Gender-based violence facilitated by new technologies entails human rights violation against women and girls on a daily basis. Since 2012, the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) has been observing a growing number of online gender-based violence cases. Online gender-based violence (OGBV) are “harmful acts directed towards an individual or a Read more…
JANUARY 2023 GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines The Women and ICT Development Index (WIDI) survey, which surveyed 26,719 households in the country, showed 84.9% of women and girls aged 15 years and over were mainly using their smartphones as information communication technology (ICT) Read more…
Check what we have gathered this January: Speeding up our digital journey With the imposition of quarantines during the peak of the pandemic and frequent local lockdowns for two years, mobility was severely curtailed. This effectively ground physical economic activity to a halt. Yet, people needed to continue functioning, albeit Read more…
ID Watch is a monthly digest of news and updates about identification systems in the Philippines. View or download the latest issue of ID Watch by clicking on the image below.
ID Watch is a monthly digest of news and updates about identification systems in the Philippines. View or download the latest issue of ID Watch by clicking on the image below.
ID Watch is a monthly digest of news and updates about identification systems in the Philippines. View or download the latest issue of ID Watch by clicking on the image below.
This submission focuses on the Philippines’ compliance under international human rights law on the promotion, protection and fulfillment of rights particularly in the Internet, and observes the following areas of concern: The previous UPR made no mention of the right to privacy, nor of any privacy related violations in the Read more…
DECEMBER 2022 GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines Mandatory SIM Card Registration Republic Act No. 11934, or the SIM Card Registration Act, was signed into law on October 10, 2022 to help curb scams and other crimes and on December 12, National Telecommunications Commission Read more…
Serafica and Oren underscored the importance of partnerships between the private and public sectors in reducing the digital divide, including the delivery of government plans and programs such as free WiFi projects.
VIETNAM, THAILAND LEAD IN ASEAN MOBILE EXPERIENCE WHILE PH LAGS: REPORT The Philippines ranked at the bottom in five measures and second to last in a further two categories. Vietnam’s Download Speed Experience score was 9.5 Mbps (57.1%) faster than the Philippines. Read more here. ROMUALDEZ ASSURES SWIFT PASSAGE OF Read more…