Feminist reflections on internet policies
Organisations urge approval of bill to encourage internet connectivity in the Philippines
In the Philippines, 23 organisations are calling on the country's president to certify as urgent the proposed “Konektadong Pinoy Act”, which would entail the passage of a bill to increase…
Seeding change: Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies and their impact on civic space in Africa
This piece by the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) provides an overview of their participation in the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum in Accra, Ghana, which they attended with the support of a…
Meet APC's new board of directors
APC's governance structure consists of a board of directors that is elected by its network members as well as a council of representatives of member organisations. The most recent election was…
This is a WE thing
This episode's guests start by sharing stories from the in-person FTX in 2008, totally led by women and hosted in Cape Town, South Africa.
The beginnings of the FTX
This episode answers the question "Why Feminist Tech eXchanges?" directly from the mouths of the digital care trainers who were part of the beginnings of the FTX, who share their personal…
Dial-up to Beijing 1995: The women's communication tent
This podcast starts in the Huairou district in China, where the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) was part of a 40-woman team who set up, in 1995, a communication centre during the UN…
APC statement to the Open-ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security 2021-2025
APC welcomes the opportunity to engage in this informal dialogue and to reflect on how stakeholders, and in particular civil society, can work together with states to contribute to the implementation…
Statement on safeguarding digital freedoms and fundamental rights in Bangladesh amid ongoing protests
APC joins with the other signatories of this statement to strongly condemn the violence against peaceful demonstrations in Bangladesh and urge the authorities to uphold human rights, and restore…
Risk of human rights infringement as Eswatini rushes to regulate the ICT sector
Eswatini is still very much a novice in the area of regulation of the ICT sector. It is within this legal framework that biometrics and digital systems are regulated. Rollout of most these systems,…
Civil society joint brief on the UN Global Digital Compact: What's at stake for internet governance and human rights
The undersigned civil society organisations and individuals, who have been active in the United Nations (UN) Global Digital Compact (GDC) process since the onset, write to express concerns regarding…
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