Flavia Fascendini
Flavia Fascendini vive en una ciudad en el interior de Argentina y es directora de comunicaciones de APC. Escribile a flavia@apc.org
Networking, safety and sexual agency
98% of activists see the internet as an "important public sphere for advancing sexual rights":http://www.genderit.org/node/3836. However 51% of them have suffered online hate speech, censorship or privacy violations. Sexual rights activists from Africa and the Middle East face double risk compared to colleagues from elsewhere of being attacked by...
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EROTICS India: mujeres, sexualidad e internet
Dentro del campo ‘mujer, sexualidad e internet’, los sospechosos de siempre como la pornografía, la indecencia y los videos sin consentimiento suelen ser las primeras cosas que vienen a la mente. Pero las mujeres no son sólo un tema en internet – también son usuarias. Una presentación en un taller de EROTICS India refutó algunas de estas presunciones comunes destacando las experiencias de las...
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How funny is this, Facebook?
“Take action to end gender-based violence on Facebook” is this campaign’s call that asks companies whose publicity appears on explicitly violent Facebook pages and profiles to help pressure the social networking platform to re-examine its response to violence against women and girls.
End violence against women: language and action @ CSW57th
This GenderIT.org edition offers reflections on language and actions surrounding issues of technology-related forms of violence against women (VAW). We're looking at these in the perspective/context of the APC project "End violence: Women’s rights and safety online" and the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which took place between 4-15 March in New York.
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Basta de violencia contra las mujeres: lenguaje y acción en CSW 57
Esta edición de GenderIT.org reflexiona sobre el lenguaje y las acciones en torno a las formas de violencia contra las mujeres relacionadas con la tecnología en el contexto del proyecto de APC “Basta de violencia: derechos de las mujeres y seguridad en línea" y la 57ª sesión de la Comisión sobre la Condición de la Mujer (CSW, por su sigla en inglés) de Naciones Unidas, que tuvo lugar entre el 4 y...
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Agreed conclusions in CSW 57th include violence against women and ICT
The 57th Commission on the Status of Women took place from 4 to 15 March 2013 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The session’s priority theme was “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls”, and representatives of the Association for Progressive Communications' Women's Rights Programme attended the meeting of this global policy-making body dedicated...
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Passwords: Your first line of defence
A password is your first line of defence – for your computer, email, and information. So firstly, make sure your computer is password protected (under the ‘admin’ account option), so your prying brother doesn’t get his hands on that flyer for the new weekly queer event. Or those letters from your lover. And if you really want to keep your information safe, you don’t just need a password, but you...
Editorial
Has the seventh IGF brought breakthrough for gender equality?
It is my pleasure to introduce this volume of essays on gender issues at the IGF. The seventh IGF, held in Baku Azerbaijan during 2012, saw several milestones. The IGF showed that it was a maturing forum that was able to tackle important issues, some of which had been taboo in the past.
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Women's take on internet governance: A selection of tweets from IGF 2012
This is a selection of the tweets circulated during the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 6-9 2012. They were selected following the criteria of its relevance in reflecting the discussions around women’s role in internet governance processes, as well as women’s and internet rights during the IGF.
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Inclusión de género es más que contar mujeres
Durante el último día del Foro de gobernanza de internet en Baku se desarrolló la reunión de la Coalición Dinámica de Género, un espacio que se viene sosteniendo desde los comienzos del foro.
