{"id":2797,"date":"2024-10-11T11:24:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T05:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/?page_id=2797"},"modified":"2024-10-25T08:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T03:24:23","slug":"thematic-highlights-2023-24","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/thematic-highlights-2023-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Thematic highlights 2023-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2797\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2797-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"animate-69d09936c0239214623140 panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-0-0-0\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-69d09936c0239214623140&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1,&quot;repeat&quot;:0,&quot;hide&quot;:0,&quot;disableAnimationMobile&quot;:0,&quot;finalState&quot;:&quot;visible&quot;,&quot;delay&quot;:0,&quot;debounce&quot;:0.1000000000000000055511151231257827021181583404541015625,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;in&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:0}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-9c9532f5cda0-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Thematic Highlights<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-dbf295114b96-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/divider.png\" width=\"1014\" height=\"6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/divider.png 1014w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/divider-300x2.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/divider-768x5.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"future-work-workers-rights\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-1-0\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2908\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T1_Green.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Future of Work and Workers\u2019 Rights <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The rapid growth of the gig economy in the post-pandemic period has intensified worker exploitation and precarity across the globe, particularly in the Global South. Data exploitation and algorithmic work management practices have opened up new quandaries for the realization of decent work. This year, we sharpened our understanding of these transformations in the world of work and advocated for data rights and algorithmic accountability for workers \u2014 taking into account the economy-wide proliferation of platform workplaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-1-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2491\/Centring%20Rights%20in%20the%20Platform%20Workplace_ITfC_0.pdf\"\n\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1._The-Future-of-Work-and-Workers-Rights-.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1._The-Future-of-Work-and-Workers-Rights-.png 800w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1._The-Future-of-Work-and-Workers-Rights--212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1._The-Future-of-Work-and-Workers-Rights--724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1._The-Future-of-Work-and-Workers-Rights--768x1086.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"Centring Rights in the Platform Workplace\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-1-1\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-1-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"28\" height=\"25\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b><\/b><b>Contributing to platform work regulation at the sub-national level: <\/b>We were closely involved in shaping key legislative initiatives related to platform-based work. We provided <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/inputs-to-rajasthan-platform-based-gig-workers-registration-and-welfare-bill-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inputs<\/a> on the \u2018Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023,\u2019 and submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/some-considerations-for-a-government-supported-ride-hailing-platform-karnataka-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memorandum<\/a> to the Karnataka government on the state's role in providing platform infrastructure for the ride-hailing sector.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Building evidence on India\u2019s platform work arrangements: <\/b>To highlight the role of law and jurisprudence in regulating the platformized workplace, we produced a <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/centring-rights-platform-workplace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, in collaboration with the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), examining algorithmic management practices in India\u2019s burgeoning platform economy, their impact on labor relations, and the scope for legislative interventions. We also organized an expert roundtable in collaboration with NLSIU on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring Algorithmic Accountability in the Platform Workplace<\/a>\u2019 to refine the insights from this report.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Evolving global networks on worker data rights: <\/b>To address critical issues in the evolving digital workplace, we facilitated key discussions with trade unions, labor policy experts, and digital rights activists from across the globe. We hosted a workshop in Brussels, in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/india.fes.de\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung<\/a>, on<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u2018Worker Data Rights in the Digital Economy<\/a>.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-1-1-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2887 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Initiating a new research report, building on our collaboration with NLSIU, that will explore the various forms of algorithmic management across different platform work sectors in India in greater detail.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Conducting mutual capacity-building initiatives with trade union federations on strategic engagement with the International Labour Organization\u2019s (ILO) forthcoming legal instrument on decent work in the platform economy, to effectively advance the data rights agenda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-1-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-1-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Check out this article, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/building_the_future_of_work_we_want\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Digital Economy Is Broken\u2014But It\u2019s Not Too Late<\/a>,\u2019 published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review on building a digital economy that works for everyone.