[GenderScoop] October is Cybersecurity Month!

Cybersecurity Awareness Month may not be everyone’s favorite holiday but for civil society organizations, the cybersecurity industry, and digital rights advocates, it can inspire the same love-hate relationship that most people have.  Over the years, the Foundation for Media Alternatives has been educating communities by creating online spaces. Check our Read more…

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Online Gender-Based Violence in the Philippines: 2023 Midyear Report

As technology continues to define the landscape of our everyday lives, it may also be used as an instrument to bring forth new forms of gender-based violence (GBV) and exacerbate existing inequalities experienced by and disproportionately affect women and girls. Technology-facilitated GBV is any act that is committed, assisted, aggravated Read more…

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[August Issue] Why Press Freedom Matters to Women and Gender Development?

August 30 was declared National Press Freedom Day under Republic Act 11699 to honor the father of  Philippine journalism, Marcelo H. Del Pilar.  Despite this Philippine government initiative, our press freedom is continuously under siege. The Philippines’ ranking in the World Press Freedom Index dropped this year, to nine places ending 147th Read more…

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Celebrating National ICT Month with Filipina artist Christa Vega

Last month, the Foundation for Media Alternatives observed the National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) month. As part of our commitment to advancing the people’s right to privacy, intern Victoria Champagne from the Alternatives spoke with Filipina visual artist Christa Vega (ART by slothbender), who challenges the default sexualization of Read more…

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This day in #Herstory: The legacy of Leticia Ramos-Shahani

Since the beginning of Philippine democracy, few legislators have had as much impact on the women’s rights movement as Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani. After earning literature degrees from Wellesley College, Columbia University, and the University of Paris, Senator Shahani joined the Division of Human Rights at the United Nations. She became Read more…

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