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…
ON THE FIRST OBSERVATION OF NATIONAL PRESS FREEDOM DAY The Philippines observes its first National Press Freedom Day today, August 30, 2022, after former president Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 11699 on April 13. However, we recognize that continued media repression, threats to free expression, and journalists’ Read more…
POLICE ARREST EX-VP CANDIDATE WALDEN BELLO FOR CYBER LIBEL Former vice presidential candidate and Laban ng Masa chairperson Walden Bello was arrested for two counts of cyber libel by the police on Monday, August 8. Bello’s arrest was confirmed by his executive secretary and Laban ng Masa spokesperson Leomar Doctolero. Read more…
DIGITAL SERVICES TAX, DIGITAL GOV’T SERVICES: TECH PRIORITIES FROM SONA 2022 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, July 25, addressed Congress in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), with some points of his 74-minute speech touching on technology-related issues. President Marcos Jr.’s 19 priority bills include the E-Government Read more…
Module 4 – Basic Digital Security https://youtu.be/Utj3opH1yPg Introduction Now that you’ve learned about the right to privacy, as well as the basics of data protection, it’s time to learn about one of the most practical ways to protect the privacy of your personal and organizational data: digital security. Digital security Read more…
Module 3 – Emerging Trends and Issues on Privacy Introduction By this time, you are now armed with a basic understanding of the concepts of Privacy and Data Protection, as well as the key elements of the Philippines’s Data Privacy Act. This is crucial for this next discussion, which will Read more…
In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND) welcomes the resolution filed by Iceland at the 41st UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva, seeking a comprehensive report by the High Commissioner, on the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines pursuant to the government’s war on drugs. The draft resolution Read more…
Every year, the Philippines observes December 12 as the International Day against Trafficking to mark the adoption of the “Protocol To Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.” As part of the advocacy campaign during International Day Against Trafficking in 2011, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Read more…
By JV Manglicmot Last December 1 and 2, I, along with other staff members of Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) attended the FreeXP.con in the Hive Hotel in Quezon CIty. The FreeXP.con is a conference organized by HRonline to address the threats against freedom of expression that human rights defenders Read more…
On February 14, 2013 the One Billion Rising campaign was launched globally as a global day of action, and dancing, to protest against violence against women. It was a call for one billion women and all the men who love them to walk out of their offices, homes, and schools, Read more…