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Our routes: women's node - an illustrated journey of women in community networks
By Bruna Zanolli
In this beautifully etched illustration we follow the stories of various women who are working in community networks and their journeys with technology, autonomy and self-realisation.
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Why Haben is a must read/listen
By Srinidhi Raghavan
Technology when used well can change lives, especially those of people with disabilities. In this review of the remarkable book by Haben, titled "Haben: the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard law", the question raised is whether feminists working with technology are doing enough about accessibility.
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We are Sisters in Islam
By Serene Lim
In 2019 the High Court of Malaya (Malaysia) upheld a fatwa ruling that bans the organisation Sisters in Islam for going against Islamic teachings. In particular, this ruling limits their use of social media. Read more to hear about the complexities of activism and speech in Malaysia for feminist groups and individuals.
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Participatory Design of Smart Home Technology: self-reflections of my work as a black African migrant HCI researcher.
By Nana Kesewaa Dankwa
What are the complications that identity can produce in research? And when can it be fruitful - can we design solutions and technology keeping in mind the diversity of people, and seeking particularly to include those voices often less heard in technology design.
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Sorry, we need to see a letter from an institution: Struggling as an independent researcher
By Shreya Ila Anasuya
The hallowed halls of academia, meaningless standards of rigour determine who can be a researcher. Would it be possible to truly undertake independent research outside of the aegis and agendas of institutions.
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Digging up Trauma, Survivor Porn and other Ethical Concerns about Research
By Neema Iyer
Research is often meant for lofty objectives of ensuring policy change, and at at the very least, it should do no harm. But what if your research is about violence - and what risks do we run when asking participants to revisit their trauma and hurt that they experienced because of online violence.
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Letter to my younger self – a budding feminist researcher.
By Chenai Chair
What is the difference between doing research that takes into consideration gender as a factor and being a feminist researcher. In this touching and funny letter, a researcher speaks to her younger self about naivete, idealism and ofcourse, funding.
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Kondoa Community Network: Breaking gender Digital divides
By Rebecca Ryakitimbo
Community networks provide alternatives to infrastructure to access internet that is controlled by either companies or the state. In the remote area where Kondoa Community Network works, even patchy services have been helpful to ensure access to better education and medical services.
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A response to ‘The age of the feminist influencer’
By Sheena Magenya
How we organise around shared causes and beliefs has changed with the internet. This piece looks at how the internet allows leadership to be decentralised, and a response to the idea that the age of influencers is necessarily a bad thing.
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Advocating for better ICT laws at the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Forum
By Divya Srinivasan
The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Forum just completed in July 2019 and it took place in Russia. There were very few sessions that dealt with either gender or human rights and none that addressed sexuality. At one session there were discussions on the ICT related-laws and particularly on the broad and unclear provisions that deal with online censorship.