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Read our report, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/centring-rights-platform-workplace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centring Rights in the Platform Workplace<\/a>,\u2019 which draws on worker interviews and a review of legislation and case law to explore how rights are infringed in platformized workplaces, while outlining key avenues for advocacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_so-multi-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" 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class=\"inline-overlay\"><\/div>\n  \t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"close\">&times;<\/button>\n  \t\t<div class=\"inline-modal-dialog\" style=\"max-width:600px\" role=\"document\"><\/div>\n  \t<\/div>\n    <!-- END OF MODALS -->\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"dismantling-big-tech\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-3-0\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-3-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2916\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Dismantling Big Tech <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Throughout the year, we continued to challenge Big Tech\u2019s extractive and exploitative business models that threaten to dominate our digital futures. Our efforts underscored the urgent need for governance mechanisms that address Big Tech\u2019s accountability gaps in data value chains, counter the concentration of power in digital markets, and advance alternative roadmaps for building decolonial digital economies in the Global South.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-3-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-3-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/big-tech.gif\" width=\"1280\" height=\"500\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" title=\"big tech\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-3-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-3-0-3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/datasyn.substack.com\/p\/undersea-escapades-and-courtroom?utm_source=publication-search\"\n\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/datasyn-banner.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/datasyn-banner.png 1200w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/datasyn-banner-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/datasyn-banner-1024x511.png 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/datasyn-banner-768x383.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"DataSyn &#8211; Dec 2023\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-3-1\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #3292cf;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Framing Big Tech accountability for tech crimes: <\/b>We sought opportunities to further the conversation on online safety to include accountability mechanisms for Big Tech. We attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech Crimes Summit<\/a> in Australia, exploring how the idea of \u2018tech crimes\u2019 can help us effectively pin down accountability on corporations for their gross misconduct that endangers the rights of people, communities, and ecology.<\/li>\n<li><b>Field building through multi-site research on data value chains: <\/b>As part of our expanded focus on the complexities of data value chains, we launched the <i>\u2018<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/index.php\/unskewing-data-value-chain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unskewing the Data Value Chain<\/a>\u2019 project. Utilizing diverse frameworks \u2014 including theoretical, legal, and political economy \u2014 the project aims to explore how data value chains can be restructured to foster a fairer and more equitable economy. We also highlighted the crucial role of equitable data governance mechanisms that can enable data to be leveraged for development imperatives. In this <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/input-to-2023-24-inter-sessional-panel-on-data-for-development-uncstd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">input<\/a> to the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), we advocated for a commons and human rights-centric approach towards data governance that can support the development of decentralized digital economies in the Global South that promote innovation for social good.<\/li>\n<li><b>Contributing to the discourse on state and corporate accountability: <\/b>Through ongoing consultations with national and international organizations, we contributed to discussions on holding states and corporations accountable for their actions in the digital arena. In <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/missed-opportunities-oecd-guidelines-tech-related-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our engagement<\/a> with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Watch, we highlighted the shortcomings of the updated 2023 \u2018OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises,\u2019 pointing out its neglect in factoring data's financial value, invisible violations in downstream value chains, and missed opportunities to connect technology's impacts with labor, competition, and taxation issues.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-3-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"13\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #3292cf;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2887 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Continuing our collaborative and collective advocacy work on Big Tech accountability and alternative digital economies through participation in global networks such as <a href=\"https:\/\/peoplevsbig.tech\/the-movement\/#:~:text=Break%20Open%20Big%20Tech,in%20ways%20that%20harm%20us.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Break Open Big Tech<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somo.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Merger Watch<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Organizing a residential institute, \u2018Frames and Frontiers Institute 2025,\u2019 to build digital justice champions across the Global South.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-3-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-3-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/datasyn.substack.com\/p\/undersea-escapades-and-courtroom?utm_source=publication-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DataSyn issue<\/a> that carries two critical pieces analyzing the infrastructural investments of Big Tech in Africa and the wave of antitrust litigation against tech giants.<\/li>\n<li>Explore this paper, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/histories-practices-and-policies-of-community-data-governance-global-south\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Histories, Practices and Policies of Community Data Governance in the Global South<\/a>,\u2019 which highlights collective rights within a community-based model of data governance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"political-economy-data-ai\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-4\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-4-0\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-4-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2999\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Political Economy of Data and AI<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Building a just and equitable AI paradigm requires a radical restructuring of the global systems governing knowledge, innovation, and development. This year, we focused on challenging Big Tech's knowledge monopolies and continued our efforts to reshape the global political economy of data and AI to advance our vision of structural justice and global equality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-4-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3.