Category: Advocacy
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Women and the Internet
This social media campaign sought to raise awareness around how women rely on the Internet in Tanzania to highlight the consequences of shutting it down.
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Security v Access: The Impact of Mobile Network Shutdowns, Case Study Telenor Pakistan
This report by Bytes for All, the Institute for Human Rights and Business, and the Internet Policy Observatory provides a case study outlining how research can be done in collaboration with an internet service provider (Telenor Pakistan) to better understand how an internet shutdown order is sent to ISPs and the role that companies can play in advocating for more transparency and document shutdown impact.
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The Role of Internet Service Providers in Internet Shutdowns in Africa
This one-pager outlines the role that Internet service providers play in Internet shutdowns, including how they are involved, why they comply with government requests, and what ownership means for their likelihood to shut it off. This brief is a snapshot of a much larger research study conducted by Lisa Garbe at the University of St Galen about ISP ownership in Africa and its impacts on the prevalence of Internet shutdowns.
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Policy Recommendations: Internet Freedom
This analysis by Freedom House offers recommendations for policymakers, private sector, and civil society actors on protecting and promoting internet freedom. This is a useful starting point to understanding how to promote best practices with key stakeholders.
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Engaging a Wider Audience
This quickguide includes suggestions for how to make your message clear so that you can achieve the most reach and readership possible.
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Effects of network disruptions on health service delivery among private practicing physicians in Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe
This report, developed by Prince Madziwa with support from OPTIMA, outlines the impact of Internet shutdowns and disruptions on the health delivery system in Zimbabwe. His study is based off of interviews with patients and private practicing physicians who increasingly rely on telehealth structures.
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Digital Rights Are Women’s Rights!
This guide developed by Pollicy with support from Internews outlines the challenges and opportunities that women encounter online, and presents guidance on developing feminist digital rights movements in Africa.
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The Impact of Internet Shutdowns on Women in Uganda
This report, funded by OPTIMA and developed by Sandra Aceng, investigates the impact of the 2021 Ugandan shutdown on Women.
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Lessons Learned: Advocacy, Strategy, and Internet Shutdowns in Cameroon
This report, developed by OPTIMA in collaboration with Florence Madenga at the University of Pennsylvania as well as AfroLeadership, explores advocacy strategies before, during, and after the 2017-2018 internet shutdowns in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, and seeks to identify lessons learned and best practices for future advocacy.