Access Now is organizing its 9th conference of Rights Con. The conference convenes business leaders, policy makers, general counsels, government representatives, technologists, academics, journalists, and human rights defenders from around the world to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and technology. In provocative plenaries, hands-on workshops, intimate roundtables, private meetings, and lively…
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. The Generation Equality campaign is bringing together people of every gender, age, ethnicity, race, religion and country, to drive actions that will create the gender-equal world we all deserve. Together, we want to mobilize to end gender-based violence; we are calling for…
World IA Day Boston (WIAD 2020) is an annual, world-wide, one-day conference celebrating information architecture. This year it was organized at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, on Feb 22, and was attended by a gathering of Boston’s IA, UX, and design community. Marlyn Tadros was one of the speakers with a session entitled From Dorothy to Kramer:…
All UN parallel events have been cancelled on account of the covid19 outbreak. At the invitation of the Center for Social Research, Marlyn Tadros, Executive Director of Virtual Activism and Associate Professor at SNHU, will be speaking at the Policy Dialogue on Prevention and Response to Online Human Rights Violations Against Women during the UN CSW64. This…
Virtual Activism and Southern New Hampshire University are organizing an international human rights day on Dec 10, 2019. The event will include virtual reality short films on topics as diverse as refugees, women’s rights, child rights, and climate change. There will also be a refugee shelter installation. Originally designed for a thematic dance performance by…
The Internet Governance Forum is organized annually, to bring together stakeholders to set public policy regarding matters of governance. This year it is the 14th annual forum, hosted by the Government of Germany in Berlin from 25 to 29 November 2019 under the overarching theme: One World. One Net. One Vision. The Forum has three main themes: (1) Data Governance; (2)…
This year is the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, where 179 governments adopted a landmark Programme of Action which set out to empower women and girls for their sake, and for the benefit of their families, communities and nations. The Summit was organized in Nairobi, Kenya, from…
On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2019, Virtual Activism will be preparing an event at Southern New Hampshire University. The event will include posters designed by students from the graphic design department. We will also be showing Virtual Reality films that deal with human rights issues. Our focus this year…
