Testimonials
IT for Change does invaluable work both in the policy sphere, where it is a clear and vocal advocate for just technology governance, and in the conceptual sphere, where it is an important resource for understanding contemporary challenges of governance. Its work highlights the political economy of technology on the global scale, focusing on the ways in which marginalized and under-resourced groups experience digitization and automation. The publications and advisory roles that result are of global influence, forming a key part of a network that supports community and advocacy organizations worldwide, in resistance to oppressive technology.
Linnet Taylor
Professor, Global Digital Politics, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam
IT for Change is an exemplar thought leader on AI governance. The organization’s commitment to amplifying the voices of the Global South in international forums was evident in the International Red Lines Subgroup of the UNESCO Global CSO and Academic Network on AI Ethics and Policy. IT for Change convened more than 40 organizations to explore baselines across the AI value chain — conditions necessary for AI systems to be compatible with human rights, social justice, and planetary sustainability. Their work expanded the Subgroup’s scope of red lines beyond prohibited use cases to labor harms, market concentration, and lack of participation in AI development.
Cam Rincon
Senior Researcher, Ada Lovelace Institute
IT for Change is a team of brilliant, out-of-the-box thinkers. Our collaborations on global advocacy on data and AI, spanning from the first Feminist AI Research Network sessions in 2020 to the Gender in Digital Coalition today, have been deeply rewarding. They tackle complex issues with a rigorous, dynamic, and profoundly compassionate approach. We always count on their inputs to be incisive, fresh, and perfectly on point. They do not just interrogate the status quo; they provoke new perspectives and inspire entirely new ways of thinking about the digital future. Working with them is a masterclass in how to merge rigorous research with meaningful advocacy.
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
Women At The Table / A+ Alliance / AI & Equality Initiative
IT for Change has been an active and valued member of the Digital Trade Alliance (DTA). The breadth of research carried out by IT for Change, including research at the intersection of digital rights and development, brings a unique and valuable perspective to our work. Our partnership has helped raise awareness amongst the public and policymakers on how digital trade issues are critical to governance of the digital economy. IT for Change has been involved with framing DTA positions on several emerging digital trade issues. It has helped to draft analysis, public statements, as well as submissions to regulatory bodies, and assisted the DTA with organizing public-facing events. We look forward to continued collaboration with IT for Change in the years ahead.
Rishab Bailey
Research Director, Digital Trade Alliance
We found that the initiative had made a significant contribution in encouraging the organizations to recognize and incorporate into their planning women’s lived experiences, particularly at the technology design level, and also deepen the gender focus in their technology implementation.
The project’s explicit focus on gender — and its feminist framing — also was seen in how the starting point (of building technology, of designing work flows) was the women’s lives and how their work — paid and unpaid fit within that. The ITfC project team’s adaptability and resilience in the face of field realities allowed for mutual learning to occur in a way that was itself gender responsive.
We find through our evaluation that ITfC brought a valuable mix of intellectual rigor and field-facing pragmatism to the way in which the project was designed, implemented, and documented. Their ability to listen closely to voices from the field, adapt to different challenges without losing focus, and their commitment to a feminist vision helped steer the project successfully.
Evaluation of the project ‘Re-Wiring India's Digitalising Economy for Women's Rights and Well-being’ conducted by Dr. Jahnvi Andhari and Dr. Usha Raman
I’ve had the opportunity to work with the lovely people at IT for Change on a number of labor and tech initiatives. Each of these has been an immense learning into their work advocating for feminist digital justice. The National Gender Fellowship that I was most recently part of held crucial space for research around gendered material realities amidst digitalization. I also deeply appreciate IT for Change’s commitment to anchoring and nurturing communities for critical research, centering perspectives that too often remain at the margins.
Chiara Furtado
Independent Researcher, National Gender Fellow 2024
From our science classes, we only knew the names of the reproductive organs. We didn't know how a baby develops in the womb, or how sex hormones change during adolescence. We learnt all of this through the Kishori Club module on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Since I am in the 10th standard, understanding these concepts was especially important for my exams. I was able to answer questions on this topic because the Kishori Club module explained it so simply.
