Digital Democracy Now attended the Action Days of The Summit of the Future which took place in September 2024. The summit was a high-level UN event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. It involved youth as its main focus. DDN…
Al and Global Challenges: Ethical Development and Responsible Deployment CCIT / CAST | EC MEDICI Framework | ICT Watch – Indonesia | Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida | Kamusi Project International | Virtual Activism [now DDN] | Loughborough University Session 199 Wednesday, 29 May 2024 , 11:00–12:00 (UTC+02:00)Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room 9, CICG,…
Armed conflict has a pronounced impact on women and girls, significantly constraining their access to education, healthcare, and economic empowerment, and even survival. In this panel, organized by Digital Democracy Now/Virtual Activism at the CSW68, we emphasized the adverse consequences of armed conflict on the lives of women and girls, highlighting the multifaceted ways in which…
In June 2023, Executive Director Marlyn Tadros attended the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council (19 June to 14 July 2023) in Geneva, Switzerland at the UN headquarters. UNHRC is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations system responsible for promoting and protecting human rights globally, with 47 member states elected by the UN General…
VA and the Egyptian Human Rights Forum will be presenting a panel at CSW67 on March 8th entitled: Current/Emerging Tech: Enhancing Gender Equality or Exacerbating Authoritarian Abuse? The digital revolution has brought about many advancements and opportunities for women and for human rights defenders, but it has also raised concerns about its impact on gender…
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was established in 1946 as a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Its mandate is to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. The commission meets annually for a two-week session in New York, during which member states, UN…
The conference entitled Bearing-Witness: Videography in the Hands of the People, was from 5-7 October, 22 at the MIT’s Media Lab. It was organized by the Comparative Media Studies/Writing in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The conference builds on scholarship and public policy that emerged as a result of the…
The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the UNs focal point for science, technology and innovation (STI) for development. It is a forum for strategic planning, sharing lessons learned and best practices, providing foresight about critical trends in STI in key…
