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Gender and ICT Policy Advocacy

11 April, 2007 - 23:17

GenderIT.org is an online policy monitor for gender and ICT issues, where ICT policy is examined from the perspective of key areas of concern in women’s movements, such as economic empowerment and violence against women. It responds to the need to have examples of national policy, gender-sensitive language, tools for lobbying, and an understanding of the impact of poor or positive policy all within easy access, a need expressed by ICT advocates and policy makers alike.

Take Back the Tech! campaign now a global movement

Source: Take Back the Tech! campaign now a global movement

14 December, 2011 - 10:00

Take Back the Tech! started in November 2006 with a small but important idea: the increasing availability and reliance on new information technologies was transforming them into a political space, urgently in need of a feminist lens for engagement, understanding and envisioning. Women's contributions to the historical development of internet technologies were getting lost and forgotten, the reality of violence faced by women and girls all over the world was already seeping into online spaces and was not being given the attention needed.

Mapping the intersection of technology and gender-based violence

Source: Mapping the intersection of technology and gender-based violence

14 December, 2011 - 10:00

Take Back the Tech! map on ushahidi platform

On 25 November 2011, Take Back The Tech! campaign has launched an interactive map based that allows internet users to share their stories, local news and personal experiences of gender-based violence they faced online or through the use of mobile phone technologies. As of 7 December, it has recorded 103 stories from across the globe, with the majority of stories coming from Africa, Latin America and Asia. Sonia Randhawa is drawning on the data collected through the mapping platform and looking at some trends these data reveal to us about the technology-related violence against women.

From Clock Square to StreetWatch: mapping sexual harassment in Palestina

Source: From Clock Square to StreetWatch: mapping sexual harassment in Palestina

14 December, 2011 - 08:08

Dalia Othman, a researcher and human rights activist, reports on new initiative in Ramallah, Pakistan, that uses online mapping and mobile phone technology to allow women to combat sexual harassment in the streets.

It's time to stand up and be counted

Source: It's time to stand up and be counted

14 December, 2011 - 07:39

If we want to tackle the problem of gender-based violence online, we need to develop a strong evidence base, argues Grady Johnson in this article. At the risk of revisiting old traumas, we need to women to document the scope of the problem, so that the gravity of the situation can no longer be denied. Most of all, we need good numbers if we hope to make good policies.

Can we map gender-based violence without spreading it?

Source: Can we map gender-based violence without spreading it?

14 December, 2011 - 07:20

Feminist campaigners and activists have raised the question of the possible conflicts between the "I don't forward violence" action and the push to map gender-based violence. Do they contradict each other? How can we report on violence without spreading it, and forcing victims to relive their experience?

Coordinates for change: putting violence against women on the map

Source: Coordinates for change: putting violence against women on the map

14 December, 2011 - 06:39

“Map it. End it. Demand change” was the core of the Take Back the Tech!

Mapping and privacy: Interview with Privacy International's Gus Hosein

Source: Mapping and privacy: Interview with Privacy International's Gus Hosein

14 December, 2011 - 05:36

GenderIT.org's writer, Sonia Randhawa, spoke with senior fellow at Privacy International Gus Hosein about how mobile devices and their ability to map our movements are intruding on personal privacy and individual autonomy.

Sonia Randhawa (SR):There have been privacy concerns over the mapping technology of various mobile devices, and I have seen that Privacy International has released various publications on the use of smartphones. Could you explain some of the issues here?

La campaña ¡Dominemos la tecnología! ya es un movimiento mundial

Source: La campaña ¡Dominemos la tecnología! ya es un movimiento mundial

13 December, 2011 - 13:48

La campaña ¡Dominemos la tecnología! empezó en noviembre de 2006 con una idea pequeña pero importante: la creciente disponibilidad y confiabilidad de las nuevas tecnologías de la información hizo de ellas un espacio político, donde se hace urgente y necesario observar la participación, los acuerdos y la prospección a través de una lente feminista.

Mapeando la intersección entre tecnología y violencia de género

Source: Mapeando la intersección entre tecnología y violencia de género

13 December, 2011 - 12:05

El 25 de noviembre de 2011, la campaña lanzó un mapa interactivo que permite que las usuarias de internet que hayan enfrentado en línea o a través del uso de telefonía móvil. Hasta el 7 de diciembre, ya registró 103 historias de todo el mundo, en su mayoría provenientes de África, América Latina y Asia. Sonia Randhawa se basa en los datos recolectados a través de la plataforma de mapeo y delinea algunas tendencias que esa información nos revela acerca de la violencia contra las mujeres ejercida a través de la tecnología.

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