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Mexico: ACTA - anyone making a fuss in your country?

Erika Smith
Erika Smith on 12 July, 2010 - 00:00
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Erika Smith works as the communications coordinator of APC WNSP. Originally from the US, Erika has lived in Mexico for 20 years and is on the board of APC member LaNeta.

Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Stateis of America are presently negotiating a trade agreement regarding counterfeiting and the enforcement of intellectual propertyi rights, known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Erika Smith, communications coordinator of APC WNSP, took part in the meeting organized by the Internet Societyi (ISOC) Mexico to find out how ACTA can affect laws or upcoming bills that attempt to address other aspects of cybercrimei, such ase violence against womeni facilitated by the interneti.

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Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia: Cross-country Study on Violence against Women and Information Communication Technologies

María Isabel Davidziuk and María Alejandra Davidziuk
María Isabel Davidziuk and María Alejandra Davidziuk on 22 February, 2010
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María Isabel and María Alejandra Davidziuk compare the findings of four national reports from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia undertaken as part of the APC WNSP project “Strengthening women’s strategic usei of ICTs to combat violence against womeni and girls”. In their analysis they look at some barriers (both institutional and cultural) that need to be overcome in order for ICTs to be successfully used to decrease violence against women and girls.
 
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