CEDAW Shadow Report: Voices, Choices, Participation and Access to Justice: Weaving the Girl Child’s Experience (2023)

The CEDAW Shadow Report: Voices, Choices, Participation and Access to Justice: Weaving the Girl Child’s Experience (2023) highlights the experiences of marginalized girls–indigenous girls, girls with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) girls and girls from rural communities–under a continuum of gender-based violence and discrimination, leading to girls’ experiences of Read more…

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[GenderScoop] Safe Spaces Act is now on its 3rd year!

Today in Herstory  Photo Source: Senator Risa Hontiveros Facebook Page THREE (3) YEARS AGO, Senator Risa Hontiveros welcomed the lapsing into law of a proposed measure that penalizes catcalling, wolf-whistling and other forms of gender-based street harassment against women and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. She described Read more…

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GenderScoop: Gendered Disinformation and Deepfakes are real

We’re In The News “In the Philippines, the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) reported that the most prevalent cases of online gender-based violence in 2021 are the non-consensual distribution of intimate images (48.00%), threats of violence or blackmail (41.33%), and deleting, changing, or faking personal data (22.67%).” inquirer.net What we gather this Read more…

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GenderScoop: UN Podcast’s Uniting Against Hate, CHR vows to pursue case vs ‘TNVS driver’ Harassment, Case Dismissal of NPC vs. Dado on FB’s Cambridge Analytica Issue

JANUARY 2023 GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines The Women and ICT Development Index (WIDI) survey, which surveyed 26,719 households in the country, showed 84.9% of women and girls aged 15 years and over were mainly using their smartphones as information communication technology (ICT) Read more…

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GenderScoop: Soaring Numbers of OGBV, Policy Development in Gender and ICT, Liability of Internet Intermediaries in the Protection of Women’s Rights and Automation and Digitization Efforts to Bridge Gender Digital Divide

GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines July 2022: Soaring Numbers of OGBV, Policy Development in Gender and ICT, Liability of Internet Intermediaries in the Protection of Women’s Rights and Automation and Digitization Efforts to Bridge Gender Digital Divide What we gather this month: Instances Read more…

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Midyear Report: Online Gender-based Violence in the Philippines (January 1-June 30, 2022)

The internet is one of the most powerful and enabling platforms for opportunity, sharing ideas and building community, but women and other vulnerable groups are too often threatened, silenced and censored because of having courage to speak out. Since 2012, the Foundation for Media Alternatives has been monitoring and documenting Read more…

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GenderScoop: Online Gender-based Violence, the Role of Internet Intermediaries and Initiatives to address Gender Digital Divide

What’s the scoop this month on gender and ICT in the Philippines? We continue to see manifestations of gender-based violence online, policy development on gender, role of internet intermediaries and some initiatives to address gender digital divide.

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