[governance] Gender DC support for IGC statement on rights

[anja]

Dear all,

I'm happy to let you know that the Gender DC has agreed to support the IGC
statement on rights, even though the group felt it was problematic that
such a long statement on rights did not contain any references to women's
rights.  

As was pointed out during the discussion within the group, "the Gender DC
sees women's human rights as central to the IG discourse and states have a
special duty to address women's exclusion and their rights in relation to
the Internet and freedom of expression, privacy, civic participation,
education and development, respectively". 

In recognition of the importance of civil society interventions on rights,
the DC decided to endorse the IGC statement as it stands anyways, but also
expressed the hope that the above mentioned concerns will receive explicit
attention in future statements.

Best wishes,
Anja



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