<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear all,<br></div>I think RIPE NCC drafted last year an anti-harassment policy. They certainly could contribute with best practices.<br></div>Cheers<br></div>Lorena<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-03-22 18:43 GMT+01:00 Jac sm Kee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jac@apcwomen.org" target="_blank">jac@apcwomen.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
Copying the Gender DC mailing list and also the 2 coordinators into this<br>
conversation. Like in Ms Padmini's statement, when this was raised at<br>
the last IGF during the Gender DC workshop, other participants shared<br>
their experience of sexual harassment. So discussing and tackling this<br>
issue seriously at esp a space on IG process and policy conversations is<br>
critical. Contributes significantly to creating an inclusive,<br>
respectful, non-discriminatory and diverse participatory environment.<br>
<br>
I think the DC is in the process of drafting a proposed policy to be<br>
taken up at the upcoming IGF. Would be great to see initiatives build<br>
and inform each other, and to also share best practices. There has been<br>
many initiatives and models in different contexts that can be drawn from<br>
- events, organisational, country specific, space/platform etc. Fully<br>
support the idea of a WG in ICANN.<br>
<span class=""><br>
Best regards,<br>
jac<br>
<br>
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Jac sm Kee<br>
Manager, Women's Rights Programme<br>
Association for Progressive Communications<br>
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</span><span class="">On 22/03/2016 00:15, Nadira Alaraj wrote:<br>
> Dear all<br>
> I commend Ms. Padmini Baruah courage for bringing this issue to ICANN<br>
> and to the civil society public forums.<br>
> The discussion here raises a questions and I would like to direct this<br>
> to those senior with ICANN.<br>
> How we can create a working group to discuss this issue under ICANN<br>
> umbrella? It is important the recommendations of this group to be<br>
> instituted into ICANN.<br>
> Which body of ICANN will grant the official existence of this group and<br>
> what constituency it will work?<br>
> Hoping these answers will bring the existence of this working group and<br>
> follow the pattern of button up approach in decision making of ICANN and<br>
> to follow with the recommendations of Padmini to make them happen.<br>
> Best wishes,<br>
> Nadira Alaraj<br>
><br>
> On Mar 21, 2016 6:32 PM, <<a href="mailto:nigidaad@gmail.com">nigidaad@gmail.com</a><br>
</span><div><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nigidaad@gmail.com">nigidaad@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> First of all, I would like to say I think that Ms Baruah is an<br>
> incredibly brave woman for not only making her story public, but<br>
> also for not giving up despite being discouraged to report the<br>
> incident and CIS for issuing a statement on rather ignored issue<br>
> within our own circles. I personally know many women who don’t<br>
> report harassment because there is a lack of support and significant<br>
> discouragement. Unfortunately, this leads to silencing and harassers<br>
> are thus granted impunity.<br>
><br>
> Ms Baruah’s statement betrays another reality that women in this<br>
> field have to live with if they wish to continue working: her<br>
> harasser was granted access to her space where he was allowed to<br>
> make her uncomfortable by staring. I have lost count of the number<br>
> of women who have spoken about this. Unless a strong accountability<br>
> mechanism is enforced, the rate of reporting harassment will remain<br>
> low. Women will not come forward unless they are guaranteed that<br>
> they will not have to face their harasser until they are ready to.<br>
> Furthermore, having to face a harasser is triggering and emotional<br>
> exhaustion leads to giving up.<br>
><br>
> This incident should lead to reflection regarding harassment in our<br>
> own tech community and development in general.<br>
><br>
> Strong policies should not only be enforced, but should be<br>
> culturally sensitive. For example, if women from a very patriarchal<br>
> country report harassment to someone, they should not be asked to<br>
> first officially report it legally. Some are unable to do so and<br>
> will hesitate to do so due to lack of support.<br>
><br>
> More than anything else, as a community, we need to reflect on how<br>
> we got here and why. Perhaps some accountability on our own roles is<br>
> necessary because men would not able to harass women so easily<br>
> unless they knew they had impunity on some level. While it is<br>
> heartening to see conversations taking place, I don’t believe we can<br>
> have meaningful change unless we all collectively discuss how we got<br>
> here in the first place. Why does the tech development industry have<br>
> such a bad reputation when it comes to harassment? Surely it isn’t<br>
> the result of a conspiracy against us.<br>
><br>
> Jac it would be great if we make this discussion happen at Gender<br>
> Dynamic Coalition in next IGF and discuss how to address the issue<br>
> of sexual harassment not only restricted to spaces like ICANN and<br>
> IGF but within our own community.<br>
><br>
> My two cents..<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Nighat Dad<br>
> Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan.<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
><br>
> On 21-Mar-2016, at 8:00 pm, Sunil Abraham <<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a><br>
</div></div><span class="">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> The Centre for Internet and Society<br>
>><br>
>> Statement on Sexual Harassment at ICANN55<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> The Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) strongly condemns the<br>
>> acts of sexual harassment that took place against one of our<br>
>> representatives, Ms. Padmini Baruah, during ICANN 55 in Marrakech.<br>
>> It is completely unacceptable that an event the scale of an ICANN<br>
>> meeting does not have in place a formal redressal system, a<br>
>> neutral point of contact or even a policy for complainants who<br>
>> have been put through the ordeal of sexual harassment. ICANN<br>
>> cannot claim to be inclusive or diverse if it does not formally<br>
>> recognise a specific procedure or recourse under such instances.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Ms. Baruah is by no means the first young woman to be subject to<br>
</span>>> such treatment at an ICANN event, but she isthe first to raise a<br>
>> formalcomplaint. Following the incident, she was given no<br>
<span class="">>> immediate remedy or formal recourse, and that has left her with no<br>
>> option but to make the incident publicly known in the interim. The<br>
>> ombudsman’s office has been in touch with her, but this<br>
>> administrative process is simply inadequate for rights-violations.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Ms. Baruah has received support from various community, staff, and<br>
>> board members. While we are thankful for their support, we believe<br>
>> that this situation can be better dealt with through some positive<br>
>> measures. We ask that ICANN carry out the following steps in order<br>
>> to make its meetings a truly safe and inclusive space:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
</span>>> 1.<br>
<span class="">>><br>
>> Institute a formal redressal system and policy with regard to<br>
>> sexual harassment within ICANN. The policy must be displayed<br>
>> on the ICANN website, at the venue of meetings and made<br>
>> available in delegate kits.<br>
>><br>
</span>>> 2.<br>
<span class="">>><br>
>> Institute an Anti Sexual Harassment Committee that is neutral<br>
>> and approachable. Merely having an ombudsman who is a white<br>
>> male, however well intentioned, is inadequate and completely<br>
>> unhelpful to the complainant. The present situation is one<br>
>> where the ombudsman has no effective power and only advises<br>
>> the board.<br>
>><br>
</span>>> 3.<br>
<span class="">>><br>
>> Conduct periodic gender and sexual harassment training of the<br>
>> ICANN board to help them better understand these issues.<br>
>><br>
</span>>> 4.<br>
<span class="">>><br>
>> Conduct periodic gender and sexual harassment training for the<br>
>> ombudsman even if he/she will not be the exclusive point of<br>
>> contact for complainants as the ombudsman forms an important<br>
>> part of community and participant engagement.<br>
>><br>
</span>>> 5.<br>
<span class="">>><br>
>> Conduct periodic gender sensitisation for the ICANN community.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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