Youth IGF Nepal is a national initiative of young people in Nepal that aims to promote awareness and understanding of Internet governance issues among young people. The initiative is part of the larger Youth Internet Governance Forum (Youth IGF) movement, which aims to provide a platform for young people to engage in discussions and decision-making…
Youth IGF Nepal invites proposals for its annual flagship event, “Youth IGF Nepal 2023,” taking place on May 29th. The overarching theme for this year’s event is “Empowering Youths for an Open, Inclusive, and Secure Internet.” All stakeholders are welcome to submit session proposals based on the overarching theme and the following themes: Session Proposal:…
Youth IGF Nepal is a national initiative of young people in Nepal that aims to promote awareness and understanding of Internet governance issues among young people. The initiative is part of the larger Youth Internet Governance Forum (Youth IGF) movement and has been recognized by UN IGF Secretariat as National youth Initiative. We aim to…
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…
Fellowship Opportunity It was my very first time attending a regional IGF in person and I was very thrilled to have been selected as one of the 28 fellows from 19 different countries through the APrIGF-APSIG Joint Fellowship program. This year it was more exciting because Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF), Asia Pacific…
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…
yIGF Nepal 2022 is a youth Initiative being organized to encourage and involve the young people in the substantive discussion on the Issues of Internet Governance. Given the fact that more than 40% of the current population of Nepal is represented by the youth. Youth IGF Nepal is an open forum that provides a platform for…
As covid 19 was one of the most painful pandemics this generation has seen ever. In the case of domain names, there was a huge increase in registrations of corona related domain names. Along with genuine causes, a lot of domains also entertained malicious, phishing, and spam content. This panel was moderated by Vice President…