A new edition examines how violence against women (VAW)i affects our privacyi rights in the digital age. VAW survivors often experience intrusions into their privacy from their partners, spouses or the Statei. Moreover, privacy does not always work to women' s advantage. Family-centred approaches to privacy impose modesty and domestic isolation on women and make it hard to enforce domestic violence as a crime. So how have ICTs shifted where we see the line between what is private, and what is public? How much privacy are women comfortable to give up in order to protect themselves from abusive behaviour online? Are national laws ready to deal with the situation when women are not able to leave a violent relationship because their partner has intimate photographs or video clips of them? These are some of the questions examined by GenderIT.orgi's writers in the third edition in a row that connects ICTs, VAW and Millennium Development Goal Three (MDG3i). The edition is part of APC WNSP´s MDG3 project Take Back the Tech!i to eliminate violence against women. "
With this edition we also bring you a new look GenderIT.orgi. The new format was motivated by our efforts to engage more with GenderIT.org readers and to provide more space for networkingi and collaboration. We hope you like it! Please send your comments to: genderit@apcwomen.org
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Thoughts Around... Claiming communication rights
“Don't upload your photographs or videos on the pages of social networks, like Facebook or MySpace, nor personal information like emaili account or telephone numbers.” IT techies advise. “I have changed my gender from female to male on skype to avoid some annoying and harassing calls and chats sometimes even popping up in the middle of night or while I am working online.” a young woman shared. “Do women need to hide their gender identities online to protect themselves and feel secure in order to use the new ICTs to express their opinions?” a woman activist asked.
