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Imagine a Feminist Internet: The conversation is on!
By GenderIT.org
This year, a group of 45 activists, researchers, academics and techies are meeting again in Malaysia to deepen the discussion around feminism and technology. They will be tweeting on #imagineafeministinternet and we invite you to participate in the conversation by engaging with the hashtag and following @takebackthetech.
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Ladder of Hierarchy: how gender matters in internet governance
By Pinda Phisitbutra
In the Gender and Internet Governance Exchange (gigX) workshop last month participants from different countries in Asia were asked to arrange a series of words by the “ladder of hierarchy”. Despite our cultural differences, it seemed that we all agreed on one thing – whether married or unmarried - man is always on top.
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ICT, women’s rights and migration
By Hazel Divinagracia
Since the mid 1980s, more Filipino women than men were leaving the country for various destinations abroad. How do we reach the women working overseas to extend our support to them online? How do we maximize online connectivity so that we can send and receive messages to help migrants?
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The lifelong-learning experience of a young feminist
By Christina Lopez
The Gender and Internet Governance Exchange-Asia (gigX) hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications in partnership with the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) gave me an opportunity to learn about the intersection between gender and internet governance in a simple way.
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The Istanbul Convention brings the most complex view on the issue of violence against women
By Michaela Svatošová
The Istanbul Convention is a legal document that was presented by the Council of Europe in 2011. The convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence came into force in 2014 and was ratified by 18 member states and signed by 19 thus far. However EU countries such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Ireland are still not on the list. The Czech government argues…
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Three things I’ve learned at the Gender and Internet Governance Exchange, Asia
By Noemi Lardizabal-Dado
Noemi Lardizabal-Dado was one of the participants in the Gender and Internet Governance Exchange in Asia. In this feminist talk, she shares how she participated with other feminists in the questioning around “what kind of internet do we want and what will it take for us to achieve it?”
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How technology is enabling a new generation of change makers fighting violence against women
By Hera Hussain
Tara is a 26 year old aspiring computer engineer based in Oman. She has always excelled at her classes, exams, internships and appears to live a normal life. But what no one knows is that when at home, Tara is battling neglect, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her family.
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Gender and Internet Governance eXchange in Asia
By Flavia Fascendini
To start off our series of gigX, APC in collaboration with the Foundation for Media Alternatives, held a 2-day event on the 29 and 30 June 2015 where advocates from the region came together to exchange knowledge on the intersections of women’s rights and internet governance.
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“Shut up you bitch”: Some thoughts on women speaking up, internet trolls and ignorance
By Flavia Fascendini
After attending an interesting workshop on digital violence and hate speech in Buenos Aires, I returned home with some questions. These are a few notes on how online hate speech operates to silence women – regardless of their public status.
DJS choice
Rainbows, Minds and #DontMancriminate
By Tarryn Booysen
DJ's choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to…
