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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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VAW in myriad forms: Combatting financial abuse and privacy violations

Jac sm Kee
Jac sm Kee on 8 March, 2011 - 10:44
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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.

Reporting from the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Jac sm Kee discovers some interesting initiatives that help young people combat intimate partner abuse, that look at physical abuse, financial abuse and violations of privacyi, among others. She also reports back on discussions about the effectiveness of the CSW and CEDAWi in furthering the movement for gender equalityi.

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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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Editor picks from conversations on women & technology @ #CSW 55, Day 4&5 - Feb 25/26

Katerina Fialova
Katerina Fialova on 28 February, 2011 - 13:24
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Katerina is specialised in women’s rights and ICT policy. She is chief editor of the GenderIT.org. She lives in Prague, Czech Republic.

Katerina F. picks from the most interesting conversations on Twitter concerning women & rights & technology during the fourth and fifths day of the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), taking place in New York. You can follow our tweets on section J of the Beijing Platform for Action and women's communication rights under the hashtags: #csw #genderit (or #genderitES for Spanish).

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On UN women, theme framing, buzz words and rockstars...

Jac SM Kee
Jac SM Kee on 24 February, 2011 - 05:51
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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 on her second day at the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. She posts about the connectivityi irony, her doubts about the framing of this year's theme, the opening session, Michelle Bachelet's - UN Women Executive Director - introductory speech, women's empowermenti principles developed in consultation with the private sector and Abigail Disney's documentary series on women's role in war and peacebuilding.

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Informal check in from 'the land of the free'

Jac SM Kee
Jac SM Kee on 24 February, 2011 - 05:12
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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. Sonia is the English language editor of GenderIT.org.

Jac sm Kee arrives to a cold and expensive New York for the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. She reports on her first impressions.

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Join the 'Take Back the Tech!: Reclaiming Technology for Women's Rights' panel debate @ CSW 2011

Katerina Fialova
Katerina Fialova on 23 February, 2011 - 14:00
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Katerina is chief editor of the GenderIT.org. She lives in Prague, Czech Republic.

On Friday 25 February, join the Association for Progressive Communicationsi Women's Networking Support Programmei in a panel discussion - 'Take Back the Tech!i: Reclaiming Technology for Women's Rightsi'. The APC WNSP will also be launching “I Don't Forward Violence” - a new action under the Take Back the Tech! campaign. “I Don't Forward Violence” calls on interneti and mobile phone users to take action to create an online and offline culture that does not tolerate misogynist or violent images of women and girls.

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Editor picks from conversations on women & technology @ #CSW 55, Day 1 - Feb 22

Katerina Fialova
Katerina Fialova on 23 February, 2011 - 10:52
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Katerina is specialised in women’s rights and ICT policy. She is chief editor of the GenderIT.org. She lives in Prague, Czech Republic.

Katerina F. picks from the most interesting conversations on Twitter concerning women & rights & technology during the first day of the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), taking place in New York. You can follow our tweets on section J of the Beijing Platform for Action and women's communication rights under the hashtags: #csw #genderit (or #genderitES for Spanish).

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