GenderIT.org @ Athens: Gender Peripheries of Internet Governance Forum
The first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), stated by the UN and many ICT policy advocates as "one of the most significant outcomes of the World Summit on Information Society", will be held in Athens from October 30 to November 2. Follow the GenderIT.org team as we update you on activities of gender advocates and women's concerns on the agenda's key issues: openness (freedom of expression, free flow of information, ideas and knowledge); diversity (multilingualism, local content); access (internet connectivity: policy and cost) and security (surveillance, privacy, 'cybercrime' ); and capacity building.
From Monday October 30 check out our daily chronicles from Athens in the Femist Talk:
- The IGF Experiment is a Success--- if women take part in setting the agenda
- Question on Gender Answered with Total Silence
- Privacy and Data Retention Related Concerns at IGF
- Gender Advocates Issued the Call for a Set-up of 'Gender in WSIS Implementation Network'