Agenda – Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2021
| Virtual Open Day | Date | Time |
Paradigm Initiative & Partners DRIF Opening Ceremony & Launch Session (Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report/Ayeta/DRIMF/DRILL) |
12 April 2021 | 9am -10.30pm GMT+2/CAT |
Inclusive Tech Group Innovations in Assistive Technologies: Advancing Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities |
12 April 2021 | 11am – 12.30pm GMT+2/CAT |
Global Network Initiative (GNI) DRIF21 Understanding the Social Impacts of Network Disruptions. |
12 April 2021 | 12.45pm-2. 15pm GMT+2/CAT |
Media Defence Under Surveillance: How strategic litigation can be used to promote free expression |
12 April 2021 | 2.30pm – 4.00pm GMT+2/CAT |
Rising Voices Exploring the intersection of African Languages and digital rights. |
12 April 2021 | 4.15pm -5.15pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Digital Grassroots
LGBT rights in the digital space |
12 April 2021 | 5.30pm -7.00pm GMT+2/CAT |
| In-Person Session Title | Host Country | Date and Time |
Digital Shelter Building Digitally Inclusive Society |
Somalia | 13 April 2021 9:00am -1pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Consortium of Ethiopian Human Rights Organisations
Capacity Building for Online Content Producers. |
Ethiopia | 14 April 2021 9:00am -1pm GMT+2/CAT |
Digital Human Rights Lab Strengthening Human Rights in a Digital Age |
Uganda | 14 April 2021
1pm-2pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Koneta Initiative
How Can We Improve Technology Education for Women in South Sudan? |
South Sudan | 15 April 20219:00am -2pm GMT+2/CAT |
Zaina Foundation Promoting Digital Rights in Challenging Environments: Cases from Tanzania |
Tanzania | 19 April 2021
9:00am – 5pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Internet Society Chad Chapter
Forum National sur le Droit Numérique |
Chad | 20 April 2021
10:00am – 11am GMT+2/CAT |
| Conseil des Panafricanistes du
des droits et de l’inclusion numérique au Tchad. |
Chad | 20 April 2021
11:00am – 1pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Paradigm Initiative
Putting Gender and Human Rights First in a Digital Age. |
Abuja, Nigeria | 21 April 2021
10:00am – 11:30am GMT+2/CAT |
| TechHerNigeria
Access to Technology for Children in Vulnerable Groups |
Abuja, Nigeria | 21 April 2021
12pm – 1pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism
New threats to Press Freedom |
Abuja, Nigeria | 21 April 2021
1pm – 2:30pm GMT+2/CAT |
| A&E Law Partnershipe
Consumer Rights Protection in Nigeria |
Abuja, Nigeria | 21 April 2021
3:30pm – 4:15pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Paradigm Initiative
Digital Identity and Data Protection in Nigeria |
Abuja, Nigeria | 22 April 2021
11am – 12:30pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Edunovative Concept and Consultancy
Digital Safety Education: A Prerequisite for implementing 21st Century Curriculum. |
Abuja, Nigeria | 22 April 2021
12:45pm – 1:45pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Paradigm Initiative
Launch of Ripoti |
Abuja, Nigeria | 22 April 2021
3:00pm – 4:30pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Namibia Digital Foundation
Unpacking Internet Access in Namibia |
Namibia | 22 April 2021
2pm – 5pm GMT+2/CAT |
| Paradigm Initiative Droits numériques et libertés d’internet en période de crise: le cas du Cameroun |
Cameroon | 23 April 2021
11am GMT+2/CAT |
“Paradigm Initiative Challenges and Opportunities: Advancing Digital Rights Advocacy during COVID-19 Period. |
Zambia | 26 April 2021
10:00am GMT+2/CAT |
| Paradigm Initiative
Digital Rights vis-a-vis Chaotic Elections in Eastern Africa: Experiences from the Past, Lessons for the Future |
Kenya | 27 April 2021 9am GMT+2/CAT |
“Internet pour tous en Centrafrique/SPJ Labs Gbadatere |
Central African Republic | 27 April 2021
11:00am GMT+2/CAT |
| Virtual Closing Sessions | Date | Time |
Paradigm Initiative Live Media Briefings |
28 April 2021 | 12pm -1.30pm GMT+2/CAT |
Paradigm Initiative & Partners #DRIF21 Ask Me Anything (AMA) Session and Mock African Digital Rights Awards |
29 April 2021 | 10am -5pm GMT+2/CAT |
Digital Age Conversations Digital Health: The case of the African Child. |
30 April 2021 | 9am -10.30pm GMT+2/CAT |
Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (Nigeria) DNS 101 for Non Profit Organisations |
30 April 2021 | 11am- 12.30pm GMT+2/CAT |
CIPESA Africa Digital Rights Fund (ADRF) – Building Networks and Communities of Practice in Digital Rights Work |
30 April 2021 | 12.45pm -2.15pm GMT+2/CAT |
AIRA Interview – Simplified Jargon – digital IDs and digital rights explained. |
30 April 2021 | 2.30pm – 4.00pm GMT+2/CAT |
Molly Land, University of Connecticut Human Rights Institute Virtual Roundtable on Digital Authoritarianism |
30 April 2021 | 4.15pm- 5.45pm GMT+2/CAT |
Paradigm Initiative & Partners Virtual Coffee Closing Session |
30 April 2021 | 6pm – 7pm GMT+2/CAT |
