Tarryn

Tarryn is a South African BA graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology.

DJS choice

Selfies, banned photos and LGBT bullying gets better

Posted Fri 30 Jan 2015 - 01:36 | 5,332 views
DJ's choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to…

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Gender and Tech Pop-up Institute: New approaches to privacy and security

Posted Wed 28 Jan 2015 - 04:38 | 3,526 views
Organised by Tactical Technology Collective and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), at the beginning of December last year, 76 women and a small group of men – human rights advocates, feminists, techies, activists – descended on an ageing East German ‘Schloss’ (manor house) near the border of Poland for seven days of training, collaboration, discussion, and knowledge exchange.
jennifer

Jennifer is a South African feminist and coordinates APC's work in supporting women human rights

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Interview with Yvonne Oluoch: Winner of the #IncYOUBateIT competition hosted by Making All Voices Count

Posted Tue 20 Jan 2015 - 06:34 | 7,719 views
"In a continent where women form a majority of the population and half of the workforce, it is an anomaly that the percentage of women working in technology is less than 15%. Technology is one of the key factors driving Africa’s projected economic rise. As such, there is enormous potential for maximizing the growth of technology through increasing the number and quality of women in technology."
Tarryn

Tarryn is a South African BA graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology.

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Building women’s access to justice: Technology-related VAW in law and corporate policy

Posted Sat 10 Jan 2015 - 10:25 | 8,773 views
This article is based on the issue paper written by Namita Maholtra as part of the APC "End violence: Women´s rights and safety online” project entitled "Good questions on technology-related violence", and on a strong alliance with partners in seven countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan and the Philippines. Looking at tech-related…
Tarryn

Tarryn is a South African BA graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology.

DJS choice

Gender neutral store, agents of change and father's rights

Posted Mon 5 Jan 2015 - 03:32 | 3,838 views
DJ's choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to…
flavia

Flavia Fascendini vive en una ciudad en el interior de Argentina y es directora de comunicaciones

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Highlights on tech-related violence against women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico and the Philippines

Posted Fri 12 Dec 2014 - 11:17 | 5,569 views
APC's "End violence: Women's rights and safety online" project has achieved several milestones in the last few years, through the engagement of seven country partners who have explored the dynamics of tech-related violence against women (VAW) in their local contexts, and worked with different stakeholders in the process. 2014 opened up new possibilities and challenges for partners, and APCNews…

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10 tips for challenging internet-based gender-discrimination and online harassment against women and girls

Posted Wed 10 Dec 2014 - 14:58 | 9,544 views
If you know how to use the technology, you can avoid becoming a victim. Before speaking out, it is important to take your time to understand the way the internet works.
Tarryn

Tarryn is a South African BA graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology.

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AfriSIG 2014: The Journey

Posted Fri 5 Dec 2014 - 01:53 | 4,662 views
I embarked on my journey to the second African School on Internet Governance with a few readings done and the Wikimedia definition of internet governance memorized. Eager to learn and to contribute the bit I’ve learned over the past few months, little did I know what awaited me.
Tarryn

Tarryn is a South African BA graduate with majors in Psychology and Sociology.

DJS choice

Child friendly searches,'forced femininity' and a folder titled passwords

Posted Thu 4 Dec 2014 - 04:40 | 5,045 views
DJ's choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to…
sara.baker

Sara Baker is a writer and feminist activist based in the US.

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Difficulties in documenting: Why it can be hard for women to speak out

Posted Sun 30 Nov 2014 - 11:33 | 5,654 views
I've been trying to interview women and girls for the documentation action that Take Back the Tech! announced. I've found it's more difficult than I anticipated, so I wanted to explore the reasons why because I think they are directly related to the theme of freedom of expression.