In stark contrast to the passage of its parent Statute, the recent issuance of the Cybercrime Protection Act’s (RA 10175) Implementing Rules and Regulations came about with little to no hostility and controversy involved. The three government agencies charged with crafting its watered-down provisions—the DILG, DOJ, and DOST—met for a […]
NEW DIRECTIONS From connectivity issues and content development for websites, to content development for policy advocacies, FMA engaged not only in pro-active and responsive policy research on ICT but also convened and led CSOs on ICT policy advocacies. At this time, FMA also updated its capacity building efforts on two […]
Liza Garcia EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Liza specialises in women’s rights and ICT. She has an undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of the Philippines, a Masters degree in International Relations from the Kiev State University and an MA in Women and Development Studies from the University of the Philippines. Prior to joining […]
With a history immersed in years of colonialism and tainted by martial law, Philippine society is no stranger to surveillance. Even now, tales of past regimes tracking their citizens’ every move find their way into people’s everyday conversations. This, for the most part, has kept Filipinos vigilant over their hard-earned […]
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 […]
COMMUNICATIONS LANDSCAPE The Philippines has a total population of over 100 million people[1] and was estimated to reach 101.6 million in 2015. The country had a national internet penetration figure of around 40 % in 2014.[2] Overall, 45 million people are active Internet users,[3] while 32 million are active mobile internet users.[4] The country ranks first […]
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 […]
The Gender and Internet Governance Exchange-Asia (gigX) hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in partnership with the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) gave me an opportunity to learn about the intersections between gender and internet governance in a simple way. Honestly, I didn’t have much knowledge about internet […]
Gender and Internet Governance Exchange (gigX). Gigx was a two-day workshop held from June 29-30 at the Macau Productivity and Technology Center (CPTTM) designed for women and internet activists to gain a better understanding of internet governance (IG) and a way to prepare women to engage in the different IG […]
