DJ’s choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to genderit at apcwomen.org or tweet us your links using #genderit.



The phone app challenging violence against women in Mumbai slum

The Little Sister Project uses the EyeWatch app to record cases of violence. More>



Source: The Guardian, KumKum Dasgupta



Sex workers in Zimbabwe: What drove us to accept mobile payments

Mobile payments in the country gives sex workers a sense of security and safety. More>



Source: The Guardian, David Smith



These women are using industry discrimination to change tech

An independent, creative tech and gaming conference is addressing diversity and gender equality in the industry. More>



Source: ThinkProgress, Lauren C. Williams



#hackgirlsrights WINNER: Não Me Calo (I will not shut up)

The app inviting users to rank places on their level of safety for women was developed by a Brazilian team that won the International girls hackathon. More>



Source: IGNITE, Ana Paula, Adriane, Manoela, Karen



The World White Web Campaign wants to make Google image search results inclusive of all colors

When Google search only yielded white hand images as a search result a student decided to launch a campaign to push for more diversity. More>



Source: Bustle, Suzannah Weiss



This is it from GenderIT.org DJ for this week! Enjoy it, share it, dig into it. Feedback is always welcome. Send us interesting material to genderit at apcwomen.org or tweet us your links using #genderit



GenderIT.org, Women’s Rights Programme, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), June 10th 2015

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