Centering Equity and Justice in Global Data Governance

IT for Change, in partnership with the Center for Global Digital Justice (CGDJ), along with Third World Network and Global Policy Forum, seeks to build a sector-specific, contextually grounded pro-South vision of data justice principles through a 10-month project. Under this engagement, we will work with progressive civil society organizations and people's movements that are exploring the impacts of digitalization and datafication in domains such as public health, biodiversity, food sovereignty, climate change mitigation, and adaptation.

In each of these domains, we will work with partner organizations such as Open Knowledge Foundation, Third World Network, FIAN International, Peoples' Health Movement, and ETC Group. We seek to identify concrete case studies of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) violations and socio-economic injustices stemming from corporate impunity, lack of respect for domestic law, and exploitation of loopholes in international and national regimes, including, but not limited to trade, IP, and data governance.

Together, we hope to build forward-looking visions of sector-specific data governance principles with grounded interpretations of autonomy, equity, and justice and potential models of data stewardship. This will be achieved by convening virtual roundtables/ dialogues with civil society representatives and people's organizations engaged in the domain. A major objective of this project is to contribute to global advocacy efforts and shape inclusive and just frameworks for data governance.

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