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Unscripting Harassment (Part 2)
Online harassment has taken various forms on the internet, including doxxing, intimate violence, stalking and so on. In this article, Part 2 of the series, Maya Ganesh explores a different way of thinking through this contemporary phenomenon by using an approach that emphasises 'design-thinking'. Possibilities that are explored include whether the system or platform can predict or respond to…
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The Architectures of Online Harassment (Part 1)
In this two part report on a workshop on thinking through online harassment, Maya Ganesh of Tactical Technology Collective teases out the nuances of how online harassment takes place, technologically and socially. The article looks at what troubles and concerns us about online harassment of women, and what could be the possible new directions opened up by using a design-thinking approach. Part 2…
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Coming Back to Tech
There are a growing number of resources to prevent and respond to many kinds of online harassment faced by women and marginalised people working as activists, human rights defenders or journalists. But what happens 'the day after' an attack? What happens after the more urgent crisis phase(s) of a campaign of harassment passes?
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Connectedness or alienation?
Women's human rights activist Edna Aquino remarks on how ICTs have impacted her work, presenting both new opportunities and new risks. In her interview with new GenderIT.org writer, Maya Ganesh, Edna argues that activists using ICTs must be mindful of alienating women with the use of excessive jargon, and must always be keenly aware that there are inherent risks in online communications. However…
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¿Conexión o alienación?
En este artículo de Maya Ganesh la activista por los derechos de las mujeres Edna Aquino relata cómo impactan las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC) en su trabajo al presentar nuevas oportunidades y nuevos riesgos. Sostiene que los/as activistas que usan TIC deben ser conscientes de no alienar a las mujeres con el uso excesivo de jerga y trata los problemas de seguridad inherentes a…
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Thanks for All the Cash!
Maya Ganesh shares her experience at the VIII International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society Conference (IASSCS) at a presentation about sexual rights activism in the middle east.
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Encuentros cercanos
Esta es la tercera vez que Maya Ganesh, socia de India en el proyecto EROTICS de APC, asiste al Foro de gobernanza de internet, si bien reconoce que nunca esperó que algo demasiado extraordinario ocurra allí. Pero sus expectativas se vieron desafiadas cuando conoció a dos representantes de Registro ICM y la Fundación Internacional para la Responsabilidad en Línea en una sesión sobre derechos…
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Why we should get over facebook
Social networking sites and privacy formed the main topics in two sessions Maya attended - but she found that the discussions were not grounded in research, that users were absent from the debates and tired assumptions dominated the rooms. What's needed, she argues, are more workable proposals that take into account a variety of research and based on how people actually use social networking…
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Close Encounters
This is the third time Maya is attending the Internet Governance Forum and she has never really expected anything too extraordinary to happen here. She finds her expectations challenged when she meets with two representatives of the ICM Registry and IFFOR (the International Foundation for Online Responsibility) at a session on Sexual Rightsi, Openness and Regulatory Systems - who are interested…
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‘¿Lo sabe tu madre?’ Representación, riesgo y moral en la vida en internet de las mujeres jóvenes en Mumbai
Los adultos y adultas jóvenes [1] constituyen la tercera parte de los casi 57 millones de personas que alguna vez utilizaron internet en India [2] y también son el segmento de usuarios/as de internet de crecimiento más veloz. Este artículo trata sobre las mujeres jóvenes de clase media de Mumbai, la ciudad con mayor índice de uso de internet de India y sobre las impresiones iniciales de su vida…
