[bestbits] [GenderDC] CIS' Statement on Sexual Harassment at ICANN55
Jac sm Kee
jac at apcwomen.org
Mon Apr 4 15:18:44 EDT 2016
Thanks for this Nadira.
Also, the MAG meeting is currently taking place. I raised the issue of
having a sexual harassment policy for IGF, and will continue to bring
this up the next couple of days. If there is anything else I can help to
raise to prioritise the integration of gender concerns for this process
and forum, please let me know.
Thanks and best,
jac
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On 28/03/2016 12:18, Nadira Alaraj wrote:
> Dear All,
> FYI
>
> On its Weekly Digest, an ICANN blog, by Akram Atallah,
> dated March 25, about
> *Conduct at ICANN Meetings*
>
> http:// <http://icann.org/news/blog/conduct-at-icann-meetings>icann.org
> <http://icann.org/news/blog/conduct-at-icann-meetings>/news/blog/conduct-at-icann-meetings
> <http://icann.org/news/blog/conduct-at-icann-meetings>
>
>
> > On Mar 25, 2016, at 16:13, Bishakha Datta
> <bishakha at pointofview.org <mailto:bishakha at pointofview.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > As one of the two coordinators of the Gender Dynamic Coalition, I
> want to thank you for including us in this critical conversation.
> >
> > We had proposed drafting a sexual harassment policy for the IGF at
> the Gender Dynamic Coalition meeting at IGF 2015, a proposal that
> was strongly endorsed at that meeting. We had also formed a small
> volunteer committee for this purpose.
> >
> > We will now move quickly on this, using many of the excellent
> points and resources that have been mentioned on this thread.
> >
> > Please let us know if any of you would like to join this committee.
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Bishakha
> >
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have been following the thread and commend Ms Baruah for making her
> experience public and the movement for a sexual harassment policy. I
> would also like to urge some form of education or communication for new
> participants who come into IG spaces such as ICANN and IGF. A lack of
> awareness of what can do when one experiences sexual harassment means
> some incidences go unreported.
>
> I would also like to volunteer join the small committee set up for this
> purpose.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chenai
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>> On Mar 25, 2016, at 16:13, Bishakha Datta <bishakha at pointofview.org
>> <mailto:bishakha at pointofview.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> As one of the two coordinators of the Gender Dynamic Coalition, I want
>> to thank you for including us in this critical conversation.
>>
>> We had proposed drafting a sexual harassment policy for the IGF at the
>> Gender Dynamic Coalition meeting at IGF 2015, a proposal that was
>> strongly endorsed at that meeting. We had also formed a small
>> volunteer committee for this purpose.
>>
>> We will now move quickly on this, using many of the excellent points
>> and resources that have been mentioned on this thread.
>>
>> Please let us know if any of you would like to join this committee.
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Bishakha
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Erika Smith <erika at apcwomen.org
>> <mailto:erika at apcwomen.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I wrote to RIPE NCC per Lorena's comment to ask if they could
>> share the
>> policy or provide us with a contact person, although I've just noticed
>> that Chris Buckridge is on this CC so perhaps s/he an provide us
>> with more
>> insight.
>>
>> On the geek feminism wiki there are two sources that may be of use in
>> drafting - one is for online spaces and community management, and the
>> other for in-person conferences.
>> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Community_anti-harassment/Policy
>> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy
>>
>>
>> Geek Feminism also has evaluations of Codes of Conduct that could be
>> useful for making sure the policy learns from other policies'
>> weaknesses:
>> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Code_of_conduct_evaluations
>>
>>
>> Erika
>>
>>
>> > Dear Padmini and Sunil,
>> >
>> > Supporting you completely. Please let me know how can we help
>> other than
>> > joining your call for positive measures. We all must insist on
>> > professional, friendly, safe environment for all but especially
>> towards
>> > women.
>> >
>> > I would suggest looking at a community-maintained list of
>> conferences
>> > with policies on the Geek Feminism Wiki.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 03/22/2016 03:17 PM, Lorena Jaume-Palasi wrote:
>> >> Dear all,
>> >> I think RIPE NCC drafted last year an anti-harassment policy. They
>> >> certainly could contribute with best practices.
