GenderIT.org asked many of the participants in the Gender and Internet Governance eXchanges (gigX) from three different regions what they expected for this year’s 10th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Brazil, in terms of women’s and sexual rights, gender, and internet governance.
Gender and minorities issues to be on the agenda
“We need to maximise the benefits of the internet for people’s rights. I mean we need to find a space on the internet for minorities and for the forgotten who cannot raise their voices in their states because of majority despotism. This majority which controls all spaces even the virtual one. We should discuss the minorities/majorities issues on the internet, how the internet could help to build spaces for them, especially when governments use censorship to survey and wipe out their ideas on the pretext of religion and national sovereignty.” – Meha Jouini, gigX Africa participant
Read the full Feminist Talk in GenderIT.org .