End Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women and ICTs
Mobiles equipped with cameras are being used to peep up girl’s skirts as they climb on board buses. The same “emergency alert” button to send a distress signal from a cell phone is also connected to a global positioning system signal that allows women’s movements to be closely monitored by their spouses. Hundreds of Indian women denounce street sexual harassment in the Blank Noise Project Blogathon, many snapping shots of “Eve-teasing” aggressors.
Feminist Tech Exchange Pakistan - Digital Storytelling Train the Trainers
Posted June 7th, 2010 by editorFrom June 7 – 11, South Asian APC member Bytes for All will unite fellow APC members and women activists alike for a joint event, funded by the APC’s Member Exchange Fund. Representatives from several APC organisations will meet in Islamabad to attend a workshop on digital storytelling and learn how to Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women. This Feminist Tech Exchange will unite 12 – 15 activist women so they can be trained to further train others in the Asian region.
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Se incrementa violencia contra las mujeres a través de las TIC
Especialistas en tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC) alertaron del uso de éstas para violentar a las mujeres; mientras las redes sociales son utilizadas por hombres para acosar y violentar a mujeres y niñas; en otras se compra y vende abiertamente sexo con niñas menores de 12 años, sin que exista una legislación que sancione estos delitos.
Digital storytelling to fight violence against women - Pakistan
From June 7 – 11, South Asian APC member Bytes for All will unite fellow APC members and women activists alike for a joint event, funded by the APC’s Member Exchange Fund. Representatives from several APC organisations will meet in Islamabad to attend a workshop on digital storytelling and learn how to Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women. This Feminist Tech Exchange will unite 12 – 15 activist women so they can be trained to further train others in the Asian region.
Uganda: Is technology a blessing or a curse?
Aramanzan Madanda, at a recent seminar on the interconnections of violence against women and ICTs in Uganda, noted that divulging “personal details on social networking sites such as Facebook .. compromises privacy and possibly security.” Research connected to the MDG3 Project: Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women found “that spouses often used mobile phones to monitor their spouses all the time. They expect the spouses…to answer calls instantly.
Argentina y Brasil: graffiteras, mujeres radialistas, mujeres indígenas y adolescentes dominan la tecnología
Dieciseis organizaciones de mujeres que trabajan para erradicar la violencia de género en Argentina y Brasil recibirán subsidios para capacitar a mujeres y niñas en el uso estratégico de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC). Estos fondos semilla se entregan como parte del proyecto Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio 3 “¡Dominemos la tecnología!
Feminist Tech Exchange Brazil - Internet and domestic violence: making and taking action
Posted May 15th, 2010 by editor“Warrior Women who represent various regions of Brazil and who are taking control of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and social networks as tools to combat violence.” Evento organised by Vera Vieira, national coordinator for the MDG3 Project “Take Back the Tech!” to end violence against women.
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Using ICTs to combat violence against women
Girls and women from Brazzaville, Pointe Noire and Kinkala participated in a Feminist Tech Exchange training on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to combat violence against women and girls 31 March – 3 April. Sylvie Niombo of AZUR Development, country coordinator of the MDG3 project Take back the Tech! to end violence against women commented in the Congolese Women on the Web blog: “During the three days, participants exchanged views on relevant issues such as judicial procedures to follow for women and girls victims of violence, the presence of Congolese women in the blogosphere and also the use of citizen media for women citizens’ rights activists.
Media responsibility in protecting victims of violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
One World Platform for South East Europe (OWPSEE) joins women’s organisations in Bosnia and Herzegonia in protest over media’s irresponsibility in the handling of a case involving a 15-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution. Religious, school and other prominent community leaders are possibly implicated in accusations of human trafficking. Valentina Pellizzer, OWPSEE’s Executive Director and APC WNSP member, expressed outrage at media coverage that exposed the under-age victim’s name, photo, school, address, and family members in blatant violation of ethical and legal norms for protection of victims’ safety and privacy. Local women’s rights organisations are calling for immediate and effective action from authorities to address increasing cases of human trafficking. The organisations are joined by professional journalist associations in demanding sanction of the sensationalist reporting in this case, as well as public apology to the victim and her family.
Intercambio Tecnológico Feminista
Posted March 15th, 2010 by daphne