-The-Political-Economy-of-Data-and-AI_The-Political-Economy-of-Data-and-AI-Roundtable-In-Amsterdam.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3.-The-Political-Economy-of-Data-and-AI_The-Political-Economy-of-Data-and-AI-Roundtable-In-Amsterdam.jpg 960w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3.-The-Political-Economy-of-Data-and-AI_The-Political-Economy-of-Data-and-AI-Roundtable-In-Amsterdam-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3.-The-Political-Economy-of-Data-and-AI_The-Political-Economy-of-Data-and-AI-Roundtable-In-Amsterdam-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" title=\"Political Economy of Data and AI\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-4-1\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Centering the political economy critique in mainstream AI governance discourse:<\/strong> To explore new institutional arrangements to advance AI as a catalyst for generative and accountable economies and societies, we hosted an international roundtable in Amsterdam on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/roundtable-on-reframing-ai-governance-through-a-political-economy-lens-event-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reframing AI Governance through a Political Economy Lens<\/a>\u2019. The roundtable brought together researchers and practitioners invested in critical theoretical analysis of the AI paradigm. Drawing on insights from this roundtable, we responded to a call for papers on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/reframing-ai-governance-through-a-political-economy-lens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global AI Governance<\/a>\u2019 by the UN Tech Envoy's office.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Furthering gender equality and diversity in the AI lifecycle:<\/strong> We actively engaged in global efforts to promote responsible AI practices. We contributed to a project undertaken by the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) working group on Responsible AI, where we provided actionable recommendations for OECD member states to incorporate substantive equality approaches throughout the AI lifecycle, grounded in gender equality and meaningful diversity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advocating against knowledge monopolies:<\/strong> We engaged in global biodiversity policy discussions, particularly in relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), on the new threats of biopiracy posed by AI innovations in synthetic biology. We <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/index.php\/submission-of-views-on-issues-for-further-consideration-for-digital-sequence-information-on-genetic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted<\/a> the need to uphold sovereign rights to benefit-sharing under the Nagoya Protocol of the CBD, in global open-access databases of digital sequence information, which are treated as \u2018free-for-all\u2019 resources by Big Agri and Big Pharma.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Building capacities with research organizations:<\/strong> We engaged in a training workshop on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gender and Digitality<\/a>\u2019 with the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST), Delhi. The workshop provided an overview of common terms used in the data and AI economy. It shed light on various issues at the intersection of gender and digitality, ranging from human rights in the digital epoch to the changing role of the state in the digital age. During the workshop, participants were also introduced to our <a href=\"https:\/\/feministdigitaljustice.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Declaration on Feminist Digital Justice<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-4-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"18\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Introducing AI concerns into critical development policy through the Regenerative AI Network Initiative, with a focus on three specific dimensions: sustainable infrastructures, regulation and standards, and a worker and planet-centric AI transition.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Developing a resource toolkit to inform policy debates that will include an atlas with annotated visualizations of AI harms across the Global South and a community model for risk assessment that features DIY social audits.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Publishing a compendium, \u2018Spaces and Places of AI,\u2019 exploring the material foundations of the AI economy and analyzing the value chain to identify opportunities for disrupting entrenched power asymmetries.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Launching a report under the GPAI project that will include recommendations for a transformative AI policy, along with actionable steps to integrate diversity and substantive gender equality considerations into AI systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-4-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-4-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out our paper on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/reframing-ai-governance-through-a-political-economy-lens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reframing AI Governance through a Political Economy Lens<\/a>\u2019 that we submitted to the UN Tech Envoy\u2019s office for the first meeting of the Multistakeholder Advisory Body on AI.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/unctad.org\/system\/files\/information-document\/CSTD2023-2024_Issues01_data_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comprehensive input<\/a> discussing issues of the neocolonial dynamics of data economy, data ethics, and legal frameworks that fed into UNCTAD\u2019s Issue Paper on Data for Development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"digital-public-infrastructures\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-5\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-5-0\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"20\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-5-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3001\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><strong>Digital Public Infrastructures<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The development of digital public infrastructures (DPIs) offers a vital opportunity to enhance welfare delivery and promote inclusive citizenship while fostering public digital innovation, e-commerce, and financial services in emerging digital economies. As policymakers worldwide explore diverse models for building and governing these infrastructures with multistakeholder participation, we undertook an in-depth exploration of DPIs in India to gather