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Gender
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18 Oct 2018
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377 Bites the Dust: Unpacking the long and winding road to the judicial decriminalization of homosexuality in IndiaAn informal case comment tracing the journey and assessing the societal implications the recent 377 (Navtej Johar v Union of India).
16 Oct 2018
News
Indian Feminist Judgment Project WorkshopSwaraj Paul Barooah was a discussant at the Indian Feminist Judgment Project 'righting together' workshop organised in Delhi by Jindal from October 6 - 7, 2018.
2 Oct 2018
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Networked Economies and Gender Action LearningElonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Ambika Tandon participated in a meeting organized by IDRC for grantees under their networked economies programme to discuss gender-based outputs and development outcomes in their work. The event was held in …
22 May 2017
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Preliminary research result on Wikipedia gender gap in IndiaSince June 2016, Ting-Yi Chang from the University of Toronto has worked with the CIS-A2K team to conduct action research on the Wikipedia gender gap in India. The research aims to improve the understanding of the gender gap (imbalance) …
29 Mar 2017
News
Conference on Safety Against Online Child Sexual AbuseJapreet Grewal was a speaker at a conference on safety against online child sexual abuse which was jointly organized by CID, Telangana and the Department for Women Development and Child Welfare, Telangana on March 16 and 17, 2017 in …
27 Mar 2017
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Evaluating Safety Buttons on Mobile Devices: PreviewMuch technological innovation for women is aimed at addressing violence against women. One such ubiquitous intervention is mobile device-based safety applications, also known as emergency applications. Several police departments in India, …
9 Feb 2017
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Only 8.5pc of Wikipedia Editors are Women. How do we fix the Gender Gap on the Internet?Women-related articles are generally shorter, more prone to deletion, and more likely to be peripheral pieces under male-centric articles.
30 Oct 2016
News
Bridging the gap: Tech giants bring the internet to women in rural IndiaThis Diwali is going to be a cracker of a festival for Nisha Chanderwal, a second year BA student.
5 Oct 2016
News
Not Everyone Plays by the Rules in the Digital Playground: Addressing Online Child Sexual ExploitationJapreet Grewal spoke at a panel on 'Prevention through Awareness and Education' at a meeting titled 'Not Everyone Plays by the Rules in the Digital Playground:Addressing Online Child Sexual Exploitation' that was organised by the …
18 Sep 2016
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Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 3.)Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online …
18 Sep 2016
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Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 2)Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online …
18 Sep 2016
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Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 1)Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online …
1 Sep 2016
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Wikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, KarnatakaKarnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College, Mangalore, to …
25 Jul 2016
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The Gay Pride CharadeFor most of the milllenials, news is formed by trends, what goes viral, and often open to speculation, projection, manipulation and deceit.
9 Jul 2016
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Flashpoint #TrollControl: Maneka versus NCWAmidst the debate over controlling online trolls - the proposal by Union Women and Child Development Minister to curb violence against women on the internet has triggered a fight between the minister and the National Commission for Women …
19 May 2016
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Women's Safety? There is an App for That“After locking ourselves in a room for more than 6 days, this is what we came out [sic] with. Join us in helping make WOMEN feel SAFE,” read a gloating press release about a smartphone app for women to notify their near ones that they were …
15 May 2016
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Why The New Government Policy Mandating Panic Buttons On Phones Isn’t Going To Protect WomenRecently, the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted about new rules mandating a panic button in every cell phone sold in the country from January 2017. To keep ladies safe, of course.
19 Feb 2015
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A Selection of Tweets on How to Make Crowdmaps Effectual for Mapping Violence against WomenThis is a collection of tweets by Rohini Lakshane on making crowdmaps more effective for mapping gender violence. The compilation of tweets has been republished by GenderIT.org.
19 Sep 2014
News
Re-Wiring Women's Rights Debates in the Digital AgeIT for Change in partnership with Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan and ANANDI organized this event on September 13 and 14, 2014. Rohini Lakshane participated as a speaker.
20 Mar 2014
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Digital Gender: Theory, Methodology and PracticeDr. Nishant Shah was a panelist at a workshop jointly organized by HUMlab and UCGS (Umeå Centre for Gender Studies) at Umeå University from March 12 to 14, 2014. He blogged about the conference.
29 Apr 2013
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Indian WikiWomen celebrate Women’s History MonthMarch 2013 was a busy month for women Wikimedians in India, as we conducted various events, such as edit-a-thons and workshops to celebrate the presence of women in Wikimedia projects. The women Wikimedians, members of the Wikimedia India …