>>> Call for proposals: GISWatch 2026 special edition with #SafetyforVoices
This special edition of #Giswatch will explore the critical intersection of technology, safety and human rights activism through the lens of women human rights defenders.
https://www.apc.org/en/news/call-proposals-giswatch-2026-special-edition-safety-voices
Meaningful connectivity underscores the changing landscape of digital inclusion, but it requires access to capital. What are the innovative financing mechanisms that can bridge the digital divide?
Read the #GISWatch 2024 special edition: https://giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/innovative-financing-mechanisms
“Activists and researchers at the intersection of human rights and technology must create strategies for accountability of the environmental impact of digital corporations, adopting a critical perspective towards devices and technologies that claim to be ‘green’. (...) from issues of neoliberal neocoloniality to respect for non-Western cosmologies.”
In the Latin America regional report:
>> On #EarthDay2025, let's revisit the #GISWatch edition on technology, the environment and a sustainable world
---> Across dozens of country, regional and thematic reports, authors around the world have examined pressing environmental concerns and proposed recommendations to help shift towards an environment and human-rights respecting approach to technology.
This Earth Day, we revisit the 2020 edition of GISWatch on the theme of “Technology, the environment and a sustainable world”, where authors around the world have proposed recommendations to help shift towards an environment and human-rights respecting approach to technology.
What does it mean to consider meaningful connectivity through a community-oriented perspective?
Read this chapter in the #GISWatch 2024 special edition, available in multiple digital formats 👇
https://giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/what-does-meaningful #digitaljustice #CommunityNetworks
Regulation in cyberspace is no longer a question of "yes" or "no." It is a question of "how" and "who," writes Wolfgang Kleinwaechter in the #GISWatch 2024 special edition.
What does this entail? Read more:
Are tech companies opting out of multistakeholder discussions?
Read this report in the #GISWatch 2024 special edition on WSIS+20: Reimagining horizons of dignity, equity and justice for our digital future.
https://www.giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/diminishing-returns-are-tech #DigitalJustice
How do we shape information societies for human needs?
Read about the relevance of the WSIS process, 20 years on, in an in-depth analysis by Sally Burch in the 2024 special edition of #GISWatch
https://giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/shaping-information-societies #WSIS20 #DigitalJustice
In times of conflict, cutting-edge tools are often used to commit atrocities.
This chapter by @avilarenata in the new #GISWatch special edition calls for "a strategy to reclaim a space where citizens have a voice about the future of technology." https://www.giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/lets-occupy-internet-governance
today @APC presented #GisWatch annual report center on #TechAndClimateJustice.
From @sursiendo we present our contributions to this edition:
1.- Imagining a principle for a feminist internet focusing on environmental justice https://giswatch.org/node/6274
2.- Technology for life: Resistance from rural and urban communities in Mexico https://giswatch.org/node/6235
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