Association for Progressive CommunicationsOpinion

Online challenges, offline realities: A feminist analysis of women human rights defenders’ digital experiences

A continuum between online violence and offline repression, where tactics like doxxing, smear campaigns and surveillance ...
Association for Progressive Communications

Unyielding: Personal essays from women human rights defenders

I am deeply honoured to have worked with this inspiring group of feminist writers from across the world to curate this collection of personal narratives. Over five months, between April and August ...
Association for Progressive Communications

44 Digital Commons Projects Selected for NGI Zero Grants

The NGI Zero Commons Fund provides grants to people who help build the digital commons. Because all projects are free and ...
Opinion
Association for Progressive CommunicationsOpinion

Le nouveau membre d’APC, Progressive Technology Project : « Pour lutter contre les Big Tech, nous devons travailler avec le plus possible de réseaux partageant nos idées

Nous nous réjouissons de vous présenter la toute nouvelle recrue du réseau de membres d’APC : Progressive Technology Project (PTP). PTP organise la résistance face à l’oppression des technologies comm ...
Association for Progressive Communications

Nuevo miembro de APC, Progressive Technology Project: “Para luchar contra los gigantes tecnológicos, hay que colaborar con tantas redes afines como sea posible”

Nos complace presentar la última incorporación a la red de miembros de APC: Progressive Technology Project (Proyecto de tecnología progresista, PTP por su sigla en inglés). PTP está organizando la res ...
Association for Progressive Communications

Bridging the gap: Addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence in global AI governance

Among the most urgent and under-regulated consequences of AI deployment is the rise of technology-facilitated gender-based ...
Association for Progressive Communications

From context to collective action: Outcomes of Africa’s first symposium on technology-facilitated gender-based violence

The inaugural, UNFPA-led First Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence created a first-of-its-kind ...
Association for Progressive Communications

Seeding change: Indigenous communities shaping digital futures through trust and relationships

This project convened a series of thematic sessions and dialogues bringing together Indigenous communicators, community media ...
APC

Generative AI guide for civil society

“Some of our activists are drafting statements with ChatGPT, and I’m worried about what approach we should take.” Many organisations are likely having similar concerns. With the emergence of various ...
APC

Beyond the algorithm: Weaponised technologies and human rights under digital siege

Across conflict zones and fragile democracies, technologies once imagined as tools of empowerment and exploration now serve as instruments of surveillance, repression and even killing. A series of ...
APC

What I shared about digital commons and the NGI0 grant programme during this year's Global Gathering

I participated in the Global Gathering 2025 at Estoril, Portugal, accompanied by some representatives from the APC. It is a kind of digital craft fair, a dynamic meeting of digital rights defenders ...
APC

The missing link: Cybersecurity and technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the Women, Peace and Security agenda

October 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which launched the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. This milestone offers a critical opportunity for ...