insights on their effective governance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-5-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"21\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-5-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2530\/Reorienting%20Public%20Services%20Platformization%20in%20Health_0.pdf\"\n\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Digital-Public-Infrastructures-e1728662838117.png\" width=\"1415\" height=\"2000\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1415px) 100vw, 1415px\" title=\"Digital Public Infrastructures\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-5-1\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-5-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"22\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #3292cf;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Assessing India\u2019s DPI strategies in healthcare: <\/b>Our critical evaluation of India\u2019s approach to digitalization included an analysis of historical trends in India\u2019s digital journey, the role of private players, and the shifting role of the state. We studied this digital transformation through the lens of an ethical framework in an attempt to analyze trade-offs made by the state.<\/li>\n<li><b>Advocating against the commodification of essential services:<\/b> Our advocacy with the T20 engagement group of Brazil G20, 2024, discussed the implications of platformized welfare service delivery. We <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/reorienting-public-services-platformization-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted<\/a> the increasing commodification of healthcare services, the shrinking space for civic action, and the dilution of rights. We also <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/advancing-health-data-governance-for-societal-well-being-a-perspective-on-health-digital-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocated<\/a> for a community approach to data governance, paving the way for equitable distribution of the benefits accruing from data.<\/li>\n<li><b>Contributing to the discourse on public-oriented data governance: <\/b>A burgeoning health data market requires trustworthy and ethical data governance mechanisms at the global stage. We participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panel discussion<\/a> that explored the role of the World Health Organization in safeguarding individual and collective data rights, particularly in the Global South.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-5-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"23\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #3292cf;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Conducting an event on \u2018Inclusive Innovation and Digital Economies\u2019 to discuss the concerns around the design and deployment of DPIs in the Global South.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Carrying out various case studies in India on DPIs in healthcare, agriculture, and urban mobility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-5-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"24\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-5-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/reorienting-public-services-platformization-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policy brief <\/a>analyzing the pitfalls of platformization of public health services and the subsequent commodification of healthcare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"public-sphere-content-governance\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-6\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"25\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-6-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3011\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Public Sphere and Content Governance<\/h4>\n<p>In a communicative sphere increasingly dominated by private digital platforms, our research and advocacy efforts have focused on intersectional feminist approaches to content governance and information integrity. This year, we made significant progress through a range of strategic engagements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-6-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"26\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Additional-Sessions-Judge-Vishal-Gogne-at-the-launch-of-the-Judicial-Resource-Guide-and-Report_1.png\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Additional-Sessions-Judge-Vishal-Gogne-at-the-launch-of-the-Judicial-Resource-Guide-and-Report_1.png 1000w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Additional-Sessions-Judge-Vishal-Gogne-at-the-launch-of-the-Judicial-Resource-Guide-and-Report_1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Additional-Sessions-Judge-Vishal-Gogne-at-the-launch-of-the-Judicial-Resource-Guide-and-Report_1-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" title=\"Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Gogne at the launch of the Judicial Resource Guide and Report_1\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-6-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"27\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-031-29616-1_7#Abs1\"\n\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Justice-in-the-Post-public-Sphere_The-New-Challenge-for-Global-Communication-Governance.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Justice-in-the-Post-public-Sphere_The-New-Challenge-for-Global-Communication-Governance.png 700w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Justice-in-the-Post-public-Sphere_The-New-Challenge-for-Global-Communication-Governance-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" title=\"Justice in the Post public Sphere_The New Challenge for Global Communication Governance\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-6-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-6-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"28\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #3292cf;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Engaging with UNESCO\u2019s Model Law on Platform Accountability:<\/b> A major facet of our research focused on safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information online. We <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/response-from-itfc-to-draft-20-unesco-guidelines-for-regulating-digital-platforms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engaged<\/a> with UNESCO, providing detailed feedback on Draft 2.0 of its \u2018Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms,\u2019 calling for stronger application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, particularly for platform accountability in the Global South.