April 22nd is the Girls in ICT Day. Girls around the world continue to be under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Through International Girls in ICT Day, the ITU works with partners to build awareness about the gender digital divide, support technology education and skills training, and encourage more girls and young women…
If you have not heard about Facebook’s data leak by now, you should. The personal data of 533 million Facebook users in more than 106 countries was found to be freely available online last weekend. The data trove, uncovered by security researcher Alon Gal, includes phone numbers, email addresses, hometowns, full names, and birth dates….
From the Generation Equality forum website: “The Generation Equality Forum is a civil society–centred, global gathering for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France. Kicking off in Mexico City, Mexico, on 29–31 March 2021, and culminating in Paris, France, in June 2021, the Forum will secure a set of concrete, ambitious,…
Building the Information Society: a global challenge in the new Millennium Document WSIS-03/GENEVA/DOC/4-E 12 December 2003 Original: English The WSIS Declaration of Principles is a framework for the use of ICTs and was created in 2003. https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html A. Our Common Vision of the Information Society 1. We, the representatives of the peoples of the…
The International Development Law Organization is holding a special event entitled Access to Justice For all, on March 25th, at 10am EST. The virtual discussion is in support of the United Nations Human Rights Council Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. On 16-17 November 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council…
The panel on Advocacy for Women’s Rights Peace and Security in MENA: Challenges of Shrinking Civic Space was organized by FEMENA on March 23rd, 2021. Human rights defenders from Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran: Sussan Tahmasebi – FEMENA – DirectorAida Saadat – FEMENA Program ManagerNisan Alıcı – Demos Research Association – Board member & ResearcherNajia…
Open Source 101 is a global event organized by the All Things Open team. This is a one-day conference featuring 10, 45 and 90 minute live talks covering the “basics” of open source. While many believe “everyone knows the basics” and can effectively contribute and consume, the organizers say they disagree based on more than…
Libre Planet, the most important free software conference around, starts March 20th. This year, like everything else, it is virtual. Among its many sessions are talks about Technopolice: One year of activism against surveillance technologies; Software Heritage: The great library of source code; Bridging the digital divide in education with free software and hardware; and…
