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[COLUMN] Sanitary Panels: SPOT THE DIFFERENCES! (comic)
By Sanitary Panels
Sanitary Panels is an ironic yet hard hitting series where social commentary masquerades as humour and makes us rethink many of our assumptions. In this comic Sanitary Panels looks at the difference that women and men achievers face and what assumptions are imposed by social and cultural ideas around gender.
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[Review] Measuring the digital divide: Why we should be using a women-centered analysis
By Nic Bidwell
How do we measure the difference between access to the internet for men and women? It is without a doubt that such gender internet access gap indicators contribute to defining goals for international and country-level policies. But it is important for us to interrogate the role of indicators and measures in access related work and research. Nic Bidwell analyses the use of tools proposed to…
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[COLUMN] Sanitary Panels on facing threats online (COMIC)
By Sanitary Panels
Sanitary Panels is an ironic yet hard hitting series where social commentary masquerades as humour and makes us rethink many of our assumptions. This comic explores aspects of gender and technology including discrimination faced by women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education and careers. In this comic Sanitary Panels looks at how police and society react when women…
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Online violence faced by outspoken activists: the case from Egypt
By Yara Sallam
Online violence and harassment mirrors the realities of persecution in the "real world" and extends the avenues for prejudice and discrimination. In Egypt, outspoken activists and Nubian people supporting the cause of Nubians to their own land and also speaking out about race and skin colour-based prejudice face virulent online attacks and are also banned by the Egyptian government.
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Toxic Twitter: Amnesty International report on social media and online violence
By Azmina Dhrodia
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Online GBV in Palestine means losing out on women's participation
By 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement
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For women in the press like Rana Ayyub, it’s scarily easy for online threats to turn physical
By Shreya Ila Anasuya
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Talking community networks at AfChix TechWomen Summit 2018
By Kazanka Comfort
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[COLUMN] COMIC: Male ego
By Sanitary Panels
Sanitary Panels is a comic that explores aspects of gender and technology including discrimination faced by women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education and careers. Here is an ordinary scene at a coffee-shop.
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[COLUMN] Gender and community networks: Candid reflections 10 years later
By Kathleen Diga
In this column on community networks and gender, the writers will explore how communities can provide and run their own internet infrastructure, the existing forms of community networks, the legal and policy environment in which they have to exist and what are the gender dynamics around these networks. The first column asks a fundamental question - what would be the costs of women NOT having…