On their path to achieving connectivity, community-led initiatives face very specific needs: the development of skills, access to financial support, and the existence of enabling policies and ...

We, the Net Rights Coalition (NRC), a network of digital rights actors, and all other signatories listed below, are appalled by the Government of Zambia’s unilateral announcement of the postponement ...

The 29th session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) just took place in April 2026. The UN CSTD is a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council ...

The 14th edition of RightsCon will be hosted by Access Now in Lusaka, Zambia from 5 to 8 May 2026. RightsCon is a global summit that is civil society-led and brings together various stakeholders ...

In 2026, the 14th edition of RightsCon is taking place in Lusaka, Zambia, from 5 to 8 May. This event is an important gathering space for the APC community, where we can come together to strengthen ...

RightsCon is an important space for the APC network: it is an opportunity to come together around key themes, to share our work with a diverse multistakeholder base, and to reaffirm our commitment to ...

RightsCon is an important space for the APC network: it is an opportunity to come together around key themes, to share our work with a diverse multistakeholder base, and to reaffirm our commitment to ...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, write to express our grave concern regarding the findings of 7amleh's new report, "Monetizing Occupation: Meta's Financial Enablement of Settlement ...

Since 2024, 10 partners of the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN) have embarked on research projects to deepen the discursive framing of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) ...

H.E. Ms. Egriselda Lopez, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations, Co-Chair of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance H.E. Mr. Rein Tammsaar, Permanent Representative of Estonia to ...

Many digital divides still persist today, to the point that a third of the world’s population is still offline. Different statistics also show that the divide can be worse depending on the countries ...

The content, language and knowledge of the internet and digital technologies continue to be dominated by white, male, private and global North interests, deepening the colonisation of knowledge in the ...