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…
Access Now presented the European Human Rights Agenda for the Digital Age, detailing objectives and recommendations in the areas of data protection, content governance, artificial intelligence, surveillance, and connectivity. Access Now is also calling on EU lawmakers to put human rights at the center of upcoming digital policies, making recommendations in the following four main areas: Protect…
Given the problems that may arise in the implementation of any AI-based technology, it has come to the international community’s attention that this implementation is closely connected to human rights. Implementation of AI without oversight allows for human rights violations, some of which are egregious. “Schools refer to these technologies as ‘student safety’ measures, but…
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…
There are many VR companies that sprung up over the past few years dealing with VR. VR became a big deal when the ITU adopted it as part of the technology for good. Some initiatives are UN-based, and others are NGO initiatives to help the UN achieve those goals. For example, The very first one…
Virtual Activism attended the 62nd session on women in NY, 2018. The Priority theme was: Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls; The Review theme: Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communications technologies and their impact on and use as an…
The WSIS Forum is constantly evolving and strengthening the alignment between the WSIS Action Lines and the Sustainable Development Goals. Announcement: “Pursuing a first partnership in 2016, WSIS and World VR Forum join forces to be at the forefront of Virtual Reality for advancing development. A shiny new Virtual Reality Track will be held at…
Board members Marlyn Tadros and Melissa Dailey have attended the 55th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD55), 1-10 February 2017“. The conference’s topic was “Strategies for the eradication of poverty to achieve sustainable development for all”. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world…
