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| What is ICT Policy |
| Philippine ICT Policy |
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| GENDER AND ICT Policy |
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| Global Spaces: WSIS and Beyond |
| Gender and ICT Policy |
| Women are among the call center's night owls 20 June 2006 |
| The emergence of the call center industry has seen an increasing number of women working at graveyard shifts, making themselves vulnerable to health hazards and other dangers such as incidents of theft and rape. Such phenomenon calls for a thorough review and strict implementation of the country's labor laws, particularly for women engaged in this new industry. (By Sherryl Anne G. Quito, Manila Times) |
| IT skills training enlisted in fight vs human trafficking 03 June 2006 |
| As part of its Unlimited Potential project, Microsoft Philippines aims to train survivors of human trafficking as a means of helping them find livelihood as they recover from their ordeals. For this endeavor, Microsoft partnered with the Visayan Forum Foundation, an NGO which has been conducting research on and has set up half-way houses to shelter survivors of human trafficking. (By Joey Alarilla, Inq7.net) |
| ICANN board votes against .XXX sponsored Top Level Domain agreement 12 May 2006 |
| The Internet Corporation on Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has fianlly decided regarding the .xxx sponsored Top Level Domain. With a vote of 9 to 5, the Board of ICANN overturned the proposed agreement of classifying adult websites due to "public policy concerns." |
| GenderIT en español: A brand new portal catalyses women’s voices in political sphere 20 April 2006 |
| Exactly one year after the successful introduction of GenderIT.org - the gender and information and communication technology (ICT) Policy Monitor in English - the APC WNSP now presents GenderIT en español, the Spanish counterpart of the monitor with original resources and coverage in Spanish, as well as in Portuguese. |
| Communication Rights are Women's Rights 08 March 2006 |
| In celebration of the International Women's Day, the Foundation for Media Alternatives reaffirms its solidarity with women's rights advocates in the Philippines and around the world. In the statement, FMA highlights the need to make information and communication technologies (ICTs) more responsive to the needs of Filipino women FMA also reiterates its call, urging the government to stop all forms of intimidation and harassment particularly to media practitioners and activists, following the lifting of Presidential Proclamation 1017. |
| FMA rolls out research on seven ICT policy papers 01 February 2006 |
| The Foundation for Media Alternatives has begun the mobilization of its research project, “Policy, Praxis and Public Interest: Engendering Strategic InfoComms Policy Research in the Philippines,” under the Pan Asia Networking grants programme. FMA is set to produce seven policy papers which aims to contribute to the work of the Commission on Information and Communication Technology. |
| How women and men use the Internet 28 December 2005 |
| Pew Internet recently released the results of the survey on the differences in the use of of women and men of the Internet. While more and more women are tapping resources out of the Internet, the results reinforce earlier usage patterns based on gender roles: Men use the Internet largely for entertainment and other services while woman's usage is conditioned by desire for constant and deeper human relationships. (By Deborah Fallows) |
| Wiring Women Won't Close the Gap 18 November 2005 |
| Although the World Summit on the Information Society intends to address issues which mainly concern access to information, knowledge and other resources, the “gender divide” within the so-called “digital divide”seems to have been overlooked. As Magaly Pazello of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) asserts, "The gender dimension has kind of been put on the backburner in the negotiations and documents of the summit. There is no explicit commitment that guarantees the rights of women." (By Marty Logan, IPS News) |
| APC WNSP @ AWID 2005: How Does Change Happen? 27 October 2005 |
| The Association for Progressive Communications – Women's Networking Support Programme participated in the 10th Association for Women's Rights in Development held from October 27 to 30, 2005 in Bangkok. Aside from organizing three sessions gender and ICT, it also ran a blog that provides onsite reports from the different sessions. |
| Digital Dangers: ICT and Trafficking in Women 01 October 2005 |
| How, and how much, the internet and other ICTs are implicated in trafficking is the subject of this issue paper by The Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) produced in cooperation with The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). The paper discusses trafficking and ICTs as defined by activists in the two arenas. It asks what action can and is being taken, by governments, feminists, civil society organisations, and other actors. (APC-WNSP) |
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