IT for Change

An India-based NGO working on information society theory and practice from the standpoint of equity, social justice and gender equality.

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Call for Support and Endorsement

Global Governance of the Internet must be Democratised!

A joint statement by civil society organisations for the UN CSTD meeting on 'Enhanced Cooperation on Public Policy Issues Pertaining to the Internet' to take place in Geneva on May 18th, 2012

proposed by
Focus on the Global South (Thailand), Instituto Nupef (Brazil), IT for Change (India),
Knowledge Commons (India), Other News (Italy) and Third World Network (Malaysia)

and endorsed by
organisations and individuals listed at the end of the statement

 

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Gender

The big deal about the network age: Political economy conversations from the CITIGEN Network

This think piece builds on the insights from the work of the 'Gender...

Fieldnotes from gendered tele-centre initiatives

Under the 'Gender and citizenship in the Information Society' Research programme, Anita Gurumurthy and Arpita Joshi undertook visits to three tele-centre initiatives which showed a keen understanding of the gendered...

Education

Note for CABE Meeting March 18 2011 - Why ICTs in education programs fail or succeed and implications for policy?

Based on our advocacy work relating to NPISE, the issue of 'vendor driven ICT programs' was discussed in the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) and a sub-committee was setup to study the issue.

Development and IS

IT for Change at EADI/DSA 2011 General Conference on 'Rethinking Development in an Age of Scarcity and Uncertainty'

IT for Change organised a panel with IKME at the EADI/DSA General Conference on 'Rethinking Development in an Age of Scarcity and Uncertainty'...

Governance

'Task Force for the Effective Implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act' - IT for Change at the National level consultation workshop

IT for Change was one of the five civil society members of the 'Task Force for the Effective Implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act' constituted by Department of Personal and...

Technology Governance

A Development Agenda in Internet Governance: Background Paper and Presentation by IT for Change

Parminder Jeet Singh was invited by the South Centre, the Geneva-based inter-governmental thinktank, to address the developing country...

Recent Blog Posts

Research Validation Meeting Report (February 2012) of the 'Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society' Research Network

The Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society (CITIGEN) research programme, launched in 2010, aimed to explore the notion of marginalised women's citizenship as a...

Reflections from the Subject Teacher Forum

I was travelling from Chitradurga to Davengere, while at the same time, my colleagues Krittika, Ranjani, Rakesh and Guru were covering Koppala, Yadgir, Dharwar, Mysore, Bidar,...

Internet Access as a Right – a Response to an Article in New York Times

This is a response to Vinton G. Cerf's article on 'Internet Access is Not a Human Right' Two (very different) kinds of people have opposed terming access to the...

Some Reflections on our Strategic Directions

To take recourse to the comfort of clichés, it can be easily said that we live in extremely interesting times. If there is one thing here that the spot light must not...

Mobile Plus - International Conference on Inclusive Growth through Mobile Applications

Chloé Zollman and Arpita Joshi had the opportunity to attend and participate in the Mobile Plus- International Conference on Inclusive Growth through Mobile Applications...
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