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APrIGF Delhi 2014 (Towards an Accessible Internet for People with Disabilities)
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 04, 2014 — last modified Sep 10, 2014 04:47 AM — filed under:
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by International Centre for Free and Open Source Software and ISOC, Australia on August 4, 2014.
Located in Accessibility / News & Media
Blog Entry Groundbreaking disability rights activist Javed Abidi dies at 53
by Ambika Tandon — published Mar 06, 2018 — filed under:
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) expresses profound regret at the demise of Mr. Javed Abidi, a groundbreaking disability rights activist.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Blog Entry Training in eSpeak Hindi
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Aug 28, 2015 — last modified Sep 03, 2015 02:41 PM — filed under: ,
NVDA team conducted a workshop at Jeevan Jyoti School for the Blind, Varanasi from August 26 to 28, 2015. Eighty five students and 13 teachers took part in the training programme.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
India’s missing disabled population
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 10, 2015 — filed under:
The highest rates of disability are amongst those who are vision-impaired, and those who have problems to do with movement.
Located in Accessibility / News & Media
Blog Entry National Resource Kit: The Himachal Chapter (Call for Comments)
by Anandhi Viswanathan — published Apr 30, 2013 — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:15 AM — filed under:
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Celebrating 5 Years of CIS
by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2013 — last modified Feb 25, 2014 09:15 AM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is celebrating 5 years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its activities and accomplishments. The exhibition will be held at its offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, 2013.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Blog Entry National Resource Kit: The Tamil Nadu Chapter (Call for Comments)
by Shruti Ramakrishnan — published Dec 29, 2012 — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:20 AM — filed under:
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
December 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 30, 2012 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 05:15 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
We at the Centre for Internet & Society wish you all a great year ahead. In the December 2012 newsletter, we bring you the draft early chapters of our “National Resource Kit” project for persons with disabilities (covering four southern states); and accessibility-related comments on the Twelfth Five Year Plan; the draft research on pervasive technologies and access to knowledge that we presented at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in Brazil; our comments on the privacy implications of including RFID tags in the proposed Rule 138A of the Motor Vehicle Rules, a report on the open access lectures delivered by Prof. Leslie Chan during his tour of India, reports of Wikipedia-related workshops conducted across three cities, and news and media coverage.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
Blog Entry WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired — Moving from a Treaty on Paper to a Treaty that is Workable on the Ground
by Rahul Cherian — published Sep 28, 2012 — filed under: , ,
After many years of hard lobbying by the World Blind Union, it appears that the WIPO Treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons/persons with print disabilities (TVI) could become a reality next year. However, due to pressure from the European Union and the United States, and their insistence on several untenable provisions, there is a real risk that the TVI could become unworkable on the ground.
Located in Accessibility
Blog Entry User Experiences of Digital Financial Risks and Harms
by Amrita Sengupta, Chiara Furtado, Garima Agrawal, Nishkala Sekhar, Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Yesha Tshering Paul — published Dec 15, 2023 — last modified Dec 22, 2023 04:05 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
The reach and use of digital financial services has risen in recent years without a commensurate increase in digital literacy and access. Through this project, supported by a grant from Google(.)org, we will examine the landscape of potential risks and harms posed by digital financial services, and the disproportionate risk that information asymmetry and barriers to access pose for users, especially certain marginalised communities.
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