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Association for progressive communications (APC) organisational self-assessment 2009
No full textThe International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is one of the strategic partners in the work that Association for Progressive Communications (APC) facilitates and implements. As part of IDRC’s Institutional Strengthening Project with APC, a facilitated organisational self-assessment occurred in 2009. The self-assessment focuses on APC – the organisation. Findings show that through its various management processes, challenges are regularly identified and articulated with the Board and staff, who strive to find solutions
Innovative application of ICTs in addressing water-related impacts of climate change, November 1st 2010 - May 1st 2012
No full textThe IDRC provided funding for post-graduate students from across the globe in the study of the interstice between ICTs, climate change and water, to be co-ordinated by the University of Nairobi. For many ICT4D practitioners, the field of ICT involvement in climate change and water is new. Therefore, the various project processes including research reports, workshop, and publications, helped strengthen abilities to move forward in this field
APC 1990-2010 Celebrating Twenty Years Networking Online for Social Justice and Sustainable Development
No full textAssociation for Progressive Communication (APC) timelineThe Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a global network of networks of social activists that began in 1990 to provide communication infrastructure and collaboration in the non-profit world, focusing on peace, human rights and the environment. By 1989 networks in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Nicaragua and Sweden were exchanging information with each other and with the Institute for Global Communications (U.S. based IGC) and (U.K. based) GreenNet. This fascinating study maps out timelines, histories and trajectories of many interlinked groups. Today the APC remains committed to making the Internet serve global civil society; working to ensure the Internet is free and open
Implementation of a business development strategy, association for progressive communications : technical report, 10 June 2010 – 10 February 2012
No full textThe report details steps taken to implement and develop The Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) Gender Evaluation Methodolgy (GEM). The programme facilitates learning about information and communication technologies (ICTs) for gender equality. GEM provides a systematic method to evaluate whether ICTs are improving women's lives and gender-power relations. The amount of work and income from consultancies that APC staff completed increased by about 10% (2010 to 2011). GEM and women's rights-related consultancies made up about 30% while the rest were consultancies related to access, internet infrastructure, and internet rights
Feminist tech exchange : movement building and technology
No full textThe table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActThrough skills diffusion and capacity building, the Feminist Tech Exchange (FTX) aimed to empower women’s rights organisations, advocates and feminists sidelined in the growth of the global digital commons. This report reviews activities, outcomes, and outputs of the workshops and training sessions. The Exchange responds to the expressed needs of feminist and women’s rights movements for greater understanding of emerging ICT and its applications. The FTX online website is envisaged as a sustained community space for FTX trainers, facilitators and participants. See the current (2020) website https://www.apc.org/en/project/feminist-tech-exchang
Putting Beijing online : women working in information and communication technologies (ICT); experiences from the APC Women's Networking Support Programme
No full textMeeting: World Conference on Women, 4th, 4-15 Sept. 1995, Beijing, C
Lessons Learned : Building Strong Internet - Based Women's Networks; final narrative report
No full textGender Evaluation Methodology II - Building Gender & Evaluation Practices within the ICT for Development Community : final technical report
No full textThe table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActThe research focuses on developing capacity for gender evaluation, with the aim of enabling a critical mass of NGOs, state agencies, international organizations and multilateral bodies to express their commitment to gender equality in an active manner. In this phase of research 195 participants from 34 countries were trained in Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM). The report provides a review of project activities and outputs. GEM challenges the self, the organization, the project, and the research communities to recognize, address, and attempt to balance unequal power dynamics. Gender evaluation is about evaluation, and not about “pitting women against men.
Gender and Information Technology (APC Women's Networking Support Programme) : research and evaluation completion project; final report
No full textMeeting: United Nations World Conference on Women, Sept. 1995, Beijing, C
Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the Internet
Full text linkThis article is a submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance from the Association for Progressive Communications. The submission focuses on the Internet as a priority thematic area for the Special Rapporteur on these issues, and considers key issues, dilemmas and challenges in combating the use of the Internet to propagate racist and xenophobic content and incitement to violence. The article concludes that human rights, including the right to be free from racial discrimination need a “wireless network” approach to the practical application of core human rights standards
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