Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change Executive Director, presented the topic "Cultural rights and globalisation of exchanges and of information" at the Seminar Implementing Cultural Rights - Nature, issues at stake and challenges, held in Geneva, on 1-2 Feb, 2010. The seminar was organised by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in partnership with the International Organisation of La Francophonie and UNESCO, in collaboration with the Observatory of diversity and cultural rights. The topic was presented as part of the panel on Relationship between cultural rights and cultural diversity.
The presentation discusses the intersections between the Information Society and Cultural Rights in the context of corporate globalization; explores the challenges and possibilities of using digital spaces to disseminate alternative cultures and emancipate hitherto marginalised groups, in particular women; and questions the role of Internet to build a democratic discourse for constructing alternative, emancipatory social structures. Considering the digital media not only as transmitters of cultures, but a new space embodying new cultures and allowing counter-cultures, the paper brings recommendations and points for further action in the areas of: 1. Internet Governance and Cultural Rights; 2. Public Support for Culturally Diverse and Local 'Content' Production; 3. Educational Content and Information and Communication Technologies in Schools; and 4. Engagement with 'Digital Natives'.
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Gender and ICTs