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September 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:48 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Welcome to the newsletter of September 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features a second analysis by Snehashish Ghosh on the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, a research on the issues of internet governance by Smarika Kumar, publication of a report on Accessibility of Government websites in India by Nirmita Narasimhan, Mukesh Sharma and Dinesh Kaushal, the Access to Knowledge programme plan and updates from the Wikipedia community in India on Indic languages, updates from the Habits of Living workshop organised in Bengaluru, the events connected to the visits of international DNA experts, Helen Wallace and Jeremy Gruber in India, and introduce you to our Access to Knowledge team members.
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September 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 24, 2013 06:48 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of September 2013 can be accessed below.
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September 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 11, 2014 — last modified Jan 02, 2015 01:26 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness
Welcome you to the ninth issue of the newsletter (September 2014).
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September 2015 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 29, 2015 — last modified Nov 25, 2015 01:55 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
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September 2017 Newsletter: by Admin — published Sep 30, 2017 — last modified Nov 21, 2017 03:19 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
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Smartphones and the Return to Dependency: by Anandhi Viswanathan — published Aug 30, 2014 — last modified Sep 07, 2014 06:32 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The new age smartphones that operate by touch mean much more than exciting new technology to persons with visual impairment, they signify the return to the world of dependency, a situation that the group had successfully steered out of some years ago with the support provided by accessible devices and assistive technology.
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SpicyIP Tidbit: India ratifies the Marrakesh Treaty for the Visually Impaired: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2014 — filed under: Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
In an encouraging step towards promoting accessibility among the differently abled, India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, 2013.
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Stakeholders Meeting of the USOF on Facilitating ICT Access to Persons with Disabilities in Rural Areas: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 13, 2011 — last modified Nov 08, 2011 05:55 AM — filed under: Meeting, Accessibility
The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), a fund set up to provide universal access to telegraph services to rural and remote areas in India organized a stakeholders meeting on 7th September in New Delhi to launch a new scheme for supporting pilot projects for facilitating access to persons with disabilities in rural areas. Nirmita Narasimhan participated in this meeting and made a presentation.
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Statement of CIS on the Matter of the Treaty for the Blind: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 22, 2009 — last modified Aug 22, 2011 01:18 PM — filed under: Accessibility, Publications
Through this paper the Centre for Internet and Society is giving its statement in the matter of the Treaty for the blind, visually impaired and other reading disabled, proposed by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay.
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Statement of CIS on the Matter of the Treaty for the Blind: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Dec 22, 2009 — last modified Jan 28, 2013 11:14 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Presented by Nirmita Narasimhan at the 19th WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva on 18th December 2009.
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