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Global Information Society Watch

Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) is a collaborative community committed to building an open, inclusive and sustainable information society.

Reports

2026
2026 Special edition - Free/libre and open source software: Visions of openness from the Global South

2026 Special edition - Free/libre and open source software: Visions of openness from the Global South

All reports
2024
2024 special edition - WSIS+20: Reimagining horizons of dignity, equity and justice for our digital future
2022
2021-2022 - Digital futures for a post-pandemic world
2020
2020 - Technology, the environment and a sustainable world: Responses from the global South
2019
2019 - Artificial intelligence: Human rights, social justice and development
2018
2018 - Community Networks
year
Action Steps: A decade of civil society advocacy in the information society
2017
2017 - National and Regional Internet Governance Forum Initiatives (NRIs)
year
2017 Special Issue: Unshackling expression - A study on laws criminalising expression online in Asia
year
2017 Special Issue - Internet governance from the edges: National and regional IGFs in their own words
2016
2016 - Economic, Social and Cultural rights (ESCRs) and the internet
2015
2015 - Sexual rights and the internet
2014
2014 - Communications surveillance in the digital age
year
Internet rights that went wrong in Turkey
2013
2013 - Women's rights, gender and ICTs
year
Communication rights ten years after the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): Civil society perceptions
2012
2012 - The internet and corruption
2011
2011 - Internet rights and democratisation
year
2011 - Update I: Internet rights and democratisation
year
2011 - Update II: Internet rights and democratisation
2010
2010 - ICTs and Environmental Sustainability
2009
2009 - Access to Online Information and Knowledge
2008
2008 - Access to Infrastructure
2007
2007 - Participation

Blog

  • A video on GISWatch and ESCRs
    September 2017
  • Global Information Society Watch 2016 on economic, social and cultural rights and the internet to be launched in Mexico
    November 2016
  • Watching the watchers: A global monitor of the information society since 2007
    May 2015
  • GISWatch 2014: Communications surveillance in the digital age
    September 2014
  • Launch of GISWATCH 2014 on Communications Surveillance
    August 2014
  • GISWatch print editions now available on-demand
    April 2013
  • New: Update on freedom of expression progress for 10 countries
    February 2013
  • The internet and corruption: Inhibitor or enabler to a fair society?
    February 2013

Where are we watching?

  • Alice W. Munyua
    Kenya
    Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
  • Juan Fernando Bossio
    Peru
    Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
  • Paz Peña
    Chile
    Consultant
  • Mariano Mendez
    Mexico
    Ik 'ta K'op Collective
  • David Souter
    ICT Development Associates ltd
  • Robin Gross
    United States
    IP Justice
  • Noha Fathy
    Egypt
    independent
  • Anat Ben-David
    Israel/Palestine
    University of Amsterdam
  • Chat Garcia Ramilo
    Philippines
    Association for Progressive…
  • Javed Hussain
    Pakistan
    Sindh Community Foundation
  • Daniel Mwesigwa
    Uganda
    CIPESA
  • Valida Hromadzic
    Bosnia Herzegovina
    One World Platform
  • Paula Martins
    Brazil
    APC
  • Malavika Prasad
    India
    N/A
  • Jacobo Nájera
    Mexico
    The Tor Project
  • Olinca Marino
    Mexico
    LaNeta
  • Jorge Bossio
    Peru
    Universidad Peruana de Ciencias…
  • Min Kyung Jeong
    Republic of Korea
    Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet
  • Miguel Saravia
    Peru
    CONDESAN
  • Rozi Bakó
    Romania
    StrawberryNet / Sapientia Hungarian…
  • Fathimath Afiya
    Maldives
    Maldives Talent
  • Salanieta Wele…
    Fiji
    Development Alternatives with Women for…
  • Walid Al-Saqaf
    Yemen
    Individual
  • Sol Trumbo Vila
    Netherlands
    Enviu

Review

2026 Special edition - Free/libre and open source software: Visions of openness from the Global South

"After reading through the 53 national reports, the truth seems unassailable. In report after report, electronic waste rises to the top of the list."
- Anthony Louis D'Agostino
"The project is a great source of knowledge on different country perspectives on similar themes. I rely on GISWatch for research that I do on gender issues as it provides research on topical issues.The report development process provides a structure that authors can follow but still allows them to be flexible in their write up."
- Chenai Chair, Research ICT Africa, South Africa - GISWatch author
"I think the project is amazing.
For me it was important because it's a great opportunity to share information about a grassroot project globally. International character of reports make GISWatch unique: I don't know if there are any other opportunities to gather diverse experiences and specialists from different spheres."
- Daria Manshina, SYSMU, Russia- GISWatch author
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