>> >> Cheers
>> >> Lorena
>> >>
>> >> 2016-03-22 18:43 GMT+01:00 Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org
>> <mailto:jac at apcwomen.org>
>> >> <mailto:jac at apcwomen.org <mailto:jac at apcwomen.org>>>:
>> >>
>> >> Dear all,
>> >>
>> >> Copying the Gender DC mailing list and also the 2
>> coordinators into
>> >> this
>> >> conversation. Like in Ms Padmini's statement, when this was
>> raised
>> >> at
>> >> the last IGF during the Gender DC workshop, other participants
>> >> shared
>> >> their experience of sexual harassment. So discussing and
>> tackling
>> >> this
>> >> issue seriously at esp a space on IG process and policy
>> >> conversations is
>> >> critical. Contributes significantly to creating an inclusive,
>> >> respectful, non-discriminatory and diverse participatory
>> >> environment.
>> >>
>> >> I think the DC is in the process of drafting a proposed
>> policy to be
>> >> taken up at the upcoming IGF. Would be great to see initiatives
>> >> build
>> >> and inform each other, and to also share best practices.
>> There has
>> >> been
>> >> many initiatives and models in different contexts that can
>> be drawn
>> >> from
>> >> - events, organisational, country specific, space/platform etc.
>> >> Fully
>> >> support the idea of a WG in ICANN.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> jac
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---------------------------------
>> >> Jac sm Kee
>> >> Manager, Women's Rights Programme
>> >> Association for Progressive Communications
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>> >>
>> >> On 22/03/2016 00:15, Nadira Alaraj wrote:
>> >> > Dear all
>> >> > I commend Ms. Padmini Baruah courage for bringing this
>> issue to
>> >> ICANN
>> >> > and to the civil society public forums.
>> >> > The discussion here raises a questions and I would like
>> to direct
>> >> this
>> >> > to those senior with ICANN.
>> >> > How we can create a working group to discuss this issue under
>> >> ICANN
>> >> > umbrella? It is important the recommendations of this
>> group to be
>> >> > instituted into ICANN.
>> >> > Which body of ICANN will grant the official existence of this
>> >> group and
>> >> > what constituency it will work?
>> >> > Hoping these answers will bring the existence of this working
>> >> group and
>> >> > follow the pattern of button up approach in decision
>> making of
>> >> ICANN and
>> >> > to follow with the recommendations of Padmini to make
>> them happen.
>> >> > Best wishes,
>> >> > Nadira Alaraj
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mar 21, 2016 6:32 PM, <nigidaad at gmail.com
>> <mailto:nigidaad at gmail.com>
>> >> <mailto:nigidaad at gmail.com <mailto:nigidaad at gmail.com>>
>> >> > <mailto:nigidaad at gmail.com <mailto:nigidaad at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:nigidaad at gmail.com <mailto:nigidaad at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > First of all, I would like to say I think that Ms
>> Baruah is an
>> >> > incredibly brave woman for not only making her story
>> public,
>> >> but
>> >> > also for not giving up despite being discouraged to
>> report the
>> >> > incident and CIS for issuing a statement on rather
>> ignored
>> >> issue
>> >> > within our own circles. I personally know many women
>> who don’t
>> >> > report harassment because there is a lack of support and
>> >> significant
>> >> > discouragement. Unfortunately, this leads to
>> silencing and
>> >> harassers
>> >> > are thus granted impunity.
>> >> >
>> >> > Ms Baruah’s statement betrays another reality that
>> women in
>> >> this
>> >> > field have to live with if they wish to continue
>> working: her
>> >> > harasser was granted access to her space where he was
>> allowed
>> >> to
>> >> > make her uncomfortable by staring. I have lost count
>> of the
>> >> number
>> >> > of women who have spoken about this. Unless a strong
>> >> accountability
>> >> > mechanism is enforced, the rate of reporting
>> harassment will
>> >> remain
>> >> > low. Women will not come forward unless they are
>> guaranteed
>> >> that
>> >> > they will not have to face their harasser until they
>> are ready
>> >> to.
>> >> > Furthermore, having to face a harasser is triggering and
>> >> emotional
>> >> > exhaustion leads to giving up.
>> >> >
>> >> > This incident should lead to reflection regarding
>> harassment
>> >> in our
>> >> > own tech community and development in general.
>> >> >
>> >> > Strong policies should not only be enforced, but
>> should be
>> >> > culturally sensitive. For example, if women from a very
>> >> patriarchal
>> >> > country report harassment to someone, they should not
>> be asked
>> >> to
>> >> > first officially report it legally. Some are unable
>> to do so
>> >> and
>> >> > will hesitate to do so due to lack of support.
