Cybercrime legislation and gender
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 25
The new edition of GENDER CENTRED, a GenderIT.org thematic bulletin, examines the current cybercrime landscape and its gendered dimensions in different regions of the world – including India, Burkina Faso, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia. It asks: What is meant by “cybercrime”? Can cybercrime restrict the exercise of individual rights to privacy, freedom of expression and civil liberties? Can the rhetoric of fighting cybercrimes in effect be used to restrict the exercise of women’s communication rights? How can the issue of cybercrimes be analysed from a feminist perspective?
In this edition of GenderIT.org, our team of writers together with APC’s Latin American and Caribbean ICT Policy Monitor present many facets of this challenging policy area. Their different approaches and stances clearly demonstrate the difficulty of drawing a clear line between protection of women’s rights from violation and empowering their status as users and definers of ICT and the information society. The articles portray the current cybercrime landscape, arising issues and their gendered dimensions in different regions of the world. We invite your reflections on this subject that remains contentious and sometimes directly absent.
Source: GenderIT.org
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