activism

A commitment to creativity: The online aesthetics of feminist labour
A commitment to creativity: The online aesthetics of feminist labour 15 November 2022 Zoya Rehman for GenderIT.org

This two-part series sheds light on how art and creativity play a key role in activism in Pakistan and provide the country's feminist movement and struggles with a prominent visual aesthetics on the internet.

Bárbara Paes on Black feminist cyberactivists in Brazil and the neoliberalism of "women in tech"
Bárbara Paes on Black feminist cyberactivists in Brazil and the neoliberalism of "women in tech" 17 November 2020 Ani Phoebe Hao for GenderIT.org

Ani Hao interviews Bárbara Paes, a young Brazilian feminist, co-founder of Minas Programam. In this conversation they delve into Black feminist activism in Brazil, feminism funding and the co-optation of gender issues in technology spaces.

EngageMedia's Pretty Good Podcast: Youth and online activism at Thailand protests
EngageMedia's Pretty Good Podcast: Youth and online activism at Thailand protests 19 October 2020 EngageMedia

Piyanut Kotsan, director of Amnesty International Thailand, enumerates the human and digital rights issues and violations occurring during the recent youth-led protests, from the disproportionate use of laws against dissenting opinions to the increase in online harassment against young protesters. 

Questions for white liberals
Questions for white liberals 22 June 2020 Kharnita Mohamed for GenderIT.org

White allies rarely explain why particular racist actions might have occurred. White liberal intellectuals frequently learn anti-racist discourse and mimic it back at us with little trenchant thought given to their own experiences of whiteness.

How to use social media for activism
How to use social media for activism 23 August 2018 Nana Darkoa for GenderIT.org

Here are some tips and insights on how to use social media for activism and movement building. These are learnings from the vocal and active African feminists who have used the internet and social media to amplify their causes.

#Palestine 2017: Palestinian Digital Activism Report
#Palestine 2017: Palestinian Digital Activism Report 07 April 2018 Anan AbuShanab

7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media published its annual research report on Palestinian digital activism. The report, titled #Palestine 2017, provides information about internet access and usage, examines the most dominant social and political campaigns and viral hashtags, and monitors human and digital rights violations against Palestinians.

7amleh conducts survey of digital activism of Palestinian civil society organisations
7amleh conducts survey of digital activism of Palestinian civil society organisations 15 February 2018 7amleh – the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media

7amleh Center publishes research on Palestinian civil society organisation’s digital activism and training needs.

Joint statement on Egypt: Presidential pardon frees some women human rights defenders, while others are still detained
Joint statement on Egypt: Presidential pardon frees some women human rights defenders, while others are still detained 02 October 2015

The delay in the release of both Ms. Salwa Mihriz and Ms. Nahed Sherif is quite atrocious, especially that Ms. Mihriz’s release is halted by the fact that her name is not written correctly in the pardon decision. As for Ms. Mahienour El-Massry, it is feared that her exclusion from the concerned pardon is a result of her being targeted for her well-known and prominent human rights activism...

Activism, fundraising and security online: facets of the feminist cyborg
Activism, fundraising and security online: facets of the feminist cyborg 04 December 2012 Flavia Fascendini

A webinar hosted by the African Feminist Forum and the Association for Progressive Communications addressed issues such as security online, activism and fundraising as relevant aspects for the empowerment of the feminist cyborg.

Click Against Violence: Taking 16 Days of Activism Online
Click Against Violence: Taking 16 Days of Activism Online 10 November 2010

APC Women and Inter Press Service Africa are co-hosting a media roundtable entitled ‘Click Against Violence: Taking 16 Days of Activism Online’ on November 17 in Johannesburg, to discuss online gender based violence and resources available to cover the issue. Find out how to participate

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