Dixie Hawtin

Dixie Hawtin is Project Manager for Freedom of Expression and Digital Communications work at Global Partners & Associates. Her expertise lies in policy research, advocacy work and capacity building aimed at fostering a global digital communications environment that is open, empowering and that supports human rights. Current activities include: a major international study on the impact of the internet and mobile phones on the media and human rights sectors; a civil society capacity building project in South Asia; and a project mapping global issues and regulatory responses to protecting privacy on the internet. Dixie is also co-chair of the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles, an international multi-stakeholder network of individuals and organisations working to uphold human rights in and through internet governance.