Freedom of expression

Media and ICT Caucus, APNGO Forum] – The Media and ICT Caucus wish to state from the outset our reaffirmation of the commitments of the BPFA and the Cairo Programme of Action, and their Plus 5 documents.

The following is a report from the Asia-Pacific Women’s Watch onsite report of the B+10 Intergovernmental High Level Meeting organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission of Asia Pacific. Daily reports from the HLM will be available through the APWW-mailing list, and will also be made available from the APNGO-Forum website at http://ap-ngo-forum.isiswomen.org

Achievements: The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 is generally regarded as a watershed in understanding of information technology as a powerful tool that women could use for mobilization, information exchange, and empowerment. Beijing was also the first international conference at which substantive issues relating to women, information and communication technology were debated, albeit somewhat on the margins of the core agenda.

CAPETOWN, South Africa [PULA, APC Africa Women] – In this edition of Pula, our regular policy focus column that looks at the major issues facing African women and their effective use of ICTs, our policy writer, Alice Munyua, explores the issues of trafficking, pornography and censorship online.

Paradoxically while the internet has proven to be an essential tool for global advocacy for ending violence against women and human rights abuses, it is also a medium through which prostitution and trafficking of women and girls is facilitated.

GENDERIT.ORG UPDATE
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Content Regulation & Censorship

I. SMALL THOUGHTS AROUND…. Content Regulation & Censorship

It seems almost unreal to engage in conversations about desire at a 15th Century fort in India, but that’s exactly what Cheekay Cinco and I did from 7 – 10 March.