Ten Steps to Strengthen Stakeholder Engagement in the WSIS+20 Intergovernmental Phase
APC Annual Report 2024
Updated realities on gender justice and digital justice: Why international multilateral processes and spaces must align
As Beijing+30, WSIS+20 and the Pact for the Future converge, this article reflects on three decades of feminist engagement at the intersection of gender and digital rights. While recognition of…
Seeding change: The untold stories of women in Ugandan journalism
In Uganda, the field of journalism has long been dominated by men, with female voices often marginalised or stereotyped. However, this year a significant shift was underway: A group of women…
Looking back on 30 years of advocacy for a gender-inclusive internet: Carrying hope and lessons forward
As APC celebrates over 30 years of work, struggle and dedication to building a feminist internet, we continue to position gender squarely at the centre of our work.
Global Digital Rights Coalition for WSIS Input to the Zero Draft of the WSIS+20 Outcome Document
The Global Digital Rights Coalition for WSIS, a coalition’s twenty-four member organisations, published a joint submission to the zero draft of the World Summit on the Information Society twenty-year…
APC's input to the Zero Draft of the WSIS+20 Outcome Document
As negotiations develop ahead of the high‑level meeting of the UN General Assembly to complete the WSIS+20 review, scheduled for 16 and 17 December in New York, APC also made its own submisstion to…
LocNet Catalytic Microgrant – 2025: Supporting co-creation and prototyping of community-driven digital solutions for climate resilience and advancing environmental justice in Kenya
“We’re in survival mode”: Women human rights defenders on digital repression and movement sustainability
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) have long been central to struggles for justice, democracy and freedom - and yet these same defenders are systematically targeted and under-resourced. This…
OpenFlexure on making microscopes an open and accessible technology for the benefit of many
The OpenFlexure project uses 3D printers and readily available components to produce open-source, laboratory-grade microscopes at a fraction of the cost of traditional models. Now used in over 50…
A village takes charge: How Taliabu built its own internet service in Indonesia
Pulau Taliabu, located in eastern Indonesia, is a remote island where connectivity depended on limited options that were not yet affordable or reliable enough for most households for many years.…
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Human rights in the digital context in Rwanda
The joint stakeholder report by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) focuses on key issues…
Human rights in the digital context in Lebanon
The joint stakeholder report1 by APC and SMEX focuses on key issues relating to human rights in the digital context in Lebanon, including digital inclusion and connectivity, freedom of expression…
"Hackasertão": An initiative teaching community networks in Brazil's backlands
This aim of this pioneering project is not only to provide meaningful connectivity by installing an internet network in a community, but also to offer training and technological capacity building.
Universal Periodic Review 51st session – Joint stakeholder report: Human rights in the digital context in Rwanda
This stakeholder report focuses on key issues relating to human rights in the digital context in Rwanda, including digital connectivity and inclusion, freedom of speech and expression online, online…
Universal Periodic Review 51st session – Joint stakeholder report: Human rights in the digital context in Lebanon
This report focuses on human rights online in Lebanon, specifically the situation relating to the recommendations concerning freedom of expression, digital inclusion, gender-based violence and…
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