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A Comment on the 2009 IGF Draft Programme Paper
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Anja Kovacs
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Aug 20, 2009
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Aug 02, 2011 07:15 AM
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internet governance
The Centre for Internet and Society is part of a broad group of civil society actors that submitted a comment on the Draft Programme Paper of the fourth Internet Governance Forum (IGF), taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2009. The IGF is a forum for multistakeholder policy dialogue on Internet governance issues. The comment decries the complete absence of attention for Internet Rights and Principles in the agenda as it stands as of today, and this despite repeated requests from a wide range of stakeholders to make this theme a central one. All stakeholder groups were invited to submit their comments on the Draft Programme Paper of the 2009 IGF to the IGF Secretariat by 15 August.
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Beyond Access as Inclusion
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Aug 31, 2010
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:29 AM
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filed under:
Development,
Digital Access,
Internet Governance,
human rights
On 13 September, the day before the fifth Internet Governance Forum opens, CIS is coorganising in Vilnius a meeting on Internet governance and human rights. One of the main aims of this meeting is to call attention to the crucial, yet in Internet governance often neglected, indivisibility of rights. In this blog post, Anja Kovacs uses this lens to illustrate how it can broaden as well reinvigorate our understanding of what remains one of the most pressing issues in Internet governance in developing countries to this day: that of access to the Internet.
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Call for Applications: 'Maps for Making Change' - Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Oct 30, 2009
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:04 PM
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Digital Activism,
Practice,
Workshop,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
Deadline: 20 November 2009.
Maps for Making Change is a two-month project specifically designed for activists and supporters of social movements and campaigns in India. It provides participants with an exciting opportunity to explore how a range of digital mapping techniques can be used to support struggles for social justice. It also allows you to immediately develop and implement in practice a concrete mapping project relevant to your campaign or movement, with full technical support. Interested in joining us? Send in your application by 20 November 2009.
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Maps for Making Change Kicks Off, and You Can Get Involved!
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Dec 02, 2009
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:03 PM
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Digital Activism,
Practice,
Workshop,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
A first in India, Maps for Making Change explores the use of geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India. On 3 December, the project officially kicks off during a one-day workshop in Delhi. But even if you can not be there with us in Delhi, there are ways to get involved.
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Maps for Making Change Wiki Now Open to the Public
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 01, 2010
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Oct 05, 2015 03:05 PM
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Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
Since December 2009, CIS has been coordinating and nurturing the Maps for Making Change project, organised in collaboration with Tactical Tech. During the past four months, participants have been on a challenging yet fertile and inspiring journey that is now slowly coming to an end. Would you like to know more about what has happened in the time that has passed? The Maps for Making Change wiki is a good place to start.
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Public Event: Exploring Maps for Making Change
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Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 24, 2010
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Oct 24, 2015 02:19 PM
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Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Event,
Maps for Making Change
The Centre for Internet and Society, in collaboration with Tactical Tech, would like to invite you to 'A Conversation on Maps for Making Change - Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India', at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.
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Second Maps for Making Change Workshop: Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Jan 30, 2010
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:09 PM
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RAW Events,
Practice,
Workshop,
Researchers at Work,
Event,
Maps for Making Change
The second workshop of the Maps for Making Change project will take place at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, from 1 until 3 February 2010. The workshop will allow a select group of activists and supporters of social movements and campaigns in India to start developing digital maps that they can use in their advocacy work, under the expert guidance of international digital mapping rights activists, Indian mapping experts, design professionals and techies with an interest in activism. The workshop is organised by the Centre for Internet and Society and Tactical Tech, in cooperation with MediaShala at NID.
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The ICANN-US DOC 'Affirmation of Commitments' - A Step Forward?
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Oct 06, 2009
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:16 AM
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filed under:
Public Accountability,
ICANN,
internet governance
On 30 September 2009, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) signed an Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) with the US Government's Department of Commerce. For those of us who are concerned that the Internet should serve the global public good, is the new arrangement a step forward? An assessment.
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The Present — and Future — Dangers of India's Draconian New Internet Regulations
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
May 31, 2011
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:22 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The uproar surrounding India's Internet Control Rules makes clear that in the Internet age, as before, the active chilling of freedom of expression by the state is unacceptable in a democracy. Yet if India's old censorship regimes are to be maintained in this new context, the state will have little choice but to do just that. Are we ready to rethink the ways in which we deal with free speech and censorship as a society? Asks Anja Kovacs in this article, published in Caravan, 1 June 2011.
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Their India has No Borders
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 29, 2010
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:08 PM
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filed under:
Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
Bangalore felt far for them, they would mark it outside the country. India, for migrant labourers, is different from the India we know
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