<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/TradeJusticeEd/status/1605190708717051904?s=20&t=mLPsWwmUVqe1SateLbpABA" class=""><b class="">Please retweet here</b></a><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Letter here: <a href="https://itforchange.net/node/2264" class="">https://itforchange.net/node/2264</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This letter was written from an international perspective, but IPEF’s pinkwashing measures to date are also very much pro-offshoring.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">avantika tewari</strong> <span dir="auto" class=""><<a href="mailto:avantika@itforchange.net" class="">avantika@itforchange.net</a>></span><br class="">Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 1:54 AM<br class="">Subject: Over 60 organisations oppose pinkwashing in the IPEF<br class=""><br class=""></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><img alt="Over 60
organisations oppose pinkwashing in the IPEF" data-image-whitelisted="" class="a6T CToWUd" data-bit="iit" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" apple-inline="yes" id="39A9678B-3032-41B5-A7FC-0068CB882924" src="cid:E5B35ACD-92E1-47B4-9DC7-B4B5A4F9582A@hsd1.pa.comcast.net."></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">December 15 was the last day of the first round of negotiations of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in Brisbane, yet another agreement to push the trade interests of the US and its digital corporations in the region. </div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">Over 63 women’s rights organisations, labour unions, and allies -- including <u class="">APWLD, DAWN, Gender, and Trade Coalition, IT for Change, Public Services International (Asia and Pacific), and Third World Network</u> -- issued a statement condemning the IPEF's Upskilling Initiative for Women and Girls that seeks to entrench the status quo on unrestricted cross border data flows that further Big Tech interests in the region, in the guide of digital trade liberalisation for women's empowerment. The statement was also presented before negotiators who were on the ground in Brisbane. </div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">The endorsing organisations called out the use of gender equality and women's empowerment as a trojan horse. </div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">We conveyed our strong opposition to proposed rules that restrict governments from being able to effectively regulate Big Tech and implement rights-enhancing, domestic data policies and inclusive digital infrastructure.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">You can see the detailed statement that was submitted </b><b class=""><a href="https://itforchange.net/node/2264" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://itforchange.net/node/2264&source=gmail&ust=1671627993484000&usg=AOvVaw3CFXHT1e4rKIdSL1DjSOE_" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">here</span></a></b>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">We would like to thank all organisations and individuals who stepped in to shape and support the efforts in drafting and circulating this statement and joining the fight against Big Tech power. </div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><br class="">In solidarity,</div><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">Avantika <br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">-- <br class=""></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 14.300000190734863px;" class=""><font face="Liberation Serif, serif" class=""><font style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">Avantika Tewari </b></font></font><font face="Liberation Serif, serif" class=""><font style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class="">Senior Research Associate<br class=""></font></font><font face="Liberation Serif, serif" class=""><font style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">IT for Change, Bengaluru - 560041</font></font><br class=""><font face="Liberation Serif, serif" class=""><font style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">In special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC</font></font><font face="Liberation
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