Governance

First-hand feminist coverage of the Internet Governance Forum in Brazil

Erika — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:51:29 +0000

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.

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Se formó la Coalición Dinámica sobre Género y Gobernanza de Internet

Erika — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:48:29 +0000

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.

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Cobertura feminista en vivo del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Brasil

Erika — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:39:57 +0000

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.

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Presenting evaluation results with creativity

editor — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:20:27 +0100

Training people to use GEM (Gender Evaluation Methodology) is always a challenge. There are lots of expectations about the results of this training. For the trainer, the usual finding is that evaluators very seldom take a gender perspective into account when planning a project or considering its results, unless they work in a gender unit or in a project that is already committed to women´s issues or related to equity goals.

International Governance Forum

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:27:35 +0100

The 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.

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Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:12:17 +0100

A 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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Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies

Erika — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:30:52 +0100

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.

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APC PARM en el evento GK3

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:32:55 +0100

APC PARM participará en multiples eventos en relación con el Evento sobre el Futuro de GKP este año, incluyendo los pre-eventos sobre género y la sociedad de información, el cierre de la Campaña ¡Dominemos a la Tecnología! para el 2007 y aportes en paneles. Además ofrecerá varios talleres, sobre evaluación de iniciativas en internet desde una perspectiva de género, con la herramienta GEM, capacitación técnica en herramientas de redes virales y políticas TIC.

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APC WNSP @ GK3

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:21:32 +0100

APC WNSP will be participating in a myriad of events at GK3, the Global Knowledge Partnership's Event on the Future this year, including the International Taskforce on Women and ICTs (ITF), the closing of this year's Take Back the Tech! Campaign, workshops on ICT policy and GEM, as well as participating in GK3 panels. Keep an eye out for further details!

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Talleres GEM en la República Dominicana

Erika — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:53:34 +0100

Dafne Sabanes Plou, Coordinadora regional en América Latina para el PARM de APC, ofrecerá dos talleres GEM en colaboración con Magaly Pineda de CIPAF y Amparo Arango de la Unidad Técnica de la Comisión Nacional sobre la Sociedad de la Información y la Comunicación. El primer taller es para funcionarios/as y el segundo para miembros de ONGs, movimientos sociales, grupos involucrados en proyectos de TIC, etc.

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