Trusting our net
Shawna Finnegan and Emilar Vushe, who are the part of the Association for Progressive Communication's policy programme, engage in a conversation about their highlights of this year's Internet...
View ArticleDiversity, gender, and rights: All videos from IGF 2015 in one place
Flavia Fascendini put together the videos from all discussions at the IGF 2015 which concerned gender issues, women's and sexual rights, bringing forward the Feminist Principles of the Internet. [View...
View ArticleLocating gender at the Internet Governance Forum 2015
For nine years, feminist activists struggled to bring gender issues out of the peripheries at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The 2015 IGF which took place in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, proved that the...
View ArticleIGF 2015 Best Practice Forum: Online Abuse and Gender-Based Violence Against...
The 2015 IGF Best Practice Forum (BPF) on Online Abuse and Gender-Based Violence Against Women was both timely and instructive considering the increasing effort by different stakeholders at national...
View ArticleBalancing rights and interests: Best practices to counter online abuse and...
The IGF Best Practice Forum on Online Abuse and Gender-Based Violence Against Women took place in Joao Pessoa, Brazil in November 2015. Representatives of civil society, academia and the private...
View ArticleBeyond the Numbers: Gender and Access to the Internet
Access is a right. In June this year, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution that condemns "measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information...
View ArticleI delete myself: anonymity and sexuality online
The fact that the Internet allows women to be anonymous has greatly aided in increased freedom of expression as well as in combating sexual discrimination, violence as well as domestic abuse. Even...
View ArticleInternet Governance Forum 2015: Learnings from the gender report cards
The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in João Pessoa, Brazil, from 10 to 13 November 2015. There were 2,137 participants from 112 countries present.1Nearly half (49%)...
View ArticleFinding her place: Gender at the 10th IGF
A quiet sense of satisfaction. That’s what I felt at this year’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF), when gender moved out of the wings and came onto the main stage: here, there, everywhere. In 2013 at...
View ArticleDefining their place: Gender at the Internet Governance Forum 2016
The Internet Governance Forum has been valuable as a multistakeholder space that facilitates the discussion and dialogue of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet. Over the years several...
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