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APC perspective on the future of the Internet Governance Forum
By APC
This statement was presented for APC by Willie Currie, APC policy programme manager, at the Taking Stock and Looking Forward – on the desirability of the
continuation of the Internet Governance Forum session, Fourth Internet...
continuation of the Internet Governance Forum session, Fourth Internet...
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Secret and sexy
By Anonymous
When there’s something wrong with the internet connection at home, it is not my grandparents who are fixing it. It is not my mum or dad. It is my boyfriend. It is my brothers. It is me. We are the first generation who are brought up in the digital age – in a world wide web with Wikipedia as our library and Skype as our phone. In the case of internet, it is not necessarily the parents educating...
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Video: Finally, another take on sexuality
By Jan Moolman
Video: Jan Moolman speaks with Wieke Vink from the Youth Coalition on Sexual and Sexual Reproductive Rights, about issues raised at the APC WNSP IGF 2009 workshop: Content regulation, surveillance and sexuality rights - Privacy, Agency & Security.
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Video: Our children are in danger
By Jan Moolman
Jan Moolman speaks with a participant at the APC WNSP IGF 2009 workshop about her thoughts: Content regulation, surveillance and sexuality rights - Privacy, Agency & Security.
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Video: Jehan Ara on privacy, agency & security
By Jan Moolman
Video: Jan Moolman speaks with Jehan Ara, President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA), about issues raised at the APC WNSP IGF 2009 workshop: Content regulation, surveillance and sexuality rights...
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Video: Who’s In? Who’s Out? Women's Rights at the 2009 IGF
By Jan Moolman
Video interview: Jan speaks with Margarita Salas from Sula Batsu cooperative, Costa Rica, and gets her perspective on where women's rights feature at the fourth Internet Governance Forum.
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Cybersecurity: Do women count?
By Jac sm Kee
I have another blog post to write about, which is a continuation of the
privacy blog. But after attending this morning's session on ITU and cybersecurity, I think I should jot this down before the moment escapes. The workshop was a panel of...
privacy blog. But after attending this morning's session on ITU and cybersecurity, I think I should jot this down before the moment escapes. The workshop was a panel of...
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Possible futures of the Gender Dynamic Coalition at IGF
By Heike Jensen
After quite a number of informal talks among gender-interested people at this year`s IGF, the following picture is beginning to emerge. Since women have not made enough inroads into national governments and big business decision-making structures, civil society is a crucial stakeholder to help promote gender equality and women`s issues. Hence, the IGF as a multi-stakeholder event is crucial to...
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The privacy puzzle - part I
By Jac sm Kee
I attended two sessions on privacy yesterday and today. Both raised interesting points and approaches to the issue of privacy in a networked society. At the last IGF, privacy was a concern, but I definitely noticed a visible escalation of its importance this year. And it's being closely linked to the area of social networking (with an entire...
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Some Thoughts on Youth Participation at the IGF
By ItsAllMaya
Workshop #277 in Siwa Room 9 was bursting at the seams. They had to
bring in extra chairs and more than once my laptop screen was bumped,
nudged and shaken by large bottoms and smooth, dimpled elbows jostling
for a better shot. Cameras...
bring in extra chairs and more than once my laptop screen was bumped,
nudged and shaken by large bottoms and smooth, dimpled elbows jostling
for a better shot. Cameras...
