The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) has a longstanding track record of working at the intersection of gender, technology, digital rights, and women’s safety. An early example of this work was FMA’s participation in the Safe Cities Metro Manila Programme, a Philippine implementation of UN Women’s global Safe Cities initiative, Read more
The Safe Cities Metro Manila Programme is part of a global initiative of UN Women, joined by over 24 cities around the world that aim to improve women’s safety as they move about in the highly urbanized cities. Here in the Philippines, Quezon City is the first in the country Read more
On 20 March 2016, Liza Garcia and Christina Lopez from the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) held a discussion with residents, mostly women, from Barangay 180, Caloocan City. It is the same barangay (village) where we conducted a year ago, on 19 March 2015, the pilot survey. A few of those Read more
The Foundation for Media Alternatives, in partnership with the Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau (WLB), and with the support of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), World Wide Web Foundation and Internet Society (ISOC) will be holding a consultation entitled “Real Access for Women: A National Consultation on Gender Read more
The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelago made up of more than 7,000 islands spread over 300,000 square km. It has a burgeoning population of more than 100 million. In 1994, it formally linked to the Internet, and to date, Internet penetration is about 40% of the population. 113% Read more
Internet Rights Are Human Rights: Gender & ICT: Training Workshop ReportThe Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), in partnership with United Youth for Peace and Development (UNYPAD), conducted a two-day training workshop on “Internet Rights Are Human Rights: Gender & ICT” on October 5–6, 2015, at the EM Manor Hotel & Read more
In this post, Lisa Garcia, Programme Coordinator Gender & ICT, and Christina Lopez, Programme Assistant, at the Foundation for Media Alternatives, share focus group insights on how mobile phones are changing the way Filipino women communicate. The Philippines is the 12th largest country in the world, with a population of Read more
The Philippine Commission on Women together with National Government Agencies, Civil Society Organizations and Academe held the second of a series of consultation on Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda (WPLA) focusing on existing bills related to Gender Responsive Governance and Gender in Security, Justice and Peace. The WPLA seeks to amend Read more
January 22, 2015 – The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) is pleased to announce our new partnership with the World Wide Web Foundation. “Women’s Rights Online” is a global research and advocacy initiative on women’s empowerment and the web, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Why is Read more