Communication Rights
Blogs for African Women Project Gets Nigerian Women Hooked on Technology
APC Africa Women Member Wins Harambee Prize
Blogs for African Women (BAWo) has taken hold of the Nigerian blogging spirit to strengthen women's activism. Oreoluwa Somolu, BAWo's founder, sees blogging as a way to get women “hooked on technology”, and gain important skills for community and NGO leadership at the same time. Networking for Success, BAWo's second initiative getting women into the blogosphere, has just been awarded an Harambee Small Grant to increase BAWo's collaboration capacity.
Tools discussed: Gender and ICTs in education and communication
“The use of ICTs encourages and promotes different teaching and learning methods that are proving to be practical, functional, participatory and adaptable”, confirmed Vera Vieira, NGO coordinator.
Women and Philippine Media: At the Fringes of Freedom
Where are women located in the struggle for freedoms to express, create and disseminate information through ICTs as media?
Des jeunes féministes réclament la liberté d’expression pour les femmes en République Démocratique du Congo – Entrevue avec une
Françoise Mukuku Mwamba Malale est coordonnatrice nationale de l’association Si Jeunesse Savait, basée à Kinshasa en République Démocratique du Congo. Au cours de cette entrevue, elle relève les actions menées par les jeunes féministes de République Démocratique du Congo dans le domaine des TIC.
Communication Rights for Women - Why the purse feels empty?
Posted February 22nd, 2008 by ErikaFinancing for women's equitable access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Key speakers:
Willie Currie, Association for Progressive Communication, South Africa/USA ; Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, International Women's Tribune Centre, Philippines/USA; Ireen Dubel, HIVOS, Netherlands;
Radhika Lal, UNDP, USA;
Chair: Chat Garcia Ramilo, APC Women's Networking Support Programme, Philippines
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Invitación al debate: contenido dañino en internet - 1 de noviembre del 2007
¿La pornografía e internet van de la mano? Invitamos a una maratón de blogs sobre contenido dañino el 1 de noviembre de 2007.
¿Te preocupa la disponibilidad de materiales pornográficos en internet? ¿Consideras que es dañino? ¿O se trata de una expresión válida de fantasías y de formas de sexualidad alternativas?
¿Has sido agredida por contenido violento o explícitamente sexual a través de las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC)? ¿Cómo has reaccionado en tu uso de las TIC (internet, celular, etc.)?
L’internet est l’endroit pour la porno? kaBLOGUEZ sur le contenu nuisible -- 1 novembre 2007
Êtes-vous préoccupé par des contenus pornographiques sur internet?
Considérez-vous cela comme dommageable?
Ou est-ce une expression légitime de l’imaginaire et le reflet de diverses formes de sexualité?
Avez-vous été nui par du contenu sexuellement explicite et/ou violent véhiculé par des technologies de l’information et de la communication?
Comment avez-vous traité ceci dans votre propre usage de l’internet, du téléphone cellulaire, etc?
Pensez-vous que le gouvernement doit légiférer sur cette question?
The internet is for porn? kaBLOG on harmful content - 1 November 2007
Are you troubled by pornographic materials on the internet? Do you consider it damaging? Or is it a valid expression of fantasy or of diverse forms of sexualities? Have you been harmed by sexually explicit and/or violent content through information and communications technologies? How have you dealt with this in your own use of the internet, mobile phone etc.?
International Governance Forum
Posted October 4th, 2007 by AnonymousThe APC WNSP will hold a panel on Openness at the second round of the IGF, debating solutions for balancing openness and security|safety concerns in the context of content regulation. In particular, it seeks to enhance engagement of intended beneficiaries & 'vulnerable groups' in negotiations concerning what constitutes illegal/harmful content, for whom, who should intervene at what type/level of harmful content and how. Central to this debate is the role of government and recognition that States have a duty to protect the rights of all to freedom of expression & information.
Digital Citizen Indaba and Highway Africa
Posted September 30th, 2007 by Sylvie75APC and APC Africa Women will be at Highway Africa 2007 this year with digital storytelling workshops, presentations on content, gender and ICTs, and the Take Back the Tech! Campaign.
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