab spring and beyond 30 May 2011 Alex Comninos

This paper is part of a series of policy briefs on the mobile internet from a human rights perspective A contested terrain User-generated content played an important role in the recent protests and uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), collectively referred to as the “Arab spring” or “Arab awakening”. The recent protests and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have both been ...

Youths turn to community theater and digital story telling to address domestic violence and trafficking
Youths turn to community theater and digital story telling to address domestic violence and trafficking 30 May 2011 Vigorideas

Young people in Olongapo and Angeles City are tapping their creative talents to combat serious issues that have plagued their communities: domestic violence and trafficking.

APC member JCA-NET speaks out against Japanese digital surveillance bill
APC member JCA-NET speaks out against Japanese digital surveillance bill 30 May 2011 APC

The proposed bill criminalises a number of online activities, granting Japanese authorities extremely broad powers to monitor and investigate their citizens. It also requires network providers to record and hold communications data on all users so it can be used by law enforcement agencies.

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