Gender Peripheries of the 2011 Internet Governance Forum

Year after year the Internet Governance Forum ⁱrenews expectations and opportunities of gender ⁱadvocates to find innovative solutions to enhance women's rightsⁱ online and offline. After 6 years of activism, this space still seems to be resistant to the inclusion of gender perspectives and activists arefaced with more questions than answers. Where are women's rightsⁱ on the internet governanceⁱ agenda? How to get the women's movements more involved within this new arena of public policyⁱ? How to replace the protectionist approach that traditionally surrounds women's rights defence with one that is rights-based? Along with Jennifer Radloff who introduces this edition we believe it is a responsibility of all stakeholders ⁱto make women's rights relevant and visible in the IGF debates, and to do so gender analysisⁱ and women's participation needs to be much more institucionalised in the planning of the next IGF.

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