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Violence Against Women and ICTs

24 October, 2009 - 12:48

MDG3 fund Mobiles equipped with cameras are being used to peep up girl’s skirts as they climb on board buses. The same “emergency alert” button to send a distress signal from a cell phone is also connected to a global positioning system signal that allows women’s movements to be closely monitored by their spouses. Hundreds of Indian women denounce street sexual harassment in the Blank Noise Project Blogathon, many snapping shots of “Eve-teasing” aggressors.

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?

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?

Privacy Catcher

Source: Privacy Catcher

14 December, 2011 - 00:50

That old fortune teller game from our childhood put to a new use as a privacy catcher. This video shows you how to make one but more important is playing it. Ask your friends questions about why the government or police might be interested in someone’s Facebook page, or if it could be a problem that a boyfriend or girlfriend knows the passwords of their partners, and what that might mean for email or chat exchanges. Make a privacy catcher for yourself! http://takebackthetech.net/take-action/2011/12/7

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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