Writers

Florencia Goldsman

Licenciada en comunicación de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, e integrante del grupo de investigación en Ciberculturas y Géneros Gig@ de la Universidad Federal de Bahía (Brasil). Periodista, bailarina amateur y ciclista por opción.

Rebecca Ryakitimbo

Rebecca Ryakitimbo is a feminist technologist, researcher, and community leader working at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), language data, gender justice, and digital equity. With over a decade of experience spanning… Read more…

Hija Kamran

Hija Kamran (she/her) is the Advocacy Strategist within APC's Women's Rights Programme, and the Lead Editor of GenderIT. She is a digital rights advocate, and brings over a decade-long experience of working on key policy and human… Read more…

Salwa Rana

Salwa Rana is a development professional and a lawyer by training based in Pakistan. She takes a special interest in writing about the socio-legal challenges with regards to gender and tech in the country.

Soha Naveed

Soha Naveed is a PhD student studying social justice education, and a pop culture obsessive who never turns off the intersectional lens.

Smita

Smita is a queer feminist based in Bombay, India. They hold a Master's degree in Media and Cultural Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Their areas of interest include gender, queer studies, internet, technology,… Read more…

Karla Prudencio

Karla Prudencio (she/her) is a Mexican lawyer based in London. She leads Privacy International’s Protecting People’s Dignity strategic area. She works on the intersection of digital technologies, human rights, and social justice. She… Read more…

Débora Prado

Débora Prado is a feminist, activist, journalist and researcher from Brazil. She has a background in media and communications as she have been working with civil society organizations, focused on women’s rights and freedom of expression… Read more…

Oiwan Lam

Regional Editor for Northeast Asia at Global Voices. A media activist, researcher and educator currently based in Hong Kong. My Twitter account is @oiwan and personal views are published on: patreon.com/oiwan.

Rezwan

Rezwan is from Dhaka, Bangladesh and has been blogging at The 3rd world view since 2003. He has been bridge-blogging the Bangladeshi and South Asian blogosphere in Global Voices since 2005. As the translator coordinator for the Global… Read more…

Mariana Tamari

Mariana Tamari is a journalist and researcher working at the intersection of politics, feminisms, technology and socio-environmental justice. A founding partner of Agência Mira, a strategic political communications consultancy, she… Read more…

Daria Dergacheva

Daria Dergacheva is a researcher in media and communication, her focus is platform and AI governance, digital authoritarianism and propaganda/disinformation studies.  She has a background in journalism, and is currently an editor for… Read more…

Kira Xonorika

Kira Xonorika is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and writer. Their work focuses on the complexities of trauma and colonial power, pathologisation, trans and queer temporalities, the production of knowledge from the Global South… Read more…

Anmol Irfan

Anmol is a Muslim-Pakistani journalist and the Founder of Perspective Magazine. Her work focuses mainly on global gender justice, media representation and climate. She aims to amplify marginalised narratives across the globe… Read more…

Mardiya Siba Yahaya

Mardiya Siba Yahaya is a feminist digital sociologist, researcher and community movement builder whose work extensively investigates the implications of technology surveillance and datafied societies on minoritised genders and communities… Read more…

Melissa Maldonado-Salcedo

Melissa Maldonado-Salcedo is an artist, anthropologist, and writer. She has taught at the Tandon School of Engineering at NYU since 2013, focusing on the intersections of culture, STEM, and identity. She lives in Brooklyn, New York,… Read more…

Pamilerin Samuel

Pamilerin Samuel is a writer whose work focuses on culture, media, and social issues. Their writing examines how power, identity, and everyday life intersect, with an emphasis on underreported stories and careful, human centered… Read more…

Jacqueline Valledor Lucero

Jacqueline Valledor Lucero is a Climate Reality Leader under the mentorship of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. She is passionate about culture, storytelling, and social justice, exploring how climate disasters intersect with gender… Read more…