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Gender equality in diplomacy: Chinese and other foreign ministries
21 May 2023
Diplomatic functions and tools, Foreign ministries, Gender rights online, Public Diplomacy
The Chinese Foreign Ministry made a welcome change in its external public outreach after 3 September 2021. While Chinese easily identify male and female names, foreigners lacking full mastery over the language (i.e., ...
2021: The emergence of digital foreign policy
26 January 2021
Digital diplomacy, Digital foreign policy, Diplomatic functions and tools, Diplomatic theory and practice, Foreign ministries, Foreign policy, Gender rights online, Internet governance and digital policy
In November 2020, Switzerland introduced its Digital Foreign Policy Strategy, marking a new phase in its efforts to shape the governance of digital issues. For decades, Switzerland has been at the forefront of interna...
Geneva Internet Platform: 10 focus areas for 2021
07 January 2021
Diplomatic theory and practice, Gender rights online, Internet governance and digital policy
The Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) aims to provide simple and evidence-based access to and analysis of the complex fields of Internet governance and digital policy. The GIP’s particular focus is on building the capa...
Establishing standards for IoT devices: Recent examples
16 December 2020
Cybersecurity, Diplomatic theory and practice, Gender rights online, Internet of things
Precise agriculture, monitoring water use, remote medicine – these are just some of the developments enabled due to the expanding use of Internet of things (IoT) devices. There is no doubt that IoT devices can impro...
Training and courses
Resources
2015
Freedom on the Net 2015
The Freedom on the Net 2015 report assesses global internet freedom, highlighting increasing government censorship and surveillance. Internet freedom is in decline due to various restrictive measures taken by governments, impacting users' rights and privacy. The report... Read more...
2009
Empowering women in the IG process
'At the ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico last year I was not aware of anything unusual in the demographics, but in Hyderabad I noticed that while men of my age were quite well-represented, there were comparatively few women...' - Deirdre Williams from St Lucia... Read more...
2006
Emerging Leaders for the Digital World 2009
These pages contain the stories of talented people likely to play an important role in future Internet-related developments; all of them former participants in Diplo’s Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IG CBP) held between 2005 and 2007.... Read more...
