Objective:

Engage women of Canada, including equality seeking women’s organizations, in the federal government ICT initiatives and collaborate on developing strategies to eliminate online violence and exploitation of women.

Outcomes:

Canadian women and equality seeking women’s organizations will develop a set of recommendations informing the federal government of strategies on eliminating online violence and exploitation of women.

Activities:

• Examine links between ICTs & Trafficking, Pornography, and the distribution of hate literature.
• Assess how and where pornography is being made for ICT based consumption, with a focus to producing a harms-based analysis of that activity.
• Engage in online consultations in new and emerging issues of violence against women.
• Disseminate findings through public education e-bulletins to broader women’s community.
• Develop recommendations to government to uphold commitments to end violence against women.

Schedule:

Sept 18-19 – Introduction: Setting the Context

Sept 20-24 – Use of ICTs by Survivors, Abusers, & VAW Organizations

Sept 25-30 – Digital Voyeurism, Cyberstalking, Trafficking

Oct 01 - 06 – Pornography, Sexual Identity Rights, Censorship

Oct 09 - 11 – Violence Against Women & International Conventions

Oct 12 - 13 – Recommendations & Conclusion

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Womenspace announces the virtual launch of Womyn’s Voices, an innovative initiative centered around women and ICTs (Information and Communications Technologies).

“Given the dramatic under-representation of women on the internet, we want to provide a virtual space for active engagement and consultation on issues like violence and exploitation of women,” says Kathy Marshall, project coordinator for Womyn’s Voices and Executive Director of Womenspace.

A leader in the promotion of women’s participation in information and communication technology, Womenspace launches Womyn’s Voices as a portal to an interactive set of web-based resources, offering cutting edge feminist analysis and information on women’s equality and ICT issues.

“This ground-breaking initiative will link women together on the web, connect them to resources and ideas, and provide a safe virtual space where we can examine and discuss equality issues affected by ICTs,” says Marshall.

A key project objective is to build women’s capacity to engage with ICTs in a savvy way. The project aims to enshrine women’s equality perspectives in strategies for new and emerging ICT issues, policies, and programs.

The hub for “Womyn’s Voices” is www.womynsvoices.ca – an active and INTERactive website where women and equality-seeking women’s organizations can gather, collaborate, and learn.

Concurrent with the launch of womynsvoices.ca is FemmeVox, a bi-monthly bilingual e-zine with pan-Canadian distribution that will offer the latest in news and resources regarding ICTs and the Womyn’s Voices project.

Womenspace is a Canadian non-profit that promotes women’s participation in ICTs through development of online resources, research, education, and initiatives that support the use of the internet for women’s equality. Womenspace believes inclusive access, peer networking, and creative use of communication technologies are powerful vehicles for social equality.

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