In a letter to the UN Secretary-General, IFEX and other signatories stress that hosting the next IGF in Saudi Arabia will severely undermine civil society’s ability to participate in the annual meeting, given the great risks to physical and digital safety and security it will pose. This statement was originally […]
August 30 was declared National Press Freedom Day under Republic Act 11699 to honor the father of Philippine journalism, Marcelo H. Del Pilar. Despite this Philippine government initiative, our press freedom is continuously under siege. The Philippines’ ranking in the World Press Freedom Index dropped this year, to nine places ending 147th […]
The campaign for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2023 aims to raise awareness of disturbing developments and trends identified by UNODC and calls on governments, law enforcement, public services, and civil society to assess and enhance their efforts to strengthen prevention, identify and support victims, and end impunity. In 2021, President Rodrigo […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly abated in 2022, the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) was able to engage in meetings, events and activities both in the country and abroad. Such active participation provided the organization, along with its partners, to collaborate and support each other’s campaigns. Driven by its mission […]
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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) […]
SEPTEMBER 2022 GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines What we gather this month:Online Sexual Harassment and Non-consensual sharing of videos and images are rampant; ASEAN lawmakers speak about the dangers of disinformation; Judiciary and Law Enforcement Initiatives against Threats, Intimidation and Harassment; Tech Companies […]
GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines May 2022 scoop: Reaching for inclusivity, leveraging platforms for empowerment and fight vs. disinformation What we gather this month: Manifestations of gender-based violence (OGBV) offline and online. Reports of various forms of gender-based violence continued. How responsive are laws in the […]
The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) is a non-profit civil society organization based in Quezon City with mission is to assist citizens and communities – especially CSOs and other development stakeholders – in their strategic and appropriate use of the various information and communications media for democratization and popular empowerment. […]
GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines March 2022 scoop: Recognizing online violence as ‘real-world violence’, surfacing feminist lens on the borderlessness of the Internet What we gather this month: Manifestations of online gender-based violence (OGBV). Incidence of ICT-facilitated trafficking and gendered disinformation continued. Election disinformation efforts target to damage Robredo’s […]