Coming to Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) 2025, my mission was to make the experience the best it could be for participants. Being a youth leader meant I was there to make the experience meaningful for every single participant. For the participants, this meant having someone they could rely on to guide them through […]
Tag: Youth Program
NetMission Academy 2026: Applications Now Open
1st Deadline: 19 October 2025 (23:59 UTC)2nd Deadline: 2 November 2025 (23:59 UTC) The NetMission Academy is a series of online sessions designed to equip youth with the knowledge and discussion skills to participate in Internet policymaking. The program includes 10 sessions and a closing ceremony. These 1.5-hour workshops will be interactive discussion sessions, with […]
NetMission Youth Leaders Call for Youth-Inclusive Action at WSIS+20 Informal Consultation
On July 29, 2025, three representatives from NetMission.Asia team –Jenna Fung (Program Director), Bea Guevarra (Head of Program Development), and Socheata Sokhachan (Head of Community Engagement) – intervened as speakers at the WSIS+20 Informal Stakeholder Consultation Session to make sure young people were present, heard, and counted. Co-facilitated by H.E. Ms. Suela Janina (Permanent Representative […]
Connecting the Unconnected: Bridging the Digital Divide through Grassroot Initiatives in Sri Lanka and Women’s Empowerment in Nepal
The Digital Divide in Asia-Pacific: A Persistent Challenge The Asia-Pacific digital landscape features metropolises like Tokyo and Singapore with world-leading connectivity alongside vast unconnected rural territories, affecting half of the region’s 4.3 billion people. This disparity represents the greatest obstacle to inclusive development across APAC. Sri Lanka exemplifies the rural-urban divide with 80.6% rural population […]
Charting the Future of the Digital World – Aviral Kaintura
It’s been a little over two years since I first encountered the term “Internet Governance.” As an undergraduate student of computer science and cybersecurity, I’ve always been a technology-first person, passionate about researching advancements in emerging technologies. However, my perspective transformed dramatically after attending India School on Internet Governance (inSIG) as a fellow in 2022. […]