Articles

Dalia Othman, a researcher and human rightsⁱ activist, reports on a new initiative in Ramallah, Palestina, that uses online mapping and mobile phone technology to allow women to combat sexual harassment in the streets.

“Map it. End it. Demand change” was the core of the Take Back the Tech!ⁱ campaign for 2011. Flavia Fascendini writes about several mapping initiatives around the world that aim to document forms of violence against womenⁱ so as to “put them on the map” in the sense that they are named, pointed out, shown as related, and denounced - and in that way the mapped territory is changed into one that respects the rights of women and children.

Like any tool, ICTⁱs can be tremendously useful, but dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. This is doubly true for activists and women's rights defendersⁱ. Jennifer Radloff and Erika Smith speak to participants from one of our secure online communications for women human rightsⁱ defenders workshops who share their own experiences with ICTs and what they've learned from the training.

Dafne Plou reports on the workshop of about 20 women's rightsⁱ advocates from different countries and backgrounds who met late September 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya, just before the 6th Internet Governance Forum ⁱto share their experiences in policyⁱ advocacyⁱ and to discuss internet governanceⁱ and its linkage to women’s rights agendas. The workshop was organised by the APC Women's Networking Support Programmeⁱ (APC WNSP).