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A Toolkit for Researching Women’s Internet Access and Use
London: GSMA;Association for Progressive Communications (APC);World Wide Web Foundation;Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) (2018), 44 pp.
"This toolkit is aimed at a wide range of audiences interested in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research on women’s internet access and use. The primary target audience are researchers and research agencies who have skills and practice in conducting quantitative and/or qualitative r
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Global Information Society Watch 2018: Community Networks
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2018), 259 pp.
"The 43 country reports included in this year’s Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) capture the different experiences and approaches in setting up community networks across the globe. They show that key ideas, such as participatory governance systems, community ownership and skills transfe
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Action Steps: A Decade of Civil Society Advocacy in the Information Society. A Baseline Review of the Global Information Society Watch Country Reports (2007-2017)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2018), 80 pp.
"This review looks back over 11 years of civil society advocacy in the information society – a total of 510 country reports published in Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) from 2007 to 2017. It covers a period of important global shifts, from the exponential growth and influence of social
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Mapping Research in Gender and Digital Technology
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2018), 147 pp.
"Increasing number of reports, initiatives and efforts are focused on addressing women’s ability to enjoy universal, acceptable, affordable, unconditional, open, meaningful and/or equal access to information, the internet and ICTs. These include, but are not limited to, the recent work of civil so
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Global Information Society Watch 2017: National and Regional Internet Governance Forum Initiatives (NRIs)
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2017), 249 pp.
"National and Regional Internet Governance Forums (NRIs) are the stars of the 2017 Global Information Society Watch. The story of NRIs began two years after the first global IGF held in 2006. In 2008, stakeholders from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda organised national forums and a subsequent Eas
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Global Information Society Watch 2017: Internet Governance from the Edges. National and Regional IGFs in Their Own Words
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2017), 87 pp.
"It is precisely to counterbalance what are largely “outsider” views in the main edition of Global Information Society Watch that we wanted this companion edition to capture the origin stories, achievements and challenges of National and Regional IGF Initiative (NRI) in their own words. Their st
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Unshackling Expression: A Study on Laws Criminalising Expression Online in Asia
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2017), 141 pp.
"In this special edition of GISWatch, Unshackling Expression, APC brings together analysis on the criminalisation of online expression from six Asian states: Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand. While the report mostly focuses
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Redes comunitarias en América Latina: Desafíos, regulaciones y soluciones
Internet Society;Association for Progressive Communications (APC);FGV Direito Rio (2017), 45, xxviii pp.
"[...] El objetivo de este estudio no es solamente destacar el potencial de las redes comunitarias en términos de expansión de conectividad y sus externalidades positivas en materia social, cultural y económica; sino también destacar los elementos regulatorios que podrían optimizar su desarroll
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Global Information Society Watch 2016: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Internet
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2016), 269 pp.
"The 45 country reports gathered here illustrate the link between the internet and economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). Some of the topics will be familiar to information and communications technology
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The Working Group on Internet Governance: 10th Anniversary Reflections
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2016), 257 pp.
Digital Security First Aid Kit for Human Rights Defenders
Association for Progressive Communications (APC), 2nd ed. (2015)
"This kit is a contribution from activists for activists to help us be more secure in our digital practices. It’s designed to help activists deal with the most common security issues that might jeopardise the integrity of our devices and
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Expression Restricted: An Account of Online Expression in Pakistan
Bytes for All;Association for Progressive Communications (APC);APC Impact (2015), 37 pp.
"How is freedom of expression in Pakistan’s digital spaces governed? What protections do journalists and bloggers enjoy? What is censored and how conducive is the environment for political and religious expression online? This research looks at t
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Global Information Society Watch 2014: Communications Surveillance in the Digital Age
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2014), 283 pp.
"This Global Information Society Watch tracks the state of communications surveillance in 57 countries across the world – countries as diverse as Hungary, India, Argentina, The Gambia, Lebanon and the United Kingdom. Each country report approache
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Internet Rights That Went Wrong in Turkey
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2014), 17 pp.
"This report presents an up-to-date assessment of internet rights in Turkey, and has been prepared to coincide with the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2014 which is being hosted by Turkey in Istanbul from 2–5 September 2014. The IGF is a space that strives
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Practical Guide for Digital Switchover (DSO) in Cameroon
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Balancing Act (2013), 77 pp.
"The digital switchover (DSO) is the commonly accepted name given to the process of changing the underlying radio broadcast technology from the outdated analogue system to a system based on equipment capable of transmitting and receiving digital signals. This guide was produced to help with the proc
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Global Information Society Watch 2013: Women's Rights, Gender and ICTs
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2013), 240 pp.
"GISWatch 2013 shows that gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable. While access to the internet for women has increased their participation in the social, economic and governance spheres, there is another side to thes
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Communication Rights Ten Years After the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): Civil Society Perceptions
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2013), 32 pp.
"This report responds to the opportunity provided by the WSIS+10 review which will culminate in 2015. Its purpose is to collate civil society perceptions of the changes that have taken place over the last ten years since the WSIS Declaration of Principles was adopted in 2003. The results are being u
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Spider Stories 2012
Kista; Stockholm: Spider – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions;Stockholm University (2013), 99 pp.
"In Spider Stories 2012 you will get an overview of results from Spider projects initiated in 2011-2012 in collaboration with project partners in Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. In partnership with local organizations, we have supported innovative projects in democracy, education, and
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A Practical Guide to Sustainable IT
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2012), 167 pp.
"This practical guide to sustainable IT offers a detailed, hands-on introduction to thinking about sustainable computing holistically; starting with the choices you make when buying technology, the software and peripherals you use, through to how you store and work with information, manage your secu
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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2012), 273 pp.
"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu
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