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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 - Decoding the technologies of violence: Women human rights defenders and the continuum of harm in the Global South

2026 Special edition - Decoding the technologies of violence: Women human rights defenders and the continuum of harm in the Global South

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

  • Robin Gross
    United States
    IP Justice
  • Ali Abdulemam
    Bahrain
    Bahrain Centre for Human Right and…
  • Joy Liddicoat
    New Zealand
    Association for Progressive…
  • Javier Pinzón
    Colombia
    Funredes
  • Patience Shawarira
    Zimbabwe
    Independent research consultant
  • Parminder Jeet Singh
    IT for Change
  • Yerry Nikholas
    Indonesia
    n/a
  • Débora Prado
    Brazil
    Lavits/Labjor-Unicamp
  • Murali Shanmugavelan
    United Kingdom
    Panos London
  • Adil Nurmakov
    Kazakhstan
    .
  • Tracey Naughton
    Australia
    Wombat Crossing Consulting
  • Parkpoom Tripatana
    Thailand
    Parkpoom Tripatana
  • Renato Lo Cigno
    Italy
    University of Trento
  • Jeff Deutch
    United States
    Tactical Tech
  • Emilie Jabouin
    cameroon
    PROTEGE QV
  • Charley Lewis
    South Africa
    LINK Centre, University of the…
  • Isabek Asanbaev
    Kyrgyz Republic
    The Kyrgyz Chapter of the Internet…
  • Hamada Tadahisa
    Japan
    Japan Computer Access for Empowerment (…
  • Asad Baig
    Pakistan
    MMfd
  • Zlata Shramko
    Kyrgyzstan
    Civil Initiative on Internet Policy
  • Pablo Accuosto
    Uruguay
    APC
  • Osama Manzar
    India
    Digital Empowerment Foundation
  • Ritu Srivastava
    India
    Digital Empowerment Foundation
  • Alice Wanjira
    Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)

Review

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

"The project is very important because it provides valuable insight in many topics and helps activists and other members of the Internet community see different challenges in various countries. "
- Bojan Perkov, SHARE Foundation, Serbia - 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
"ICT policy issues were not a priority for our organization previously. Due to GISW we got involved in this areas and disseminate these ideas in the Romanian NGO and academic communities."
- Rozalia Klara Bako - StrawberryNet Foundation and Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania - GISWatch author
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