Publication

ICTs for Feminist Movement Building: Activist Toolkit

Posted Thu 13 Aug 2015 - 09:30 | 7,011 views
This toolkit aims to assist activists to think through their communication strategies in a way that supports movement building. It offers a practical guide to writing a communication strategy and reviews a number of tools (ICTs) and technology-related campaigns which can be used in organising work.

Pulling apart the patriarchy: Edition in commemoration of Heike Jensen

Posted Wed 17 Jun 2015 - 12:49 | 8,378 views
News of Heike Jensen’s death from cancer, on 3 February 2014, reached internet governance academic and civil society networks a year later. As Marianne Franklin, friend and colleague from GigaNet, puts it: “The networks and the hands-on work in which Heike engaged are cross-border, cross-sector and interdisciplinary by nature and predilection. This is why news of her death has been a ripple of…

In depth

A legacy on how gender is built into the way we discuss and use technology

Posted Wed 17 Jun 2015 - 10:27 | 13,575 views
In this article, GenderIT.org talks with Anita Gurumurthy from IT For Change about gender and privacy. Anita worked with Heike in the Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society research programme.
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Editorial

Rendering the invisible visible: In memory of Dr Heike Jensen

Posted Tue 16 Jun 2015 - 10:00 | 11,045 views
Despite Heike's pessimism about the internet as it is today and the ways in which it is developing, there is a deep-seated optimism about Heike's work. She recognised that patriarchy is oppressive not just to women, but to the majority of men as well, whether due to their poverty, the colour of their skin or their sexuality. By taking apart the structures of patriarchy, uncovering the power…

In depth

Whose internet is it indeed! Internet governance feminism as political praxis

Posted Tue 16 Jun 2015 - 09:36 | 7,780 views
These reflections follow on from a personal recollection of Heike Jensen on the Global Internet Governance Academic Network blog. Here, Marianne Franklin focuses on one of Heike's later publications, a chapter for the 2013 edition of the Global Information Society Watch entitled “Whose internet is it anyway? Shaping the internet – feminist voices in governance decision making”.

Feminist talk

A conversation with the team of women behind the “dragon animal spirit” website

Posted Wed 3 Jun 2015 - 08:42 | 7,920 views
GenderIT.org has a vibrant new face, and the people responsible for this renovated look and feel are the women who make up our website development team: visual designer Ezrena Marwan, and developers Liz Probert, Sam Marx and Sarah Escandor Tomas. All of them are women's rights activists deeply committed to developing technology to meet women’s needs. Learn more about them through this…

DJS choice

Yoga, Instagram and a memorable yearbook quote

Posted Mon 1 Jun 2015 - 03:40 | 4,357 views
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…

Feminist talk

Why feminism matters to the internet?

Posted Fri 29 May 2015 - 08:55 | 4,698 views
Feminism is a political statement, and more importantly political practice, way of thinking, understanding and public articulation of practically every issue of life. Feminism as such would be able to manage, animate and even more importantly took part in the defining and coding of virtual space.

DJS choice

Child friendly searches,'forced femininity' and a folder titled passwords

Posted Thu 4 Dec 2014 - 04:40 | 5,045 views
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…

Feminist talk

Why internet rights matter for Africa(ns)

Posted Wed 3 Sep 2014 - 11:47 | 8,025 views

When I found myself suddenly having to care for and look after my new born child alone, I panicked. I panicked because I had never done this before and the ten minute tutorial on washing and feeding my infant that the nurse gave me at the hospital was lacking in many ways. I had questions, so many questions-but she didn’t have time. I was a woman, as far as she was concerned and therefore I…