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GL is committed with media, governance and gender justice. Working with partners at local, national, regional and international level to promote gender equality in and through the media and effective campaigns for ending gender violence, HIV and AIDS.
In 2005, a group of scholars and activists, mostly from the global South, created the Copy/South Research Group to analyse, criticise, and confront the oppressive nature of current global copyright regimes, such as those defended by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, and similar ones around the globe.
A coalition of Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) and progressive groups based in Delhi. It is a point of intersection and dialogue between various social movements that these groups represent, where a united voice is being articulated against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes private consensual sexual acts deemed to be against the order of nature. India.
A network of over 150 civil society organizations in Nigeria comprising of civil rights, grassroots, and community-based Non-Governmental Organizations campaigning for the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill and eventual implementation when it becomes law in Nigeria.
International NGO dedicated to the dissemination of New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT) in developing countries, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean.
 
NGO sites
Catalysing Access to ICT in Africa - CATIA
The CATIA programme works to enable poor people in Africa to gain benefit from the opportunities offered by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and to act as a catalyst for reform. It will support a package of activities to improve affordable access to the full range of ICTs, from Internet to community radio.
Cemina
CEMINA's aim is to ensure that issues related to gender and human rights are at the forefront and an integral part of information and communication in Brazil.
Centre for Media Studies
CMS is an independent multi-disciplinary research and development organisation. Research areas include: media, communications and social and development issues. India.
Inomy
News, features and analysis about India's Internet experience.
IT for Change
IT for Change (ITfC) is a non-profit organisation located in India. ITfC envisions a society capable of effectively using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool to further progressive social change.
Pambazuka News
It is a tool for progressive social change in Africa. Pambazuka News offers a comprehensive weekly round-up of news on human rights, conflict, health, environment, social welfare, development, the internet, literature and arts in Africa.
Southeast Asian Press Alliance
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation campaigning for genuine press freedom in Southeast Asia.
The Third World Institute (ITeM)
ITeM is a citizens' organization that works for civil society. It carries out information, communication and educational activities at national and international levels on issues related to environment, development and globalization. Uruguay
 
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Selected news
Human Rights /Media - Mon Jun 30 2008
Israelis assault award winning IPS journalist
Mohammed Omer, the Gaza correspondent of IPS, and joint winner of the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, was strip-searched at gunpoint, assaulted and abused by Israeli security officials at the Allenby border crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.
Source: IPS

Gender /Media - Mon Jun 09 2008
Women-media: Stuck at the starting gate
It seems that women's access to universities and newsrooms is more or less equal, but at some point, their progress stops. Do women "opt out" or are they "pushed out"?
Source: IPS News

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E-strategies - Wed Jun 11 2008
Accordint to the Graz University of Technology research, Google as search engine is dominating and that on its own is dangerous, "but could possibly be accepted as 'there is no real wayout', although this is not true, either. However, in conjunction with the fact that Google is operating many other services, and probably silently cooperating with still further players, this is unacceptable".
Fuente: Graz University of Technology

Intellectual Property Rights Internet governance E-strategies Telecentres
ICTD within the framework of the MDGs Rural access to ICTs Universal Access Funds The challenge of developing ICTs in Africa
"Cybercrime" and human rights WTO trade agreements and ICTs Access to knowledge UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity
The right to communicate Software: Patents and copyrights Media diversity under threat World Summit on the Information Society - WSIS

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