{"id":14672,"date":"2017-07-17T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/07\/17\/en-srilanka-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T08:00:00","slug":"en-srilanka-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/07\/17\/en-srilanka-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Sri Lanka 2017 (2nd National IGF) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The second IGF Sri Lanka ran 16\u201318 May 2017 at the BMICH in Colombo under the theme "Cybersecurity and Safer Internet", with Telecommunication Minister Harin Fernando as chief guest on the final day.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Its landmark was day one: the world's first Women's IGF, with sessions such as "Is the Internet a feminist issue?" putting gender on the formal agenda of a national IGF for the first time anywhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. With a Youth IGF and a School on Internet Governance alongside, the forum grew from 2016's one-day debut into a three-day event \u2014 a growth model for small-country national IGFs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF Sri Lanka 2017 (2nd National IGF)<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nIGF Sri Lanka 2017 (2nd National IGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n16\u201318 May 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nBMICH (Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall), Colombo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nCybersecurity and Safer Internet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nInternet Society Sri Lanka Chapter (ISOC-LK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Milestone<\/td>\nHosted the world's first Women's IGF on day one (16 May)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. The World's First Women's IGF \u2014 Is Gender an Internet Governance Issue?<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Women's IGF (16 May, day one): "Does Gender Matter?", "Is the internet a feminist issue?" and more<\/p>\n

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    "The Internet enables and enhances women's choices in a local context"
    \n\u2014 Sanchia Brown (Women and Media Collective)<\/strong> [2][5]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n