APC policy explainer: What is a gender approach to cybersecurity?

2 months ago

A gender approach to cybersecurity is a perspective that seeks to rethink individual and collective responsibilities for the cybersecurity of individuals and groups, making cybersecurity responsive to the complex, differentiated and intersectional needs of people based on a wide range of factors.

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Voices from Making a Feminist Internet 2022: Movement building in a digital age

2 months 1 week ago

MFIs are face-to-face and online gatherings where activists working on different intersecting issues come together to strategise and activate how we make this feminist internet. In this two-part podcast series, activists at the MFI2022 convening share their experiences and thoughts.

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lori

Community networks newsletter: Women connecting a village

2 months 3 weeks ago

In this issue, we are inspired by women who are cultivating community networks in their regions. Welcome to the 59th monthly round-up of developments impacting your local access networks and community-based initiatives.

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Digital Rights Asia Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC23) Statement of Solidarity

2 months 3 weeks ago

The statement, signed by over 100 organisations and individuals, was jointly developed during the DRAPAC23 Assembly convened by EngageMedia and held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 22 to 26 May 2023. It highlights the increasing threats to digital rights in the region.

lori

Let androids dream nightmares of the humans who train algorithms

3 months 1 week ago

Content moderators and AI trainers spend hours making the internet safer for others, while constantly struggling with the serious repercussions of being exposed to disturbing content without any support or fair compensation from the tech companies they work for.

lori

Call for proposals: Four grant awards for digital rights advocacy initiatives

3 months 1 week ago

The grants will be awarded for advocacy-oriented initiatives, particularly those that aim to highlight and influence digital rights policies that impact marginalised communities in Latin America,  the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The deadline for applications is 31 July.

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lori

Civil society participation at the UN Human Rights mechanisms in Geneva

3 months 2 weeks ago

An inclusive approach to participation requires that the UN addresses the limited space for civil society engagement. The UN now has the chance to consolidate the modalities of participation that allow for a broader, more inclusive, effective and climate-friendly human rights system.

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