The Youth Internet Governance Forum (Youth IGF) Nepal 2024 concluded with resounding success, bringing together over 125 passionate participants from diverse sectors to shape the future of internet governance. Held at Hotel Himalaya, the one-day event was a vibrant convergence of ideas, innovation, and youth leadership. Youth IGF Nepal, an official national Initiative Recognized by the…
About Youth IGF Nepal Youth Internet Governance Forum (yIGF) Nepal is a youth initiative that was formally recognized by the UN IGF Secretariat in December 2021. Since its inception, youth IGF Nepal has been actively engaging young people in substantive discussions on internet governance issues. Within a couple of years, youth IGF Nepal successfully organized…
Safer Internet Day has been celebrated in around 180 countries and territories worldwide on 7th February since 2005. This year youth IGF Nepal along with the coalition members of Digital Freedom Coalition organized a High-level Panel on Internet Regulation in Nepal on the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2023 on 7th February 2023. Program Outline: …
Universal Acceptance (UA) is a crucial issue that has been promoted by the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) since 2015. The primary aim is to make the internet ecosystem inclusive, particularly in terms of domain names, email addresses, and all internet-enabled applications, regardless of the language script. To raise awareness about this issue, 28th March…
The Digital Freedom Coalition held its first summit on December 9th, 2022, on the eve of World Human Rights Day, to promote the issues of democracy in the digital age. The summit was divided into four panel discussions, including “Democracy in the Digital Age: Political Perspective” , “Freedom to Connect: Infrastructure & Content” , “Digital…
Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is a regional Internet Governance Forum recognized by UN IGF Secretariat with no such parallel forum within the Asia Pacific region. APrIGF serves as a platform for discussion, exchange, and collaboration on Internet Governance Issues at a regional level. In a broader sense, APrIGF intends to raise awareness…
This year youth IGF Nepal Along with other over 10 Youth National and Regional Initiatives (NRIs) and youth leaders from Asia Pacific are co-organizing Asia Pacific Youth IGF 2022 which is happening in Singapore co-located with Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) and Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance. The theme for this year…
Youth IGF Nepal along with Forum for Digital Equality and Internet Governance Institute hosted a one day Workshop on “Online Child Safety For School Teachers and Parents” on November 18, 2021, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The purpose of this workshop was to hold an interactive Discussion where school teachers, parents, law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders…