World Wide Web Foundation

14/10/2022

Women’s Rights Online (WRO) is a research and advocacy network that aims to drive women’s empowerment through the web.

Learn more → https://womenrightsonline.net

12/10/2022

Our Gender & ICT Policy Playbook outlines actionable steps towards gender-responsive policy-making.

Today, the internet mirrors the good and the bad in our societies. Unfortunately this means that it also mirrors and magnifies existing social cultural and economic inequalities, including gender inequality. The internet has provided opportunities for women and gender-diverse groups to disrupt di

23/09/2022

"No matter where or who you are, you should be able to have a safe, trusted experience on the web."

As a new era of the internet approaches, we risk carrying over today's unresolved problems too.

22/09/2022

What’s the state of online gender-based violence in the Global South?

What progress have the tech companies made to tackle this problem?

What’s needed for greater accountability?

All this & more in our latest report.

In 2021, the World Wide Web Foundation hosted a first-of-its-kind Technology Policy Design Lab, a series of human centred policy design workshops for diverse stakeholders to co-create solutions to online gender-based violence (OGBV). Following the workshops, Facebook (now Meta), Google, TikTok an

21/09/2022

What progress have tech companies made on their commitments to tackle online gender-based violence?

In 2021, the World Wide Web Foundation hosted a first-of-its-kind Technology Policy Design Lab, a series of human centred policy design workshops for diverse stakeholders to co-create solutions to online gender-based violence (OGBV). Following the workshops, Facebook (now Meta), Google, TikTok an

16/09/2022

Let's deliver the web we want for the world we want.

Who's with us?

14/09/2022

"The web makes us less hopeless and alone."

Yulia* is a 29 year-old Ukrainian designer who lived and worked in Kyiv until March, when Russia began its military assault on Ukraine. She fled, with her sister and her cat, to Utrecht in the Netherlands, where she is staying until she feels that it is safe to return home. I never thought this

12/09/2022

How do you define trusted design?

This post was written by Janice Dean, 3×3; Kara Dunford, Web Foundation; and Kaushalya Gupta, Web Foundation. Trusted Design, as defined by the Web Foundation in collaboration with key stakeholders, puts people and their needs ahead of the platform, giving the user control over their online c

05/09/2022

The latest from our Tech Policy Design Lab

This post was written by Janice Dean, 3×3; Kara Dunford, Web Foundation; and Kaushalya Gupta, Web Foundation. Trusted Design, as defined by the Web Foundation in collaboration with key stakeholders, puts people and their needs ahead of the platform, giving the user control over their online c

26/08/2022

Now it's time to walk the talk and actively make multistakeholder engagement come alive in the creation of the .

This post was written by Nnenna Nwakanma, Chief Web Advocate. Follow Nnenna on Twitter . Over the past five years, the World Wide Web Foundation has collaborated with the Digital Cooperation agenda of the United Nations. Through consultations, reports, and feedback, our contributions

24/08/2022

The web can't remain one more medium in which women, and particularly women from marginalised communities, are attacked and have their voices suppressed.

Too often our digital world amplifies existing violence, abuse and discrimination that women and girls face offline. This can silence, discredit and censor women's voices online. If this issue is not addressed urgently, the web will remain as one more medium in which women, and particularly women fr

19/08/2022

Do you have the digital tools you need to do your work and support the communities you exist to serve?

The survey is the biggest ever snapshot of civil society's digital needs. Share your internet experiences, frustrations, and hopes to help make sure resources go to where they're most needed.

Funders and policy makers are listening. Make your voice heard.

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