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Submission to the UPR: Women’s access to justice in the Philippines

Women´s Legal and Human Rights Bureau, Inc
Women´s Legal and Human Rights Bureau, Inc on 4 April, 2012 - 15:14
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The submission to the UPR process elaborated by the Women´s Legal and Human Rightsi Bureau, Inc from the Philippines addresses the issue of women’s access to justice in the country, which highlights technology-related violence against womeni (VAW) as an emerging form of VAW. The submission also looks at the gaps and challenges in available domestic remedies to survivors of violence and abuse against women online, criticizing that existing laws on VAW do not guarantee the prosecution of technology-related VAW. It further highlights the importance of women’s access to the interneti and their representation in policyi processes as integral to their right to access to justice.

 
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Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of South Africa

APC, Right 2 Know, SANGONet and others
APC, Right 2 Know, SANGONet and others on 4 April, 2012 - 14:31 · Africa
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The full list of co-authors include: APC, CALS, CIVICUS, Gender Links, Highway Africa Chair in Media and Information Society, IDASA, ODAC, Right 2 Know, SANGONet, Section27, and SERI

This joint submission from APC, CALS, CIVICUS, Gender iLinks, Highway Africa Chair in Media and Information Society, IDASA, ODAC, Right 2 Know, SANGONet, Section27, and SERI focuses on freedom of expressioni, the right to information, freedom from censorship; freedom of the press, the right to privacyi, and the importance of affordable access to the interneti in South Africa. The submission criticizes women's underrepresentation in media ownership, and highlights the importance of safe public internet accessi for women, specifically marginalised women, e.g. unemployed women in rural areas.

 
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Universal Periodic Review: Submission on internet-related human rights issues in India

Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and APC
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and APC on 4 April, 2012 - 14:18
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In the submission, the Digital Empowermenti Foundation (DEF) is particularly concerned with making the interneti an effective tool to exercise rights to information in India. DEF believes that the internet plays a major role in accessing information and thus a tool for social and economic development. This submission outlines India’s progress and specific areas of concern: information technology law and policies, the right to information and internet accessi, and internet governancei. The submission also highlights the need for a rights-based approach to internet-related policyi development so it promotes women’s communication rights and sexuality rights.

 
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Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Brazil

APC, Instituto Nupef, and Sexuality Policy Watch
APC, Instituto Nupef, and Sexuality Policy Watch on 3 April, 2012 - 23:40
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This joint submission has been prepared by the APC Women’s Networkingi Support Programme in consultation with Instituto Nupef and is endorsed by Sexuality Policyi Watch. The submission focuses on human rightsi and the interneti in Brazil. It highlights areas where Brazil is doing well, specific areas of concern, and makes five recommendations for follow-up and implementation. The submission focuses on the women’s human rights to sexual and reproductive health information and citizens’ rights to free expression and privacyi.

 
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APC's submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Ecuador

APC, CIESPAL and Radialistas Apasionadas y Apasionados
APC, CIESPAL and Radialistas Apasionadas y Apasionados on 3 April, 2012 - 23:08
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APC’s submission for Ecuador to the UPR process, with support from CIESPAL and Radialistas Apasionadas y Apasionados, focuses on issues of access to the interneti and highlights the critical importance of the internet for human rightsi, as well as social and economic development. Although the first UPR of Ecuador did not include reference to internet-related human rights issues, the events of 2011 showed that the UPR must include the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms on the internet, particularly freedom of expressioni and freedom of associationi.

 
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MEDIA BRIEF: Censorship, sexuality and the internet

APC
APC on 9 August, 2011 - 14:40
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What is sexual content on the interneti? What are sexuality and sexual rightsi? Which communications rights are critical for people's sexual rights? What are the most common threats to people's sexual rights? What are some of the methods and impacts of censorship of "sexual content" on the internet? These and other issues are highlighted by the media brief published by APC as part of the EroTICsi research.

 
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Social Outsourcing as a Development Tool

Richard Heeks
Richard Heeks on 23 June, 2011 - 08:53
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Richard Heeks is Professor of Development Informatics in the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK. He is Director of the University's Centre for Development Informatics.

This paper assesses the impact of a social outsourcing initiative operated by the governmenti of Kerala Statei, India. Part of this outsources information technology (IT) services to dozens of cooperatives of women from below-poverty-line families in order to improve their socio-economic status. While raising questions about sustainabilityi of the initiative, the research finds that social outsourcing has delivered new jobs, incomes and empowermenti into low-income communities.

 
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CITIGEN: April 2011 Review Workshop Report.

on 22 June, 2011 - 11:01
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The report collects inputs from the workshop organized by IT for Change in April 2011 in New Delhi. The workshop was the part of Asia-wide research programme 'Gender iand Citizenship in the Information Society i(CITIGEN)' and brought together researchers, scholars and practitioners to share their views on democracy and women's participation, new articulations of citizenship in the information society and other issues at stake. The CITIGEN programme seeks to inform policyi and practice through research and focuses on five thematic areas: local resistance and global solidarities; emancipation and the neo-liberal feminine subject; gender and public discourse in the emerging public spheres; new paradigms of local governancei and participatory development; and technology governance and gender politics.

 
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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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Transforming landscape of women's communication rights (video, 18mins)

Jac sm Kee
Jac sm Kee on 7 March, 2011 - 16:29
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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 talks about the Take Back The Tech!i campaign, as well as introduces the Eroticsi - Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Interneti - project. Jac presents examples from Brazil, Lebanon, India and South Africa illustrating how the queeri movement is using the internet for mobilising and for the exercise of sexual rightsi. She also explains how the Take Back The Tech! campaign connects violence against womeni and ICTis, and engages users to take control of technology to end violence against women. This presentation was part of the "Take Back The Tech! Reclaiming technology for women's rightsi" session at the 55th Commission on the Status of Women, on 25 February 2011.

 
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