violence against women
violence against women
Flavia Fascendini
Flavia Fascendini
Flavia Fascendini vive en una ciudad en el interior de Argentina y es directora de comunicaciones de APC. Escribile a flavia@apc.org
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¡Más imagina una internet feminista!
La segunda reunión Imagina una internet feminista organizada por la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones tuvo lugar los días 22, 23 y 24 de julio en Malasia, como una continuación del espacio iniciado en 2014. Aquí compartimos las ideas y análisis acerca de cómo nos imaginamos una internet feminista usando #imaginainternetfeminista.
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Debates en el Intercambio sobre género y gobernanza de internet en México, América Latina
Activistas por los derechos en internet, sexuales y de las mujeres de la región se dieron cita entre el 1 y 2 de agosto para intercambiar conocimientos acerca de las intersecciones entre gobernanza de internet y derechos de las mujeres, en forma previa al Foro de gobernanza de internet para LAC.
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Gender and Internet Governance eXchange in Asia
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
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.
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Technology-related VAW addressed by report of Special Rapporteur on violence against women
The report produced by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences contains the findings following her visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from March to April 2014. The report flags technology-related violence as one of the ways in which VAW manifests, pointing specially to online harmful behaviours such as humiliation, harassment,…
Filipinas: Explorando la violencia contra mujeres y niñas relacionada con la tecnología
¡Volvimos! Y esta vez con la segunda en una serie de siete mini-ediciones destacando el proyecto de APC “Basta de violencia: derechos de las mujeres y seguridad en línea”. Cada edición se centra en uno de los países donde se llevó a cabo la investigación que forma parte del mencionado proyecto, y en esta ocasión visitamos Filipinas. A través de artículos, un recorrido por los hallazgos clave y…
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Take Back the Tech! campaign wins The Bobs award in People’s Choice for English category
Among over 4,800 submissions, APC’s Take Back the Tech! campaign was recognised with the prestigious award The Bobs in the People’s Choice for English category.
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RightsCon 2015: Cyber sex(y), gender balance and violence
Civil society organisations, engineers, activists, lawyers, companies and governments gathered in Manila on 24-25 March to address the subject of the internet and human rights in this rapidly evolving region, in an effort to protect the open internet and defend the digital rights of its users. APC and members organised several panels were violence against women online and survivor's access to…
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Foundation for Media Alternatives contributes to Philippine alternative report on women, media and ICT for CSW 59
“Women, media, and information/communication technology” is the title of the report that Filipino civil society organisations put together to be shared at the discussions taking place at the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 59) in New York, from 9 to 20 March 2015. Lisa García, from APC member Foundation for Media Alternatives, explains how the organisation’s work…
CSW59: Reprioritising Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action
From 9 to 20 March 2015, women's rights advocates and organisations have gathered along with member states at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), to review progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women.
