gender and icts: increasing inequalities and the dark side · • the global internet user gender...
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GenderandICTs:increasinginequalitiesandthedarksideApersonaljourney...
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Therearesomanygenderdigitalinitiatives...Butmosthavelargelyfailed
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“DiggingintoDataontheGenderDigitalDivide”• TheglobalInternetusergendergapgrewfrom11%in2013to12%
in2016– Thegapremainslargeintheworld’sLeastDevelopedCountries(LDCs)
— at31%.– theregionalgendergapislargestinAfrica(23%)andsmallestinthe
Americas(2%).• Influenceofage
– Thedigitalgendergapincreasesasageincreases,andismoresignificantinlow- andmiddle-incomecountries.
• Urban-ruralinfluences– Inruralareas,thegendergapishigherinhigh-incomecountries(9.4%,
comparedto7.5%inlow- andmiddle-incomecountries).– Thistrendissomewhatreversedinurbanareas,wherethegapis
slightlyhigher(at6.6%)inlow- andmiddle-incomecountries,than inhigh-incomecountries(6.3%).
https://webfoundation.org/2016/10/digging-into-data-on-the-gender-digital-divide/
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WorkwithwomenandgirlsinEthiopia>15yearsago
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Ethiopia2002
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Thiscouldbeyourmother
Thiscouldbeyourwife
Thiscouldbeyourdaughter
PlannedTVcampaign
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ButtherearesomanyinitiativesusingICTstoempowerwomen...SoIfocusedmyworkontheevenmoremarginalised...
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Fourthingsthatchangedmymind...• Differencebetween“gender”and“women”– Ifwerefertogender,weneedtodiscussthefullLGBTIQagenda
– ButtheinterfacebetweenICTsandwomenisitselfofcriticalconcern
• HarassmentofwomenatinternationalICTevents• ThinkingbacktoEthiopia:wehavetochangemen’sattitudes,andsomenmustbeinvolved
• DiscussionswithyoungwomeninPakistanabouttheiruseofmobiles
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Wah,2016
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EQUALShttp://equals.org
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Craftingapartnershiptomakeadifference
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Mobilephoneuse:81%male;64%women(ITU)
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1239596/pakistan-worlds-highest-gender-gap-mobile-phone-usage/
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Genderandmobiles...
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DigitalRightsFoundation
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https://www.phoneworld.com.pk/how-to-register-complaint-on-cyber-harassment-helpline/
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Onlythetipofaniceberg...
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UseofmobilesforsexualharassmentinPakistan• Substantialuseforsexualharassment– Bothtraditionalusesofmobiles(calls,texts)
– Andalsoonline• Mainlyaffectswomen– Butalsomen
• Attribution– 54%ofpeoplethinkitisawoman’sfault
– Comparedwitheonly38%ofmen• Highlevelsofsuicideandhonourkilling
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PositiveexamplesfromPakistanInnovativeprogressisunderway
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Pakistangovernmentcommitmenttoempoweringwomenandgirls
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TheexampleofdoctHERS
Potentialforextensionthroughmobiles
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ASK(Access,Service,Knowledge)onsexualhealth
http://w
ww.you
ask.pk/
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Whyisitapressingconcern?• Ihopetheabovehasillustratedsomeofthereasons
• Womenandgirlsarebecomingmoremarginalised throughICTs– Despitealloftheexistingglobal”action”
• Themoralcase:– Thescaleofabuseofwomenissurelyunacceptable
• Theeconomiccase– Needtoempowerwomeneconomically
• SomeoftheEqualsactivities
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Paneldiscussion
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• LGBTIQ(Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender,IntersexandQuestioning)
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LGBTrightsinPakistan• Beingopenaboutsexualorientationisconsideredtaboo• Pakistan'slawprescribescriminalpenaltiesforsame-sex
sexualacts• TheSupremeCourtofPakistanruledinfavour ofthecivil
rightsoftranssexualcitizensin2009• Pakistandoesnothavecivilrightslawstoprohibit
discriminationorharassmentonthebasisofsexualorientation.
• Sexualencountersbetweensame-sexpartnersareeasilyaccessible,especiallyinbigcitiessuchasKarachiandLahore,andforgayandbisexualmeninparticular,withitevenbeingsociallyacceptedtodemonstratetheiraffection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Pakistan