Ten quick takeaways from our Digital Debates series – The Digital Gender Gap, written by Clara Gambaro.

05/03/2021

As civil rights groups in Indonesia increasingly come to rely on online tools for discussion and organisation, female activists in the country are struggling against relentless abuse and discrimination. Author: Antonia Timmerman.

29/01/2021

Women across Europe are less likely to have specialist digital skills and work in this field compared to men. According to the Commission’s 2020 Women in Digital (WiD) Scoreboard, only 18% of ICT specialists are women and the gender gap is present in all 12 indicators measured.

09/12/2020

The Feminist Principles of the Internet are a series of statements that offer a gender and sexual rights lens on critical internet-related rights. They were first drafted in April 2014. A revised version was put online on the Feminist Internet website in August 2016. Currently, there are 17 Principles in total, organised in 5 clusters: Access, Movements, Economy, Expression, and Embodiment. Together, they aim to provide a framework for women's movements to articulate and explore issues related to technology.

01/08/2017

That time of the month is a podcast brought to you by Julia Kloiber and Geraldine de Bastion (and with the support and love of Hammam Radio and Abir Ghattas). Julia and Geraldine work at the intersection of digital rights and innovation.

02/02/2021

The published pieces attempt to reflect the many tongues and modes of communication women resort to while performing their skilled labour in creating, sustaining and building community networks.

12/11/2019

There is no such thing as neutral technology. Technology is inherently biased, its creators reflected in the final product. With a tech sector dominated by men and motivated by profit, the result is gender-biased tech products and online spaces rife with abuse. From social networking spaces where girls and women can’t speak out for fear of harassment and abuse, through sexist voice assistants, to credit rating algorithms that discriminate against women - examples of discriminating tech abound.

23/04/2020

The internet has long been celebrated as a force for greater equality — breaking down barriers for those previously held back by their geography, wealth, race, class and gender. However, longstanding inequalities in access to, and use of, the internet holds back its egalitarian promise. This report provides a global snapshot of the state of digital gender inequality and finds that even where women are closing the gap on basic internet access, they face a multitude of additional barriers to using the internet and fully participating online.

12/10/2020

The Digital Agenda for Europe was established with a view to stimulating economic growth while at the same time addressing social challenges through information and communications technology. In both cases, gender has particular relevance.

01/02/2021

This paper seeks to highlight the experiences and aspirations of young women and feminist activists in the MENA region around digital spaces, safety and rights. It explores individual women’s experiences engaging with the digital world, the opportunities and challenges that women’s rights and feminist organisations find in these platforms, and the digital world as a space of resistance, despite restrictions on civic space. Drawing on interviews with feminist activists from the region, the paper sheds light on women’s online experiences and related offline risks, illustrates patterns and behaviours that prevailed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

25/11/2020

The debate is available to watch on YouTube.

19/03/2021