This blog post is first in a series of ten blog posts to report on the EROTICS India workshop, recently concluded in Delhi. All the blog posts in this series are written by Richa Kaul Padte, the official rapporteur of the meeting. More
EROTICS — which stands for Exploratory Research on Sexuality and ITCs (same as ICTs)- is a global project that attempts to explore how marginalized sections are using the Internet and the ICTs, at large, to assert their sexual rights. The India chapter, #EROTICSIndia, was organised in Delhi recently by the Internet Democracy Project in collaboration with South Africa based APC and Point of View, Mumbai. More
#misogynyalert What’s the difference between a woman’s love, true love, and showing off? Ans Spitting, swallowing, and gargling. This is one of the many responses that we got when we started the hash tag #MisogynyAlert on Twitter with an aim to take on users who harass women in sexist and/or … More
BY KIRAN MANRAL This article by Kiran Manral, very slightly edited to fit our website, first appeared on Tehelka blog. Kiran Manral is an author, blogger and media consultant. She is also the founder of India Helps, a volunteer network which works with disaster victims, and is part of the core team that has worked on Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month April 2011⁄12 and Violence Against Women Awareness Month October 2011⁄12. Her debut novel, The Reluctant Detective, was published by Westland in 2012. More
With an aim to get the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to facilitate increased participation of civil society at the upcoming World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF), various civil society groups from across the globe signed this open letter addressed to ITU General Secretary Dr. Hamaroun Touré. The Internet Democracy Project is one of the signatories. More
In a move that has sparked renewed furore among netizens, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of the Government of India (GOI) has ordered a blocking of 78 URLs, 73 of which are web pages related to the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM). Medianama today reported on the blocking … More
It all started when The Kashmir Walla, an online magazine, reported that Kashmir’s first and only girls’ rock band “quit” after “criticism”. While expressing gratitude to The Kashmir Walla for flagging the story, I pointed out that their choice of words may have been problematic. The girls quit, not because … More
This blog post is the final one in a series of ten blog posts to report on the ‘Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression’ recently concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh. More
This blog post is ninth in a series of ten blog posts to report on the ‘Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression’ recently concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The blog post specifically reports on the public dialogue that concluded the two-day event. More
This blog post is eight in a series of ten blog posts to report on the ‘Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression’ recently concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The blog post reports specifically on the public dialogue that closed the two-day event. More