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Jac,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for bringing this discussion on the IGC list. I fully support the idea of drafting a proposal and discuss it in the next IGF. </div><div><br></div><div>But the plan should be to have something ready for the next icann meeting in Finland.</div><div><br></div><div>Please do keep us posted.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>A<br><br><br><a href="https://yho.com/footer0">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 0; margin-top: 0">On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 7:44 PM, Jac sm Kee <jac@apcwomen.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="msgSandbox_AIgJDNkAAEWHVvGEfwkj2HpJMYg_1.1" class="msgSandbox" style="padding: 1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1.2em; word-wrap: break-word;">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><br>Best regards,<br>jac<br><br><br>---------------------------------<br>Jac sm Kee<br>Manager, Women's Rights Programme<br>Association for Progressive Communications<br>www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org<br>Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe<br><br>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 ymailto="mailto:nigidaad@gmail.com" href="javascript:return">nigidaad@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:nigidaad@gmail.com" href="javascript:return">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 ymailto="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org" href="javascript:return">sunil@cis-india.org</a><br>> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org" href="javascript:return">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>>> such treatment at an ICANN event, but she isthe first to raise a<br>>> formalcomplaint. Following the incident, she was given no<br>>> 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>>> 1.<br>>><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>>> 2.<br>>><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>>> 3.<br>>><br>>> Conduct periodic gender and sexual harassment training of the<br>>> ICANN board to help them better understand these issues.<br>>><br>>> 4.<br>>><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>>> 5.<br>>><br>>> Conduct periodic gender sensitisation for the ICANN community.<br>>><br>>><br>>> ____________________________________________________________<br>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="javascript:return">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="javascript:return">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>.<br>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br>>> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a></a><br>> <br>> ____________________________________________________________<br>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="javascript:return">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="javascript:return">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>.<br>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br>> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a></a><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ____________________________________________________________<br>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net." href="javascript:return">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net.</a><br>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br>> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a></a><br>> <br><br></div><div id="msgSandbox_AIgJDNkAAEWHVvGEfwkj2HpJMYg_3" class="msgSandbox" style="padding: 1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1.2em; word-wrap: break-word;">____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="javascript:return">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a></a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a></a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a></a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank"><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a></a><br></div><blockquote>
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