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APC WNSP and Policy Advocacy

Policy Advocacy

17 April, 2007 - 13:57

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.

Gender and ICT Policy Advocacy

11 April, 2007 - 23:17

GenderIT.org is an online policy monitor for gender and ICT issues, where ICT policy is examined from the perspective of key areas of concern in women’s movements, such as economic empowerment and violence against women. It responds to the need to have examples of national policy, gender-sensitive language, tools for lobbying, and an understanding of the impact of poor or positive policy all within easy access, a need expressed by ICT advocates and policy makers alike.

Women and Philippine Media: At the Fringes of Freedom

3 April, 2007 - 14:48

Where are women located in the struggle for freedoms to express, create and disseminate information through ICTs as media?

Digital Security: Drop-in centre of Ugandan sex worker organisation raided

Source: Digital Security: Drop-in centre of Ugandan sex worker organisation raided

17 May, 2012 - 06:57

“Sex work may be illegal in Uganda, but providing services for sex workers is clearly not,” reads a state

Digital Security: Drop-in centre of Ugandan sex worker organisation raided

Source: Digital Security: Drop-in centre of Ugandan sex worker organisation raided

17 May, 2012 - 06:57

“Sex work may be illegal in Uganda, but providing services for sex workers is clearly not,” reads a state

May 17 | World Internet Day & IDAHO | What does internet freedom mean to you?

Source: May 17 | World Internet Day & IDAHO | What does internet freedom mean to you?

17 May, 2012 - 05:27

May 17 marks two important causes: The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)and World Internet

May 17 | World Internet Day & IDAHO | What does internet freedom mean to you?

Source: May 17 | World Internet Day & IDAHO | What does internet freedom mean to you?

17 May, 2012 - 05:27

May 17 marks two important causes: The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)and World Internet

Anonymity, accountability and the public sphere

Source: Anonymity, accountability and the public sphere

16 May, 2012 - 20:38

I found myself being confronted with the issue of anonymity and accountability in different ways at the AWID Forum.

Anonymity, accountability and the public sphere

Source: Anonymity, accountability and the public sphere

16 May, 2012 - 20:38

I found myself being confronted with the issue of anonymity and accountability in different ways at the AWID Forum.

Internet governance: If we are not at the table, we will be on the menu.

Source: Internet governance: If we are not at the table, we will be on the menu.

16 May, 2012 - 19:26

In 2001 while working at Agenda, a South African feminist academic journal, we produced an edition titled ‘Globalisation: challenging dominant discourses’. The journal problematised the realpolitik of a global neo-liberal economic system that was marked by developing countries’ indebtedness, the rise of the market and the devastating consequences of structural adjustment policies for women of the global South.

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