IGF 2014

The Internet & Jurisdiction Project was founded in January 2012. Providing a neutral platform for a global multi-stakeholder dialogue process, it facilitates the elaboration of a transnational due process framework to deal with tensions related to online content. Over 70 key actors from international organizations, states, Internet platforms, technical operators, civil society and academia are actively engaged. Since its inception, the I&J Project organized 13 meetings in 10 countries, including Brazil, Europe, India and US, as well as outreach sessions in over 20 countries at global, regional and national Internet Governance events. The I&J Observatory with 32 experts from 26 top institutions in 13 countries supports the evidence-based dialogue process and produce the monthly Retrospect newsletter.

The Flash Session at the 2014 IGF in Istanbul is an opportunity to update all participants on progress achieved in the dialogue process. A transnational due process framework establishing procedural interfaces between states, platforms or operators, and users is being developed to handle transborder requests for domain seizures, content takedowns and access to user data. It aims at establishing transparency and due process in the submission and treatment of such requests.

The I&J Project will present the outcomes of the I&J Project since the Internet Governance Forum 2013 in Indonesia and solicit participants for feedback on the different building blocks and operational components of the proposed framework.

Speakers:

• Bertrand de La Chapelle
• Paul Fehlinger

According to the 2013 “Women and the Web” report, on average across the developing world approximately 25 percent fewer women than men have access to the Internet. To address the gender digital divide, World Pulse is conducting “WWW: Women Weave the Web,” a campaign to crowdsource solutions, models, and best practices on digital inclusion and empowerment directly from grassroots women leaders from across the developing world.

Through World Pulse’s growing web-based platform, women are speaking out and connecting to create solutions from the front lines of today’s most pressing issues. With a focus on grassroots women, our programs nurture community, provide media and empowerment training, and channel rising voices to influential forums. Previous World Pulse campaigns have generated powerful changes, from influencing the appointment of a US Special Envoy to the Great Lakes to delivering testimonies on gender-based violence to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Our proposed IGF session will present an analysis of the hundreds of testimonies we have received from across the globe. We will share recommendations on how key stakeholders should focus their efforts to support women’s full engagement in the information society. The session will generate a discussion and reflection with key ICT actors such as technology companies, international organizations, and governments on how grassroots women leaders’ recommendations can be made actionable within the Internet Governance framework.