Policy Advocacy
APC WNSP and Policy Advocacy
The APC WNSP has been involved in gender and ICT advocacy in national, regional and international arenas since 1993. Our ICT policy work began leading up to the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. Since then, the 'gender and ICT' agenda has steadily gained legitimacy as a serious area of concern through painstaking work by women's groups and gender and ICT advocates.
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?
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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Adapting GEM: National ICT Policy Processes
Posted February 5th, 2008 by editor52nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Posted January 20th, 2008 by editorFirst-hand feminist coverage of the Internet Governance Forum in Brazil
GenderIT.org's Feminist Talk features first-hand coverage of the Internet Governance Forum in Brazil November 12-15, where the Association for Progressive Communications emphasized issues of access, openness, civil society participation and content regulation.
Se formó la Coalición Dinámica sobre Género y Gobernanza de Internet
El tercer día del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet se formó la Coalición Dinámica sobre Género y Gobernanza de Internet, impulsada por el PARM de APC, EMERGE-Centro de Pesquisa e Produção em Comunicação e Emergência of Fluminense Federal University in Brazil y IT for Change.
Este espacio busca asegurar que los principios de la equidad de género no queden al margen de los procesos de gobernanza de internet donde se discuten temas trascendentales para las mujeres tales como privacidad, regulación de contenidos, acceso, libertad de expresión, entre otros.
Cobertura feminista en vivo del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Brasil
Conversaciones Feministas de GenderIT.org ofrece cobertura directa del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Brasil el 12 al 15 de noviembre, donde la Asociación para el Progreso en las Comunicaciones enfatiza temas de acceso, participación de la sociedad civil, y regulacion de contenido.
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.
Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies
Posted October 4th, 2007 by AnonymousA Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender,
Development and Information Society Policies will be held on October
5-7, 2007 in Bangalore, India. The workshop is being co-organized by IT
for Change, the Association for Progressive Communications, the
International Women’s Tribune Centre, ISIS International-Manila, and
Gloria Bonder, the General Coordinator of the Regional UNESCO Chair
Women, Science and Technology in Latin America.The goal of the meeting
will be to a) conduct a gender analysis of the policy ecology of the
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