An EROTICS call: Survey on internet regulation and sexual rights
Are you member of a non-governmental or a community-based organisation? Are you an academic or a researcher? Do you work within networks or coalitions? Are you an independent blogger? If you are a...
View ArticleAPC hosts “open web” advocate for 2015 Ford-Mozilla fellowship
APC will host Andrea Del Río, a participant in the 2015 Open Web Fellows programme, which is an international leadership initiative by the Ford Foundation and Mozilla. For the next 10 months, Del Río...
View ArticleQueering internet governance in Indonesia
Refused to become part of the silent majority, Institut Pelangi Perempuan conducted an exploratory research related to the LGBTIQ rights in the internet governance in Indonesia. This research is an...
View ArticleCall for contributions on the internet and human rights in Africa
APC is calling for submissions of articles, case studies, interviews, publication reviews and other creative audio and visual contributions that explore how the internet [can / does / could] play a...
View ArticleFeministInternet.net is here!
Version 2.0 of the Feminist Principles of the Internet is already out, and it is hosted on a new online platform that allows you to contribute to the collective construction of the Principles.Language...
View ArticleGISWatch: An annual snapshot of the information society, 10 years running
Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) has reached its 10th edition, providing the international community with yearly reports on the state of the constantly evolving information society from the...
View ArticleA history of feminist engagement with development and digital technologies
This paper historicises gender justice struggles and feminist engagement with ICT policies, tracing the idea of development put forward by women from the global South through the years leading to the...
View ArticleA feminist action framework on development and digital technologies
Through a feminist lens that brings together economic justice and gender justice concerns, this paper traces the key elements of the right to access, right to knowledge and right to development in the...
View ArticleDue diligence and accountability for online violence against women
This paper explores what online violence against women is; what can be done to stem and ultimately eliminate it; and whose responsibility it is to do so.
View ArticleForum on Internet Freedom in Africa to take place in Johannesburg
Gaps, concerns and opportunities for advancing privacy, access to information, free expression, non-discrimination and the free flow of information online are the focus of this year's Forum on Internet...
View ArticlePerspectives on universal free access to online information in South Africa:...
The purpose of this issue paper is to examine the background and legal framework that support a right to universal free access to online information, with a specific focus on the South African context.
View ArticleBriefing document: Cybersecurity policy and human rights
This briefing document aims to frame discussions at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2017 Day 0 event “A rights-based approach to cybersecurity: A pipe dream or a critical means to a secure and...
View ArticleGlobal Information Society Watch 2017 special edition - Internet governance...
While the main 2017 GISWatch annual report provides independent and analytical perspectives on the role of NRIs in internet governance broadly, the present companion edition, Internet governance from...
View ArticleEROTICS: Exploratory research on sexuality and the internet (executive summary)
APC’S EROTICS project conducted research on sexuality and the internet in five countries: Brazil, India, Lebanon, South Africa and the United States. This issue paper contains executive summaries for...
View ArticleEROTICS: Sex, rights and the internet (An exploratory research study)
This breakthrough study carried out in five countries looks at how the internet plays host to critical information about sex education, health, fighting sex discrimination and defining one’s own...
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