IGF 2018 - Best Practice Forum Gender and Access - Draft Output (pre-IGF)

INTRODUCTION and INSTRUCTIONS

Best Practice Forum  Gender and Access has functioned in a bottom-up, multi-stakeholder, and community-driven manner to gather stories, experiences, and lessons for producing this pre-IGF Output Document draft. Drawing on the same process, BPF Gender invites all interested to comment and contribute in its draft outputs.

General comments as well as comments on specific parts of the report are welcome. In the later case, please  indicate clearly what section, page or paragraph of the text your comment relates to.

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Received public feedback will be taken into account in the final version of the BPF Gender output, which will be published shortly after the IGF meeting.

Thank you for your valuable comments!

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CONTENTS

  • Executive Summary  
  • Interpretation Notes    
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations    
  • Part A: Findings    
    • 1. Supplementary Models of Connectivity for Women and Gender Non-Binary Persons    
      • 1.1 Barriers to Internet Access for Women and Gender Non-Binary Persons    
      • 1.2 Relevance of Supplementary Models of Connectivity to Internet Access for Women and Gender Non-Binary Persons    
        • 1.2.1 Availability    
        • 1.2.2 Affordability    
        • 1.2.3 Culture and norms    
        • 1.2.4 Availability of relevant content    
        • 1.2.5 Women's participation in decision-making roles pertaining to the Internet    
      • 1.3 Why do we need a gender focus for supplementary models of connectivity?    
    • 2. Community Networks    
      • 2.1 What are Community Networks?    
      • 2.2 Mapping Community Network Initiatives for Women and Gender Non-Binary Persons and their Impact    
    • 3. TV White Spaces    
      • 3.1 What is TV White Spaces (TVWS)?    
      • 3.2  Mapping TV White Spaces Initiatives for Women and Gender Non-Binary Persons and their Impact    
    • 4. Other Supplementary Models of Connectivity    
    • 5. Recommendations for incorporating gender perspectives on Supplementary Models of Connectivity    
  • Part B: Mandate and Methodology    
    • 1. Mandate    
      • 1.1 The IGF    
      • 1.2 Defining the BPF’s mandate    
    • 2. Methodology    
      • 2.1 Working Approach    
      • 2.2 Survey    
        • 2.2.1 Survey Design    
        • 2.2.2 Survey Analysis    
        • 2.2.3 Diversity of Respondents   
      • 2.3. Virtual Meetings   
      • 2.4 Mobile Messaging   
      • 2.5 Mailing List   
      • 2.6 Email   
      • 2.7 Main Session at IGF   
    • 3. Limitations   
  • Part C: Appendices   
    • APPENDIX 1: CONTRIBUTORS    
    • APPENDIX 2: BPF SURVEY    
    • APPENDIX 3: BPF SESSION PRE-REPORT AT IGF 2018    
    • APPENDIX 4: BPF SESSION REPORT AT IGF 2018    

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