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The Web Women Want - How does tech fuel the feminist discourse worldwide?

The Web Women Want - How does tech fuel the feminist discourse worldwide?

re:publica 18 - Alle Sessions vor 8 Jahren

Digital technologies have the potential to be a powerful catalyst for the empowerment of women and girls and the promotion of gender equality. The web helps to bring out the voice of women and girls worldwide. The digital revolution offers new channels to

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Dorothy Gordon, Robert Franken, Japleen Pasricha A broad range from
health apps, such as ‘GiftedMom’ from Cameroon and ‘Ask without
shame’ from Uganda, mobile educational solutions such as ‘Eneza’
from Kenya and career platforms such as ‘She leads Africa’ provide
innovative solutions for women’s economic, social and political
empowerment. Others address sexual harassment, such as the
worldwide platform ‘Safecity’ and the SMS based reporting system
‘Harrassmap’. On the other hand, we see a gendered divide in terms
of access to and use of digital technologies worldwide. Once
online, many women suffer from attacks and hate speech and as a
result, many of them shy away from participating in controversial
online discourses. It sometimes seems as though the Internet
reverses the achievements of feminism and female empowerment of the
past decades. We want to hear from feminists from all around the
world how digital tools help them to make their voices heard and to
fight unequal gender relations. What backlashes do they face and
what do they do to create safe spaces online? And how can tech
promote an inclusive feminist dialogue that involves women and men
from different margins of society?