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Intersection of identities: Online gender and caste based violence

Posted Thu 7 Jun 2018 - 03:51 | 28,601 views

Women who are also from vulnerable and marginalised communities such as Dalit women in India, face additional and vicious forms of online violence and harassment. In addition their access to justice is tenuous and fraught, adding progressively to the impunity with which caste- and gender-based harassment takes place.

Feminist talk

Tackling the gender digital divide in Africa

Posted Thu 1 Jun 2017 - 03:49 | 7,170 views
The coming of the digital age and of information technology promises that those 'left out' or excluded from development will be to access their rights and enjoy a higher standard of living. But what is the truth for African women - are the experiences of all 'marginal' women being lumped together and how far away is the promise of equal access and gender equity.

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Its 2016 and Facebook is still terrified of women's nipples

Posted Thu 10 Nov 2016 - 01:11 | 7,570 views
Facebook's arbitrary policy on women's nipples has angered many, who find their content removed or accounts suspended or banned. Japleen Pasricha writes about being repeatedly 'punished' by Facebook for posting content on the social media platform that is feminist and bold, about young women growing up and even images of protest by women in Manipur against the oppression of the Indian army and…

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Trafficking in Women: female objectification

Posted Fri 30 Sep 2016 - 04:34 | 8,232 views
A conservative estimate is that 42 million people are prostituted worldwide, of which 90% are exploited by pimps, and every year 2 million people are added to this number. Latin America has 10% of trafficking in persons for sexual activities - nearly half of the victims are children and youth under 18 years. Human trafficking is considered the third most profitable form of crime in the world,…

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Social media: Why can't I just leave? Why is it hard to stay?

Posted Wed 19 Nov 2014 - 20:43 | 7,368 views
I am a social media user, for several years now. I think Facebook, in particular, and the way it sets what is possible and what is not possible for its users, is slowly imitating the circle of life but in such a way that it narrows down our options, rather than opening them up. We start feeling more and more trapped after investing so much of our data, history, affections and expectations in our…

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Facebook: The king laid bare and the drag queens

Posted Mon 6 Oct 2014 - 09:50 | 5,614 views
The social network created by Mark Zuckerberg recently suspended the profiles of drag queens whose pages were under their stage names. The performers suddenly found themselves blocked from their accounts and were sent messages with instructions on how to replace their stage names with their legal names, according to Facebook’s “real name” policy.

DJS choice

DJ'S CHOICE OF THE WEEK: Male virginity, female masturbation and Koolaid

Posted Mon 6 Oct 2014 - 02:58 | 5,216 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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DJ's CHOICE OF THE WEEK: Underwear, sucking and gaming

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2014 - 06:05 | 7,097 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…

Feminist talk

Solidarity with imprisoned activists, with or without Facebook

Posted Wed 6 Aug 2014 - 09:28 | 8,080 views
On the 23rd of June, I opened Facebook and found news that two friends had been arrested after participating in protests on the other side of the world. Natalie Lowrey is an Australian environmental activist who was arrested in Malaysia on 22 June during a peaceful action against Australian-owned Lynas Corporation's rare earth plant in Malaysia. Yara Sallam is an Egyptian feminist activist who…

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Digital misogyny: “It felt like 514 people had raped me all over again”

Posted Thu 19 Jun 2014 - 04:11 | 5,088 views
In March 2013 Sitawa Wafula appeared as a guest on Kenya Television Network (KTN) where she shared how she had survived rape as a teenager, and her ongoing struggle with bi-polar disorder and epilepsy. An excerpt of her interview was shared on KTN’s Facebook page and to the horror of Sitawa, her friends and family, she received approximately 514 negative comments.