Building collective knowledge towards deepening understanding, influencing discourse and shaping agendas GenderIT.org produced the “Three issues for a feminist internet: Access, agency and movements” edition in close collaboration with the Feminist Principles of the Internet (FPI) network. In 2016, GenderIT.org published 17 columns on gender, ICTs and climate change; digital technologies and trans* people; women’s rights and internet access; and young women and technology. GenderIT.org editions… Read More
Amplifying women’s voices through digital storytelling In 2007, APC member Women’sNet hosted a digital storytelling workshop with survivors of gender-based violence to process and produce digital stories. It was a powerful experience for trainers and participants alike, and inspired the African network of the APC Women’s Rights Programme (WRP) to host a similar workshop for the region in 2007, and One… Read More
Making the connection: National to international bodies, and back down APC worked with members Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) and Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) to engage in Uganda’s review during the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Our joint report focused on women’s rights and the internet. The review resulted in the government of Uganda accepting… Read More
Groundbreaking work to expand the focus of internet rights advocacy to economic, social and cultural rights Human rights advocacy in the digital sphere has historically focused on civil and political rights like freedom of opinion and expression. APC’s groundbreaking Connecting Your Rights project expanded the range of rights contemplated in internet rights advocacy and research to include economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs), exploring the critical role that the internet can… Read More
Landmark resolution recognises contribution of African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted a landmark resolution in November on the Right to Freedom of Expression on the Internet in Africa. The first of its kind passed by the Commission, the resolution recognises the role of the internet in advancing human and peoples’ rights in Africa and specifically acknowledges the value… Read More