Kavya (Name changed to protect privacy), Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Residential School (DBRARS - SC), Dudda (Mandya)
Kishori Club Member (Participant in IT for Change’s adolescent girl empowerment program)
Videos in the patriarchy module are very good. When girls are shown visuals, they learn faster. Along with this, we also received guidance on how to explain patriarchy easily and effectively to the students. That helped a lot.
Vijayakumari DS, Hassan
Teacher-facilitator in IT for Change’s adolescent girl empowerment program
I had the opportunity to collaborate closely with IT for Change in the context of their strong contributions to UNESCO’s Global CSO and Academic Network on AI Ethics and Policy, when I served as the coordinator of the Network. IT for Change led the AI, Culture and Intellectual Property Subgroup of the Network, and since 2026 has also served as the elected Co-Chair of the Network’s Multi-Stakeholder Coordination Group. I have been consistently impressed by the intellectual rigor, creativity, and professionalism of the IT for Change team, and their commitment to global justice, digital rights, and socially-focused innovation in the field of AI and other digital technologies.
Achim Rosemann
Academic Staff, Institute for Technology and Humanity, University of Cambridge
IT for Change has a distinct capacity for building collective knowledge and co-constructing policy analysis through genuine dialogue. The ReGenAI conference exemplified this methodology in action, fostering a truly democratic space within the civil society community. I strongly commend IT for Change’s political economy lens, which offers a vital counterbalance to the technocratic and solutionist narratives that currently dominate the field. At a time when top-down approaches are the norm, IT for Change provides a progressive, grounded alternative, one that generates knowledge deeply rooted in the contextual realities of the Global South.
Rafael Zanatta
Director, Data Privacy Brasil
IT for Change has been a core and indispensable member of Digital Merger Watch since the network's inception. Its consistent input and active participation across various settings, from working groups to broader strategic discussions, have played a meaningful role in shaping our collective position. IT for Change's contributions have enriched our position by bringing a truly expert perspective to it, helping us articulate and defend a clear stance against the excessive concentration of power in digital markets, while championing values central to our mission: fair competition, pluralism, democratic accountability, the protection of worker rights, and freedom of expression.
Joseph Wilde-Ramsing
Advocacy Director, SOMO, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
IT for Change has been an invaluable technical partner over the past year, helping build a global community and shared space for digital platform worker organizations. The contributions, from research on platform work legislation in the Global South to accessible analyses of the ILO Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy, have strengthened the Global Platform Workers Solidarity Project at every step.
Anousha
Project Associate, Global Platform Workers Solidarity Project (GPWSP)
IT for Change’s project of working with social enterprises in India, promoting active women's participation in using digital tools to advance their livelihood opportunities, has been one of the most unique EU-funded projects. Working with IT for Change has been enriching for the EU to strengthen the evolving role of civil society and social enterprises towards women's economic empowerment through technology.
Smita Singh
Sr. Project Manager, Delegation of the European Union to India
The Kishori Club curriculum gives adolescent girls (kishoris) information that truly matters. Many girls study well up to the 10th standard, but when we meet them a year later, or sometimes even sooner, we find they are already married, and often soon to be mothers, when they are barely out of their teens. It saddens us to see how few opportunities they have. In the Kishori Club, girls learn about adolescence, the psychological changes that come with this phase of life, and life skills that help them realize their potential and build empowered lives.
Shivakumar K S
Principal, Morarji Desai Residential School, Marenahalli (Chikkamagaluru)
In the HD Kote and Saragur regions of Mysuru district (Karnataka), there is widespread unemployment and several other pressing issues. Due to the lack of job opportunities even after education, children are being withdrawn from school. However, thanks to IT for Change for creating self-learning opportunities like this [digital skill building], which will help them find employment in the future. May your services continue to expand to many more villages in the same way.
Ningaraju C
Senior Copy Editor, Times Now Suddi (Times Network Kannada news portal)
The Language Enrichment through Audio Story-based Pedagogy (LEAP) training by IT for Change helped me understand how technology and audio stories can be used effectively for language education. The training gave me practical ideas on how to use digital resources to make language learning more engaging and meaningful for students. Kathe Khajane (audio story bank) and Immersive Demo were particularly useful. The training showed me how I can support teachers in using these resources effectively in the classroom.
Shree Gopal Maratha
Cluster Resource Person, Education Department of the Government, Hiresinganagutti Tq. Hungund Dt. Bagalakote