{"id":1322,"date":"2021-08-26T11:07:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2021-10-08T03:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T03:19:39","slug":"2020-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Report 2020-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bt_bb_wrapper\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1322\" class=\"elementor elementor-1322\" 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-ee8284b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee8284b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fee89a8\" data-id=\"fee89a8\" 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-074844b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"074844b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav migration_allowed=\"1\" migrated=\"0\" role=\"navigation\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-underline e--animation-fade\"><ul id=\"menu-1-074844b\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2995\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3409\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-directors-note\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Directors\u2019 Note<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3386\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-team\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3335\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21\/#theme\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\">Thematic Areas<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2998\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-digital-economy\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01. Digital Economy and Data Governance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2996\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-democratizing-digital-justice\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02. Democratizing Digital Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-prakriye\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03. Prakriye Field Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3001\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-education\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04. ICTs and Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2999\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-gender\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05. Gender Justice in the Digital Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3250\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-social-report\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Social Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3002\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-publications\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">List of Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2997\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-events\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">List of Events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i>\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Menu<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" role=\"navigation\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><ul id=\"menu-2-074844b\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2995\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3409\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-directors-note\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Directors\u2019 Note<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3386\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-team\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3335\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21\/#theme\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Thematic Areas<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2998\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-digital-economy\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01. Digital Economy and Data Governance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2996\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-democratizing-digital-justice\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02. Democratizing Digital Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-prakriye\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03. Prakriye Field Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3001\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-education\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04. ICTs and Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2999\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-gender\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05. Gender Justice in the Digital Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3250\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-social-report\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Social Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-3002\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-publications\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">List of Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-2997\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-events\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">List of Events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b982d09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b982d09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"overview\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57001ea elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"57001ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4ec683 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4ec683\" 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;\"><strong><span id=\"over\" style=\"font-size: 32px; color: #630363;\">Overview<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><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 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 that 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, digital rights and democracy, and data and digital economy 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-de7366b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de7366b\" 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 src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Overview-pd6n1n7rbtkl9sk6byj64af5wmj529ogzcfmnoyft4.png\" title=\"Overview\" alt=\"Overview\" \/>\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-f9a606d elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"f9a606d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"theme\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57521e20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57521e20\" 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><strong><span id=\"area\" style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #630363;\">Thematic Areas<\/span><\/strong><\/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-2b7a1278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"2b7a1278\" 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-7291\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7291\" 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 Economy and Data Governance<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7291\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7291\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our policy research and advocacy efforts in relation to the digital economy and data governance have focused on identifying appropriate directions for the governance of platforms, data, and AI technologies, from the standpoint of equity and social justice. In global and national policy dialogues, we have consistently articulated the rights of marginalized people and groups in the rapidly platformizing and datafying economy, underscoring the linkages between data justice and the right to development.<\/span> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-digital-economy\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more<\/span>.<\/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-7292\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7292\" 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=\"\">Democratizing Digital Justice<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7292\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7292\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Exploring the intersections of digital rights debates with democratic politics, especially in post-colonial societies in the Global South, has been a constant focus of our research, advocacy, and field-building efforts. In times of data governmentality and the automated public sphere, building an inclusive democracy which furthers citizen voices and meaningful participation for those at the margins is what we strive towards. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-democratizing-digital-justice\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/span><br \/><\/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-7293\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7293\" 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 Centre<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7293\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7293\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Prakriye, our field resource centre, 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 centre 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. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-prakriye\/\">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-7294\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7294\" 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-7294\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7294\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">IT for Change\u2019s work in education focuses on demonstrating and maturing models of technology integration that strengthen teacher agency and school autonomy in public education systems. We work towards making classroom processes more democratic and participatory, and developing teacher networks and collaborative resource repositories. We also make efforts to inform education policy and discourse.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-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-7295\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7295\" 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-7295\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7295\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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. As data becomes the key artifact 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<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/2020-21-gender\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/span><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dce4db4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dce4db4\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93de53c\" data-id=\"93de53c\" 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-5cbbd70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cbbd70\" 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 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/Annual-Report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ITfC-AnnualReport2020-21.pdf\">Download<\/a> a PDF version of the report<\/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\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 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. 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