Sexuality

Legislación sobre ciberdelito y género

Erika — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:44:16 +0000

La presente edición de GenderIT.org aborda la temática “Legislación sobre ciberdelito y género” y cuenta con la valiosa colaboración del equipo del Monitor de Políticas TIC en América Latina y el Caribe (PIC-AL) de la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones. La mayor crítica que se realiza contra muchas de las leyes sobre ciberdelitos es que carecen de dimensión social y solo contemplan cuestiones como la seguridad comercial y estatal. Otro frecuente y no menos grave problema es que cuando sí existen las leyes, muchas veces son utilizadas para restringir derechos individuales como la privacidad o la libertad de expresión, con frecuencia en nombre de la “seguridad nacional”. Por tal motivo, no se trata única y simplemente de reclamar leyes. Todos los actores sociales y políticos deberían evaluar el impacto que tendrá cada legislación de ciberdelito sobre los derechos de la ciudadanía en general, sobre las oportunidades de empoderamiento de los sectores más postergados y sobre las mujeres especialmente.

Los artículos escritos por nuestro equipo de escritores/as junto al equipo del PIC-AL de APC retratan la situación de la legislación sobre ciberdelito y género en diferentes regiones del mundo e invitan a la reflexión alrededor de este tema que permanece sesgado y, a veces, directamente ausente.

Cybercrime legislation and gender

purple_duck — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:25:42 +0000

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.

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

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:12:17 +0000

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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WENT Africa 2007 – Women's Electronic Network Training

jenny — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:11:56 +0000

WENT Africa 2007 will focus on digital storytelling and women in situations of armed conflict. The content will be developed by women, for women and will add to the pool of women who can train in digital storytelling.

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BLOG: Films, Desire & Digital Spaces

Erika — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:59:25 +0000

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.