Feminist Visions of the Digital Economy in MENA

Feminist Visions of the Digital Economy in MENA
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The Access to Knowledge for Development (A2K4D) Center,  Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) - Berlin and IT for Change

The Access to Knowledge for Development (A2K4D) Center, in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) - Berlin and IT for Change, is hosting the closed virtual regional workshop on ‘Feminist Visions of the Digital Economy in MENA'. The workshop will curate Middle East and North African (MENA) perspectives on the “The Deal we Always Wanted: A Feminist Action Framework for the Digital Economy.”

The workshop will host with feminist scholars, techies, and activists from across the MENA region and will broach global and region-specific issues at the intersection of gender and the digital economy, in an effort to formulate a roadmap for a feminist future of work. The regional dialogues taking place will lead to a collaborative ‘feminist UN agenda for innovative and technological change’ which will be presented at the upcoming 67th iteration of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

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Resource Guide

1. Towards a Feminist Digital Economy

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2. Data Colonialism and Digital Justice

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3. Women in the Platform Economy

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  • Who’s the Fairest [PODCAST explores the protests by beauty care workers in India] – Bama Athreya and Soumyarendra Barik

4. Digital Economic Governance: Development Considerations

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Deep dive into the MENA region