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Essential reforms needed to elevate biometric data protection: Botswana's biometric data security challenges and urgent calls for legal reforms
This discussion delves into the vulnerabilities of identification cards, e-passports, SIM cards, and financial institutions that collect biometric data in exchange for services. It explores how the…
Seeding change: Celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community through digital security and environmental justice
The LGBTQIA+ community in Paraguay continues to take action through community-driven initiatives. One event that particularly stood out took place in the country's capital, Asunción, during…
Weaving dreams, sharing voices and growing together: Experiences at Bootcamp 2024
The 2024 bootcamp, held in Guatemala, brought together participants in ICT network management in indigenous and rural communities in Latin America, as part of the training programme promoted by APC,…
Virtual Verdicts: A study on the criminalisation of online expression in Sri Lanka
This report studies the criminalisation of online expression in Sri Lanka through five thematic areas.
Community networks newsletter: Creating connectivity models to support life and the future of the Earth
In this issue, we highlight stories of connectivity centred on local communities that have occupied land for centuries without provoking the socio-environmental destruction of their regions.
Seeding change: Co-creating a learning journey around power, equity and justice
The intersection of bodies, technologies and social justice is fertile ground for planting the seeds of feminist pedagogy, as India-based APC member Point of View discovered when they developed “The…
APC statement to the multistakeholder consultation on Global Digital Compact Rev. 1
APC's oral statement to the multistakeholders consultation held 21 June 2024 in relation to Rev. 1 of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) is aimed at positioning key messages while Rev. 2 is being…
Introducing the APC glossary: Why language matters for social justice
Recognising the need for clarity in rapidly changing scenarios, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has developed a glossary that provides accessible definitions and political…
Spotlight on the vexing questions around biometrics and digital IDs
Across the African continent, biometric data collection systems are being implemented at an increasing pace and for a variety of reasons, yet there is no or slow commensurate roll-out of measures to…
How disinformation targets women and environmental journalists
APC participated in the 31st World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) Conference by co-organising two side events: “The gender dimensions of disinformation: Freedom of expression and gender justice” and “…
Descolonizar la gobernanza de internet
Internet se plantea como la puerta de entrada al desarrollo. Entonces, ¿cómo respondemos al desafío de la persistente brecha digital? Para la autora, partir de un marco de pensamiento descolonial permitiría repensar la gobernanza global de internet priorizando factores de justicia y equidad.
En los últimos cinco años, los reportes sobre conectividad en el mundo muestran impresionantes avances: los informes de la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT) registran un aumento del 9% y del 20% anual de las suscripciones a banda ancha fija y móvil respectivamente, y este crecimiento es más fuerte aún en el sur global.
[Columna] ¿Se acaba la era de las princesas? Webisodios donde la decisión y los derechos son prioridad
En una lectura de los roles de las protagonistas de la saga "Force of Destiny" se descubren cambios sustanciales que permiten vislumbrar que es probable que estemos ante el fin de la "era de las princesas" al estilo Disney.
Force of destiny (la fuerza del destino) es una serie de webisodios muy cortitos de Star Wars oficiales del canal a demanda de Disney que hace foco en las heroínas de todos los tiempos.
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