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Congo: Government response on domestic violence under the spotlight
The recently launched online mapping platform developed by the Association for Progressive Communications in partnership with APC member AZUR Developpement under the Africatti project, will contribute...
View ArticleFrom impunity to justice: Improving corporate policies to end...
This report explores women’s experiences of and demands for corporate accountability in cases of technology-related violence against women as highlighted by the APC seven-country research initiative,...
View ArticleHow women in the global South are reclaiming social media to combat femicide
In May 2017, countless South African women took to Twitter and Facebook to share their experiences of abuse under the hashtag #MenAreTrash. The outpour of tweets and Facebook posts was sparked by the...
View ArticleOnline gender-based violence: A submission from the Association for...
This submission draws on the work done by APC for more than a decade to render visible the impact of online gender-based violence (GBV) on women’s rights, and its experience working with partners in...
View ArticleOral statement delivered under Item 3: Clustered Interactive Dialogue with...
APC welcomes the opportunity to engage in this dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy. We commend his report's gendered approach to privacy and surveillance and the recognition...
View ArticleAPC Stakeholder Report for the Universal Periodic Review 31st session – Mexico
This submission is a stakeholder contribution to the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism for Mexico. It is limited to addressing the growing concerns regarding online gender-based...
View ArticleHuman Rights Council 38th session: Joint end of session statement
Our organisations welcome the adoption of the resolutions on civil society space, peaceful protest, violence against women and girls and discrimination against women and girls and the Council’s...
View ArticleHRC38: Valuable outcomes and advances around internet rights, despite challenges
The 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council reflected growth in the Council’s understanding of the scope of internet-related human rights and the outcomes were valuable overall and will contribute...
View ArticleSexual assault in Ghana: How technology can help build visibility
In Ghana, sexual assault is vastly under-reported and there is a huge barrier in the police procedures for reporting crimes. This article explores what role technology can play in addressing this, and...
View ArticleWhere is feminism in the Hong Kong protests? Issues in the context of the...
In this article about the recent uprising in Hong Kong against the control of the Beijing government, we take a look at the complexities that feminists and LGBTIQ+ activists have to live with, in spite...
View ArticleHow helpful are helpline numbers?
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spike in gender-based violence in India. Helplines and digital tools have been used to reach out to survivors, given the absence of physical services. But women who...
View ArticleEROTICS regional survey 2020: A different contextual exploration on...
Between August 2018 and October 2020, APC’s partners carried out this regional survey related to sexuality on the internet in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. This publication is based on the country...
View ArticleSeeding change: AZUR Développement raises awareness on gender-based violence...
What impact can 16 days make in the fight to end violence against women? In the Republic of Congo, AZUR Développement embarked on a powerful sensitisation campaign across four communities to raise...
View ArticleAPC statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on...
APC believes that a feminist approach to data and datafication examines the nature of data and constantly resists disembodiment of data. It is centred on the understanding that the consequences of data...
View ArticleUpholding human rights online in the context of COVID-19: APC statement at...
APC submits this written statement ahead of the Human Rights Council's 44th session to express our concerns about the online human rights implications of states’ measures adopted to respond to the...
View ArticleMy sextortion birthday: Digital violence during COVID-19
The lockdown raises questions around digital security and safety. From online conferences being hacked to individual women targeted for extortion, there is a lot happening. In this personal essay, one...
View ArticleMedia Matters for Democracy expresses solidarity with women journalists and...
Media Matters for Democracy expresses solidarity with the women journalists who have called out online violence they face on social media platforms. A statement released by a group of women journalists...
View ArticleWOUGNET at RightsCon: Not "revenge porn" - Non-consensual sharing of intimate...
During RightsCon 2020, the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) hosted a session on non-consensual sharing of intimate images (NCII), a form of online violence that is on the rise in Uganda and other...
View ArticleJoint submission on proposed amendments to the South African Domestic...
On 9 October 2020, Research ICT Africa (RIA), APC, ALT Advisory and the Feministing While African (FWA) network made a submission to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services of...
View ArticleThe impact of COVID-19 on digital rights in Africa
This publication is a compilation of 19 articles by African researchers, academics, journalists and human and digital rights activists on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital rights in Africa.
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