Does the internet make the realisation of economic, social, cultural rights a stronger possibility, especially for women and gender nonconforming people? This is the question that our edition on ESC rights and the internet seeks to answer. The GISWatch report on ESC rights looks at various contexts around the world (different stories) of how the internet has acted largely as an enabler for ESC rights, and sometimes as a dis-abler or rather a selective enabler, that widens the gaps around existing axis of social and economic difference.

Technology facilitates violence against women, but it also facilitates information sharing, capacity building, networking and alternative media – Take back the tech! is the realisation of the idea that the internet can be used to expand the movement against all forms of gender-based violence.