The Indonesian short film ‘Homebound’ follows the story of female migrant worker Tari and the challenges she faced while working abroad. Catch the multi-awarded film on Cinemata from December 15 to 21, 2022.
Digital rights actors from Indonesia stressed the need to collaborate with a wider network of organisations outside Jakarta and learn from the success stories of past human rights movements to strengthen digital rights advocacy in the country.
From December 10 to 12, ten social issue films will be streaming on Cinemata in celebration of Human Rights Day. The screening is part of Cinemata Visions, a new initiative highlighting video endeavours by film schools in the Asia-Pacific.
In recent years, internet shutdowns have been used to suppress digital rights in several South and Southeast Asian countries. This article explains the technical aspects behind different kinds of shutdowns and how civil society groups are responding.
During the forum held last November 22 and 23, participants stressed the need for civil society groups to take on a more active role in policy discussions to ensure that internet freedom and digital rights are safeguarded.
A new addition to the Video for Change Impact Toolkit, the Risk Assessment and Mitigation Tool helps video producers identify and anticipate the risks in their projects so they can better look after their team and the communities they work with.
To be held on December 9 in Manila, the workshop aims to build the capacity of digital rights advocates and enable them to strengthen ongoing efforts on internet censorship monitoring and reporting.
Organised by EngageMedia in partnership with SAFENet, the two-day forum in Jakarta on November 24 and 25 will discuss key issues in the country’s digital rights landscape.
Representing Asia-Pacific changemakers working in the digital rights movement, EngageMedia will host a town hall session and lightning talk on data justice and improving data protection laws through grassroots learnings.
