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Who Builds, Who Bears: Gender, Design, and the Architecture of Technology-Facilitated Violence

The relationship between technology and society has never been one of passive adoption. Every technological object carries assumptions about...

Embracing the Principles for Digital Development: Leveraging Big Data Sources for Policy Evaluation in Crisis Settings

“Leveraging Big Data Sources for Policy Evaluation and Analysis in Crisis Settings”, is a web platform for policymakers to draw insights to assist with crisis responses (including COVID-19).

The Women Leading the Fight Against Land Expropriation in Latin America

An exploration of how Indigenous women are leading efforts to curtail land expropriation in Latin America. An exploration of how Indigenous women are leading efforts to curtail land expropriation in Latin America, including how Earth Observation technology can aid these efforts.

The High Cost of “Free” Data: Zero-Rating and its Impacts on Disinformation in Brazil

This discussion piece explores the ways in which “zero-rating” programs facilitate the spread of misinformation and also help to maintain unequal power dynamics between the Global South and the Global North.

Digital Transformation in the Global South: Enhancing Citizens’ Trust

If governments in the Global South integrate digital transformation into their public services’ agenda, will they be able to enhance citizens’ trust?

LWL #33 Agriculture and AI: From the Root of Civilization to its Promising Future

We now find ourselves on the verge of the next “agricultural revolution”, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and agriculture coming together. In this edition of Links We Like, we explore the effects that this linkage will create.

The Gender Data 201 Course: Paving the Way for Gender Data Literacy

Gender Data 201 is a free online course we developed with support from Facebook and TechChange (the hosting platform.) The objective of the course is to develop a hands-on online learning experience to equip participants with the basic data skills needed to lead gender-responsive advocacy work, decision-making processes, and/or policy design and implementation.