Feminist internet
The Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance was a unique panel at the 2018 IGF, not only because it was one of the few to have full focus on gender rights, but also because it was a participatory session with presentations from panellists and also engagement by the majority of audience members present. With the intent “to look at some of the emerging issues at the intersection of gender and internet governance and the cyberspace,” this Dynamic Coalition (DC), organised by APC ...
The Feminist Internet Research Network is a three-and-a-half-year collaborative and multidisciplinary research project led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The project draws on the study “Mapping research in gender and digital technology” carried out by APC and commissioned by IDRC, and the Feminist Principles of the Internet (FPIs) collectively crafted by feminists and activists, pr...
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is mobilising for the 13th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Paris, France, where it will be participating in activities from 11 to 14 November 2018. This page is your go-to resource, compiling: APC's priorities for the 13th Internet Governance Forum, Paris, 2018 A schedule of events that APC and its membe...
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This member story was featured in the 2017 APC Annual Report, as part of our work on a feminist internet. On 26 October 2017, WOUGNET held a national local level conversation on the Feminist Principles of the Internet (FPIs) under a project funded by the UN Women Fund for Gender Equality, combined with a capacity-building activity funded under our Women’s Rights Online project, seeing as both...
This member story was featured in the 2017 APC Annual Report, as part of our work on a feminist internet. In August 2017, Point of View launched the publication Skin Stories, which is a weekly essay series of narratives on sexuality, disability and gender. The origins of the publication lie in a nameless blog on Point of View's website sexualityanddisability.org, which only had one writer for a...
This member story was featured in the 2017 APC Annual Report, as part of our work on a feminist internet. "Building Online Safety for Safe Houses" is a project implemented by One World Platform (OWP) from July to December 2017, with the financial support of an APC subgrant. Within the framework of the project, in October 2017, OWP began trainings that covered topics related to policies for the ...
This member story was featured in the 2017 APC Annual Report, as part of our work on a feminist internet. The internet exists thanks to the work of many women who have been rendered invisible, shut out from spaces of power, and also subjected to violence. Different organisations around the world have attempted to respond to, fight back against and change this reality. We have learned a lot from...
This member story was featured in the 2017 APC Annual Report, as part of our work on a feminist internet. In October 2017, BlueLink held a roundtable with practising journalists, university journalism professors, media representatives and gender experts in Bulgaria, focused on women shaping journalistic practice in Bulgaria. It probed into the image of a woman journalist, the role of women...
The 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) wrapped up earlier this month, with the adoption of 20 resolutions including quite a few touching on key internet-related human rights issues. This session of the UN HRC reflects growth in the Council’s understanding of the scope of internet-related human rights and the outcomes were valuable overall and will contribute to the advancement ...
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