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…
At the panel organized by the Center for Social Research in India for the CSW65the session parallel events of the NGO forum, Virtual Activism made a presentation entitled “Intermediary liabilities and the protection of women: be careful what you wish for.” Download the presentation below: Read also: The Manila Principles and The Santa Clara Principles
MozFest is one of the largest annual global events on internet technologies. MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. This year, it is virtual, allowing more people to participate in its…
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, 23 March In the context of the parallel events for the 65th Session of Commission on the Status of Women, FEMENA is organizing the event Advocacy for Women’s Rights Peace and Security in MENA: Challengers of Shrinking Civic Space. Speakers include Virtual Activism’s Executive Director, Marlyn Tadros, Egypt, FEMENA organizer Sussan…
On March 15th, the Center for Social Research in India organized an event on the occasion of the UN Women’s Commission 65th Session. Virtual Activism has been invited to the panel. The event is entitled Digital Safety and Citizenship Development. The speakers were: Dr. Ranjana Kumari, director of the Center for Social Research Anne Collier,…
The 16th annual IGF meeting will be hosted by the Government of Poland in Katowice from 6-10 December, under the overarching theme: Internet United. The IGF 2021 First Open Consultations and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Meeting were hosted on 22, 23 and 24 February 2021. The mandate of the Forum is to: Discuss public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance in order to foster…
