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#TechVAW: The South Africa users debate how tech is changing gender-based violence

Lerato Legoabe
Lerato Legoabe on 1 September, 2011 - 12:22
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Lerato Legoabe is the co-director of Women’sNet. , Women’sNet is the member of APC, and the South Africa partner of the MDG3 Fund: Take Back The Tech project coordinated by APC Women. Lerato lives in Johannesburg.

Lebo shares with the GenderIT.orgi readers how Women’s Net and its partners in South Africa advocate for the end of violence against womeni through a seminar and a Tweet-up. The seminar was part of the MDG3i Fund /APC Women project, Women’sNet is the South Africa partner.

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Philippine law enforcers face new challenges in responding to violence against women

Lenlen Mesina
Lenlen Mesina on 4 August, 2011 - 16:27
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Lenlen Mesina is an passionate advocate for the advancement of women and women’s rights. Between 2009-2011, she worked as the Coordinator of the Take Back the Tech! To End VAW in the Philippines.

"New spaces made available to women in the digital world are also becoming spaces for violence against womeni to occur", notes Lenlen in her feminist talk. In her article, she outlines some of these new emergent forms of violence against women in the Philippines, in the hope of raising awareness and engendering appropriate responses from all stakeholders.

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Between four walls: sweeping sexual abuse under the carpet

Nighat Dad
Nighat Dad on 11 July, 2011 - 20:05
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Nighat Dad is the Pakistan's partner for the APC's MDG3: Take Back the Tech! project, and heavily engaged in public policy and research work related to ICTs in Pakistan. She is based in Lahore and works with Bytes for All Pakistan, the APC member.

Nighat Dad from the Pakistan MDG3i: Take Back the Tech!i project documents the story of a girl who sought her advice at the “Take Back The Tech” event, in Peshawar. The girl was 14 years old, and she was sexual abused for the last 6 years.

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World Pulse starts campaign on universal access

Grady
Grady on 24 June, 2011 - 15:19
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World Pulse, the authority on all things woman, has recently launched an action blogiging campaign to promote universal accessi to the interneti. This author is tempted to sue them.

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Pakistan: Count me IN!! Something I can’t unthink now...

Nighat Dad
Nighat Dad on 21 June, 2011 - 15:10
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Nighat Dad is the Pakistan's partner for the APC's MDG3: Take Back the Tech! project, and heavily engaged in public policy and research work related to ICTs in Pakistan. She is based in Lahore and works with Bytes for All Pakistan, the APC member.

Nighat Dad shares her experience from the Count me IN! Conference organized by CREA, an international, feminist, human rightsi organisation, in April 2011, in Kathmandu. The Conference brings annually together women who have not been counted in - sex workers, disabled, single, young, lesbian and HIV-positive women, and trans people from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangiladesh and Sri Lanka, to discuss violence against womeni and strategies of resistance. "I was bit amazed at the title of the conference, “Count me IN!” but when I looked into the agenda in detail I noticed that the conference had a very particular focus on the overlooked segments of society which we tend to ignore in our activism and feminist movements," introduces Nighat her post-conference reflection.

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Emerging forms of violence on the internet impact on women's rights, declares APC at the Human Rights Council

APC
APC on 9 June, 2011 - 21:08
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APC calls on stateis to brings attention to emerging threats to women's freedom of expressioni and emerging forms of violence on the interneti that impact on women's rightsi.The Statement is part of a set of recommendations submitted to the Human Rightsi Council iin preparation for its seventeenth regular session (30 May – 17 June 2011).

 
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Pakistan: Violence against Women and ICT

on 29 March, 2011 - 09:25
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Access to mobile technology is increasing rapidly in Pakistan, and women are also gaining access, albeit at a slower rate than men. Kyla Pasha examines how mobile technology is ripe for use in strategies of empowermenti, as long as access to technology is accompanied by training and orientation.

 
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Missing conversations

Jan Moolman
Jan Moolman on 8 March, 2011 - 14:36
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Jan is a feminist editor, writer, trainer and activist. She is currently managing a 12-country project of the APC that seeks to strengthen women's strategic use of information and communication technologies to stop violence against women. Jan is based in Johannesburg, South Africa

When Jan first heard that the theme of this year's CSW was going to focus on science and technology she was really excited. She shares her reflection why the framing of science and technology as a women's rightsi issue at this year's CSW did not really resonate with her in the end.

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Take Back the Tech at the 55th Commission on the Status of Women

Jac sm Kee
Jac sm Kee on 8 March, 2011 - 10:15
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Jac is the focal point for APC WNSP's work on women's rights. She coordinates the EroTICS research (Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet) and APC's "Take Back The Tech!" campaign.

Jac sm Kee reports back from the funkiest session at the 55th meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women - the 'Take Back the Tech!i: Reclaiming Technology for Women's Rightsi' panel debate.

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Take Back The Tech! Questions & answers session (video, 33mins)

Jan Moolma
Jan Moolma on 7 March, 2011 - 17:32
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Jan Moolman is a feminist editor, writer, trainer and activist with extensive experience in the Southern African women’s and communication rights sector. She is currently managing a 12-country project of the APC that seeks to strengthen women's strategic use of information and communication technologies to stop violence against women. Jan is based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Jan Moolman facilitates the Questions & Answers session at the "Take Back The Tech!i Reclaiming technology for women's rightsi" event at the 55th Commission on the Status of Women, on 25 February 2011.

 
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