{"id":5,"date":"2018-10-01T08:12:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T08:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2018-10-10T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T11:36:00","slug":"2017-18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2017-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Report 2017-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bt_bb_wrapper\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5\" class=\"elementor elementor-5 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62c58eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62c58eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f0972e\" data-id=\"7f0972e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db01689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db01689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"#over\">Overview<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/directors-note\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">Directors&#8217; Note<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/team\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">Our Team<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"#area\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Thematic Areas<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/governance-of-the-digital-economy\/\">Governance of the Digital Economy<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/digital-rights-development-and-democracy\/\">Digital Rights, Development &amp; Democracy<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/prakriye-field-center\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">3. <em>Prakriye<\/em> Field Center<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/icts-and-education\/\">ICTs and Education<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/gender-justice-in-the-digital-society\/\">Gender Justice in the Digital Society<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/publications\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">Publications<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/financial-statements\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\">Financial Statements<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe7e03f\" data-id=\"fe7e03f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa8bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fa8bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"over\" style=\"font-size: 32px; color: #630363;\">Overview<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-502cc7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"502cc7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">IT for Change, an NGO located in Bengaluru, India, promotes innovative and effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for socio-economic change in the global south. Dominant approaches in relation to digital technologies are steeped in ideologies of market fundamentalism, and have displaced the cornerstone ethics of participation, social justice and gender equality.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At IT for Change, we believe that progressive development sector actors must come together to influence the techno-social structures are redefining our societies. We seek to build bridges across different sectors to strive towards an equitable information society. Our work in the areas of education, gender, development and democracy, and Internet and data governance push the boundaries of existing vocabulary and practice and explore new development frameworks.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">IT for Change is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6d1c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6d1c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"525\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mission-1024x986.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mission-1024x986.png 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mission-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mission-768x740.png 768w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mission.png 1192w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8563510 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8563510\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span id=\"area\" style=\"font-size: 32px; color: #630363;\">Thematic Areas<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c86f80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"0c86f80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1311\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1311\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" href=\"\">Governance of the Digital Economy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1311\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1311\"><p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Our policy research and advocacy efforts in relation to the digital economy have focused on building evidence about platforms \u2013 the dominant theme of the current social and economic order, articulating the rights of marginalized constituencies in emerging economic arrangements and promoting digital policy frameworks for economic sovereignty and the right to development. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/governance-of-the-digital-economy\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1312\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1312\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" href=\"\">Digital Rights, Development & Democracy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1312\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1312\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Exploring the intersections of digital rights debates with older debates in development and democracy is a critical area for our research, advocacy and field-building efforts. We are interested in expanding the scope of digital rights debates to include economic, social and cultural rights and right to development issues, in addition to civic-political liberties. A democratic governance framework for digital society, we believe, must further a rights approach that upholds the indivisibility and inter-dependence of rights. Recognizing the ways in which the digital is remaking democracy as we know it, our work this year focussed on understanding how processes such as datafication and algorithmic decision making impact electoral processes, citizen engagement, grievance redress and citizen rights.\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/digital-rights-development-and-democracy\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1313\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1313\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" href=\"\">Prakriye Field Center<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1313\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1313\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Prakriye<\/em>, our field resource center, deploys the creative potential of information and communication technologies in furthering socio-political empowerment of marginalized rural women and adolescent girls, and promoting gender-responsive local governance. In its efforts to evolve a radically new development praxis that brings power to the peripheries, the center engages with rural women\u2019s collectives, adolescent girls, male community leaders, local government institutions and community based organizations in over 60 villages of Mysuru district, India.\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 1rem; background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/prakriye-field-center\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1314\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1314\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" href=\"\">ICTs and Education<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1314\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1314\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The focus of our work in education continues to be on demonstrating and maturing models of technology integration that strengthen teacher agency and school autonomy, in partnership with public education systems. In 2017-18, we continued to work towards building teacher networks, collaborative resource repositories, and facilitating curriculum design and knowledge building.\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 1rem; background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/icts-and-education\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1315\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1315\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" href=\"\">Gender Justice in the Digital Society<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1315\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1315\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The feminist project of expanding women\u2019s autonomy and overturning entrenched power hierarchies demands new strategies in these datafied times. Digital technologies have completely restructured society and its institutions, and as data becomes the key artefact of power and control, feminism needs to stay ahead in its theory and practice. Our research, advocacy and networking efforts at global and national levels are directed towards this imperative, in order to promote gender justice in the digital society.\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 1rem; background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/gender-justice-in-the-digital-society\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Directors&#8217; Note Our Team Thematic Areas 1.\u00a0Governance of the Digital Economy 2.\u00a0Digital Rights, Development &amp; Democracy 3. Prakriye Field Center 4.\u00a0ICTs and Education 5.\u00a0Gender Justice in the Digital Society Publications Financial Statements Overview IT for Change, an NGO located in Bengaluru, India, promotes innovative and effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2017-18\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Annual Report 2017-18&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}