>> >> >
>> >> > More than anything else, as a community, we need to
>> reflect on
>> >> how
>> >> > we got here and why. Perhaps some accountability on
>> our own
>> >> roles is
>> >> > necessary because men would not able to harass women
>> so easily
>> >> > unless they knew they had impunity on some level.
>> While it is
>> >> > heartening to see conversations taking place, I don’t
>> believe
>> >> we can
>> >> > have meaningful change unless we all collectively
>> discuss how
>> >> we got
>> >> > here in the first place. Why does the tech development
>> >> industry have
>> >> > such a bad reputation when it comes to harassment?
>> Surely it
>> >> isn’t
>> >> > the result of a conspiracy against us.
>> >> >
>> >> > Jac it would be great if we make this discussion
>> happen at
>> >> Gender
>> >> > Dynamic Coalition in next IGF and discuss how to
>> address the
>> >> issue
>> >> > of sexual harassment not only restricted to spaces
>> like ICANN
>> >> and
>> >> > IGF but within our own community.
>> >> >
>> >> > My two cents..
>> >> >
>> >> > Best,
>> >> > Nighat Dad
>> >> > Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan.
>> >> >
>> >> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >> >
>> >> > On 21-Mar-2016, at 8:00 pm, Sunil Abraham
>> <sunil at cis-india.org <mailto:sunil at cis-india.org>
>> >> <mailto:sunil at cis-india.org <mailto:sunil at cis-india.org>>
>> >> > <mailto:sunil at cis-india.org
>> <mailto:sunil at cis-india.org> <mailto:sunil at cis-india.org
>> <mailto:sunil at cis-india.org>>>>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> The Centre for Internet and Society
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Statement on Sexual Harassment at ICANN55
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) strongly
>> condemns
>> >> the
>> >> >> acts of sexual harassment that took place against
>> one of our
>> >> >> representatives, Ms. Padmini Baruah, during ICANN 55 in
>> >> Marrakech.
>> >> >> It is completely unacceptable that an event the
>> scale of an
>> >> ICANN
>> >> >> meeting does not have in place a formal redressal
>> system, a
>> >> >> neutral point of contact or even a policy for
>> complainants
>> >> who
>> >> >> have been put through the ordeal of sexual
>> harassment. ICANN
>> >> >> cannot claim to be inclusive or diverse if it does not
>> >> formally
>> >> >> recognise a specific procedure or recourse under such
>> >> instances.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Ms. Baruah is by no means the first young woman to
>> be subject
>> >> to
>> >> >> such treatment at an ICANN event, but she isthe first to
>> >> raise a
>> >> >> formalcomplaint. Following the incident, she was
>> given no
>> >> >> immediate remedy or formal recourse, and that has
>> left her
>> >> with no
>> >> >> option but to make the incident publicly known in the
>> >> interim. The
>> >> >> ombudsman’s office has been in touch with her, but this
>> >> >> administrative process is simply inadequate for
>> >> rights-violations.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Ms. Baruah has received support from various community,
>> >> staff, and
>> >> >> board members. While we are thankful for their
>> support, we
>> >> believe
>> >> >> that this situation can be better dealt with through
>> some
>> >> positive
>> >> >> measures. We ask that ICANN carry out the following
>> steps in
>> >> order
>> >> >> to make its meetings a truly safe and inclusive space:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 1.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Institute a formal redressal system and policy with
>> >> regard to
>> >> >> sexual harassment within ICANN. The policy must be
>> >> displayed
>> >> >> on the ICANN website, at the venue of meetings
>> and made
>> >> >> available in delegate kits.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Institute an Anti Sexual Harassment Committee
>> that is
>> >> neutral
>> >> >> and approachable. Merely having an ombudsman who
>> is a
>> >> white
>> >> >> male, however well intentioned, is inadequate and
>> >> completely
>> >> >> unhelpful to the complainant. The present
>> situation is
>> >> one
>> >> >> where the ombudsman has no effective power and only
>> >> advises
>> >> >> the board.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 3.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Conduct periodic gender and sexual harassment
>> training of
>> >> the
>> >> >> ICANN board to help them better understand these
>> issues.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 4.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Conduct periodic gender and sexual harassment
>> training
>> >> for the
>> >> >> ombudsman even if he/she will not be the
>> exclusive point
>> >> of
>> >> >> contact for complainants as the ombudsman forms an
>> >> important
>> >> >> part of community and participant engagement.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 5.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Conduct periodic gender sensitisation for the ICANN
>> >> community.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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