Rohini Lakshané
Rohini Lakshané is a long-time Wikimedian with an abiding interest in issues of access to knowledge. She served as the chairperson of the Gender Gap Special Interest Group at Wikimedia Chapter (India) in 2013-14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rohini/Wiki_things Views expressed here are her own.
Rohini es una wikimedista con un interés permanente en cuestiones de acceso al conocimiento. Se desempeñó como presidenta del Grupo de Interés Especial sobre la Brecha de Género en el Capítulo de Wikimedia (India) entre 2013 y 2014.
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Lack Of A Data Protection Law Puts Indian Abortion Seekers At Risk
India recently withdrew its data protection bill, putting the data of over a billion people at risk. The already vulnerable individuals became more susceptible to data misuse, especially those already under threat of being targeted for personal choices or identities. This article explores how lack of data protection puts abortion seekers at risk in a society that rejects abortions.
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El conocimiento es poder: consejos para una editatona exitosa
Nos entusiasma organizar editatonas porque Wikipedia es, sin dudas, un punto de referencia del conocimiento. Es fundamental que al organizarlas se tengan en cuenta pautas con el fin de cerrar brechas en la producción de información y de conocimientos y también resguardar la seguridad digital de los/las participantes.
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Five tips for a successful edit-a-thon on gender
Do you want to organise an edit-a-thon around gender, women in STEM, movements and feminist histories of organising or anything else? Here are a list of (5 and more) things to watch out for - including the safety of your participants and how to navigate the tricky but sometimes essential rules of editing content on Wikipedia.
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Women's safety? There is an app for that
There are myriad mobile phone apps meant to be deployed for personal safety, but technical wizardry perhaps makes it easy to lose sight of the fact that technology is not a saviour but a tool or an enabler. Technology alone cannot be the panacea of a problem that is deeply complex and, in reality, rooted in society and governance.
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A selection of tweets on how to make crowdmaps effectual for mapping violence against women
Check out this amazing selection of tweets by Rohini Lakshané on crowsourced mapping of violence against women and how to make them more effectual.
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Imagining a digitally secure, feminist internet
This is the second in a series of posts reporting on the Global Meeting on Gender, Sexuality and the Internet held in Port Dickson, Malaysia from April 13 to 17, 2014, to envision a feminist internet and to evolve a framework for it. Around 50 activists working on gender rights, sexual rights and Internet rights in different parts of the world had come together for the meeting.
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Imagining a misogyny-free internet
This is the first in a series of posts reporting on the Global Meeting on Gender, Sexuality and the Internet held in Port Dickson, Malaysia from April 13 to 17, 2014, to envision a feminist internet and to evolve a framework for it. Around 50 activists working on gender rights, sexual rights and internet rights in different parts of the world had come together for the meeting.
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Sex, lies and the perils of Facebook dating
They met on Facebook. She was a married homemaker in her forties, who lied to him that she was 21 and single. He was all of 22. She was probably looking for the diversion and excitement of being with a younger man, he for a partner his age. When he discovered the truth after meeting her in person last week, three years into the relationship, he shot her and himself to death. A typical story that...
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Peeping Tom Porn and Privacy
A couple makes out inside a cyber cafe cubicle in a city crunched for space and privacy. A woman bathes and changes clothes inside her hotel room. A honeymooning couple films its first time together, possibly to preserve the memories for a lifetime. All of them are oblivious to either being captured by hidden cameras or the possibility of their footage being leaked online. Voyeuristic websites...
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Hooked on: Sex work and mobile phones
Street-based sex workers manage all business over the phone. Clients arrange their visits after confirming the sex workers’ availability via mobile phones. Sex workers communicate easily with outstation clients and their maalaks (literally meaning “masters”, often regular customers who have graduated into lovers), without the fear of prying eyes. Being constantly connected also helps build client...
