Seeding change: A feminist action research project addressing wage disparities and platform power in India
Led by the Internet Research Lab, India, “GigSaathi: A feminist action research project to address wage disparities and platform power”, aims at addressing a key power dynamic between digital…
Community networks newsletter: Capacity building at the core of community-centred connectivity
Where are we now? What have we learned? Reflecting on 20 years of research and action against technology-facilitated gender-based violence
Launched in 2006, the award-winning Take Back the Tech! (TBTT!) campaign is turning 20 years old at a time when ideas, movements and disruptions around pervasive TFGBV remain necessary and in some…
Blended Training: Building sustainable networks through shared learning in Africa
Weaving meaningful connectivity across Indonesia
In the highlands of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar/Gelaralam, since 2016, over 700 access points have sprung up, built and maintained by local technicians, many of them Indigenous youth. The subscription fee?…
FediMod FIRES on building better and decentralised social media applications
Continuing our monthly interview series "Building a Free Internet of the Future", we talked to Emelia Smith, who is a software engineer. She explains more about her work, shares what she…
Queer resistance: Online gender-based violence against LGBTQIA+ Ethiopians
This research weaves together the experience of LGBTQIA+ communities in Ethiopia – how they are impacted by online gender-based violence, yet continue to exist and build community with creativity,…
The TransNET project: The role of intersectionality in shaping experiences of technology-facilitated gender-based violence among transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse persons in India
Adopting an intersectional and participatory approach, this research shows the stories of how transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse people experience TFGBV, what strategies they employ to resist…
We are the interruption: Technology, militancy and endless genocide
In the era of AI-automated annihilation, the authors bring us through the many questions on what and how a truly decolonial act looks like – what sabotaging the tools of colonial genocide and…
“I am drowning under the weight of hatred”: The scope and nature of technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Tajikistan
Set against Tajikistan’s political and social structure, this research deep dive into TFGBV as a continuum with offline violence, reinforcing patriarchal values and established gender norms that have…
Black women and gender non-conforming persons and technology-facilitated gender-based violence: A decolonial feminist exploration
This research examines how black women and gender non-conforming persons experience TFGBV differently due to historical and geopolitical factors, and how TFGBV is used to silence bloggers and…
Experiences of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) on online dating apps and social media platforms among university students in South Africa
This research investigated university students’ understanding and experiences regarding TFGBV on social media and online dating platforms in South Africa.
Propaganda, hostility and resistance: Realities of technology-facilitated violence in Egypt
This research provides an intersectional examination of the complex array of political, economic and social structures that contribute to shaping the realities of TFGBV in Egypt.
Digital rights of Uruguayan sex workers
This research, led by sex workers in collaboration with feminist academics, identified the challenges and opportunities they face online, as well as the safety and self-care strategies they develop…
Feminist digital forensics: A study and a proposal for development
This research questions how digital forensics can be used to address TFGBV cases, with the aim of developing feminist helplines through the systematization and improvement of consensual digital…
Carving out our spaces: Experiences of Black Brazilian women resisting technology-facilitated gender-based violence
This research explores the impacts of TFGBV on the experiences of Black Brazilian women, as well as documenting how we/they have been resisting, creating connections with each other and finding joy…
New GenderIT.org edition features feminist technology movements organising for and responding to emerging realities
Around the world, communities are pushing back against a model of technological expansion driven by extraction, profit and control, like mining that is costing lives of thousands of people in places…
Support on-the-ground relief efforts and local organisations in Southwest Asia and North Africa
Digital rights amid a regional war: Threats and responses
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