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[GenderScoop] October is Cybersecurity Month!
Cybersecurity Awareness Month may not be everyone’s favorite holiday but for civil society organizations, the cybersecurity industry, and digital rights advocates, it can inspire the same love-hate relationship that most people have. Over the years, the Foundation for Media Alternatives has been educating communities by creating online spaces. Check our Read more
Media Literacy
FMA celebrates International Literacy Day, hopes for better digital literacy education among youth
FMA in the News! FMA releases the Digital Rights Report 2022 This edition of the Digital Rights Report from the Foundation for Media Alternatives documented the events, trends, and changes that had transpired in the digital space over the course of 2022. Building on the previous annual reports, this paper aims to offer a Read more
Resources
Why Press Freedom Matters to Women and Gender Development?
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 Read more
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GenderScoop: Digital Rights are Women’s Rights
Last March 10, 2023, FMA attended and paneled the UN CS267 side event titled Cybersafe Against Fake News in New York, USA. Watch Ms Liza Garcia of FMA talk about women and girls’ safety online amid rampant information disorder here! The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place Read more
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GenderScoop: Tech for Good or Bad?
NOVEMBER 2022 GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines CONCERTED EFFORTS OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS GBV PCW shares efforts toward child rights protection in PH dialogue with United NationsThe Philippine delegation expressed to the Committee its earnest commitment to ensure that children’s rights are Read more
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Celebrating National ICT Month with Filipina artist Christa Vega
Last month, the Foundation for Media Alternatives observed the National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) month. As part of our commitment to advancing the people’s right to privacy, intern Victoria Champagne from the Alternatives spoke with Filipina visual artist Christa Vega (ART by slothbender), who challenges the default sexualization of Read more
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Statement on International Women’s Day 2022
Cancel the culture of misogyny, sexism offline and online; use technology for activism! International Women’s Day is a global day of celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to continue women’s activism and use technology for empowerment and gender equality amid Read more
Gender-Based Violence
FMA submits report to UN special rapporteur on VAW
When Home Is Not Safe: FMA’s Submission on Domestic Violence During COVID-19 In June 2020, the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) submitted a report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences, documenting how the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures affected women experiencing violence Read more
Media Literacy
Women Learn The Basics
Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Women Through Digital Literacy Digital literacy is more than knowing how to operate a computer or smartphone. It encompasses the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to meaningfully participate in today’s increasingly digital society – from accessing information and government services to pursuing employment, communicating with others, Read more