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Chat Garcia Ramilo

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Chat Garcia Ramilo
OccupationAPC Women's Rights Programme
Years active1980s - present
Known forInformation and communications technology pioneer Philippines

Chat Garcia Ramilo (born 1960, Philippines) is a feminist activist. She has over twenty years experience [1] in different activities with Information and communications technology (ICT).[2] Since April 2017, she leads the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). She is the Board Chair of the Center for Migrant Advocacy in the Philippines and a Board Member of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID).

Career

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Garcia Ramilo is the Board Chair of the Center for Migrant Advocacy in the Philippines. She has served as a gender expert for various ICT for development initiatives.[3][4] and institutions such as the World Bank and the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women.[5]

Chat Garcia Ramilo became the executive director of the Association for Progressive Communications [6] after serving as manager of its Communications Women's Rights Programme for seven years. She manages gender evaluation methodologies and she co-authored Gender Evaluation Methodologies for Internet and ICTs (GEM),[7] which has been used by organisations in over 25 countries.

She is a co-founder of the Take Back the Tech! campaign,[8] which addresses digital gender violence through technology.

Publications

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  • Angela Kuga Thas, Chat Garcia Ramilo and Dafne Sabanes Plou, Facilitators Guide for GEM Workshops, Association for Progressive Communications (2010).
  • Chat Ramilo and Cheekay Cinco. Gender and Evaluation Methodology for Internet and ICTs: A learning Tool for Change and Empowerment, APC Women's Networking Support Programme (2005).
  • Chat Ramilo, Nancy Hafkin and Sonia Jorge. Gender equality and empowerment of women through ICT, United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (2005).
  • Chat Ramilo, Sonia Jorge and Wati Hermawati. Engendering Rural Information System in Indonesia, The World Bank, Rural Development and Natural Resources Unit, East Asia and the Pacific Region (2005).

References

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  1. ^ GEM Solutions
  2. ^ Pollitzer, Elizabeth (2017-04-09). "Gender Evaluation Methodology for Internet and ICTs: A Learning Tool for Change and Empowerment". www.genderportal.eu. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. ^ "IGF 2017: Shape Your Digital Future!: GENDER INCLUSION AND THE FUTURE OF THE I..." Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  4. ^ "Mapping Global Media Policy". www.globalmediapolicy.net. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  5. ^ "About us". www.un.org. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  6. ^ "A chat with Chat: "Getting women's content online is a priority" | Association for Progressive Communications". www.apc.org. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  7. ^ "GEM | Gender Evaluation Methodology". www.genderevaluation.net. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  8. ^ "5 claves para evitar el acoso online". Verne (in Mexican Spanish). 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
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