<\/li>\n<li><b>Impacting national platform accountability legislation: <\/b>We reached a significant milestone in our work on platform accountability this year with the release of our <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/judiciarys-tryst-online-gender-based-violence-an-empirical-analysis-of-indian-cases-and-prevalent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research report<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.itforchange.net\/online-violence-gender-and-law-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">judicial resource guide<\/a> on online gender-based violence (OGBV). The report sparked nationwide discussions on legal reforms, analyzing how Indian courts handle OGBV cases and offering actionable recommendations. Key areas of focus include recognizing the seriousness of OGBV, protecting victims' privacy, and enforcing stronger accountability measures for online platforms. This work has laid a foundation for future advocacy.<\/li>\n<li><b>Promoting intersectional development research: <\/b>We contributed to an analysis of intersectional approaches in development research for a project undertaken by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). While the project did not focus on the findings of our <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/a-study-of-abuse-and-misogynistic-trolling-on-twitter-directed-at-indian-women-public-political\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter study<\/a>, it highlighted the methodology we employed. Specifically, we emphasized our sampling strategies, which considered factors such as caste, religion, education, and other parameters to understand gender locations through an intersectional lens.<\/li>\n<li><b>Broadening the discourse on freedom of speech: <\/b>We presented a paper in a workshop organized by the European Society of International Law (ESIL), delving into the evolving role of social media platforms as speech regulators. The paper critically examines the privatization of public values \u2014 such as fairness \u2014 without public institutional oversight, particularly in different socio-political and cultural contexts.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-6-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"29\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #3292cf;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Thinking about information integrity from a techno-political standpoint through a project focusing on developing a bottom-up vision of what it means to create a democratic digital communication space.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Continuing our involvement with international forums on global regulatory discussions, such as the Information for Trust Knowledge Community and the Forum on Information and Democracy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-6-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"30\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-6-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore this case study, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wits.ac.za\/media\/wits-university\/faculties-and-schools\/commerce-law-and-management\/research-entities\/scis\/documents\/8_ITforChange_%20Intersectionality%20report%20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intersectional Frames in Digitalisation Research: Revisiting a Study by IT for Change About Misogynistic Trolling Online<\/a>\u2019 for a reflexive analysis of our previous study on misogynistic trolling online.<\/li>\n<li>Check out our submission to the Forum on Information and Democracy\u2019s AI Working Group on, <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/it-for-change%E2%80%99s-submission-to-fid-working-group-on-ai-and-its-implications-for-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018AI and its Implications on the Information and Communication Space<\/a>.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Read this book chapter, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-031-29616-1_7#Abs1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice in the Post-public Sphere: The New Challenge for Global Communication Governance<\/a>,\u2019 which examines how the economy of algorithmic surveillance has overshadowed social interaction in the age of digital capitalism, and proposes a new roadmap for communicative constitutionalism.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"prakriye-field-center\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-7\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-7-0\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"31\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-7-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3020\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Prakriye Field Center for Community Informatics and Development<\/h4>\n<p>Through our Mysuru-based field center, Prakriye, we implement innovative techno-social strategies to address the gender digital divide impacting rural women and girls. This year, we worked in 60 villages, focusing on digital media literacy, enhancing community learning spaces, and fostering women's participation and leadership in local governance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-7-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"32\" ><div class=\"itfc-table so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-7-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>PRAKRIYE IMPACT AT A GLANCE<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>110+<\/td>\n<td>Screenings held in operational villages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1,700+<\/td>\n<td>Women, men, adolescent boys, and girls reached through screenings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15,000+<\/td>\n<td>Individuals benefited from <i>Namma Mahithi Kendras<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1,500+<\/td>\n<td>Welfare claims processed through <i>Namma Mahithi Kendras<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>110+<\/td>\n<td>Men participated in awareness sessions on gender issues and women\u2019s rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1,100+<\/td>\n<td>Subscribers reached through IVR messages on public services and entitlements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>170+<\/td>\n<td>Audio messages produced on important themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25+<\/td>\n<td><em>Kishori<\/em> Media Champions mentored<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-7-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"33\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kishori-media-champions_AR.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kishori-media-champions_AR.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kishori-media-champions_AR-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kishori-media-champions_AR-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kishori-media-champions_AR-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kishori-media-champions_AR-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kishori-media-champions_AR-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" title=\"Kishori media champions_AR\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-7-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-7-1\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-7-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"34\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strengthening our grassroots knowledge ecosystem: <\/b>Our network of seven women-owned information centers, known as <i>Namma Mahiti Kendras<\/i>, spans 60 villages across two blocks in Mysuru district. We reached over 15,000 people, providing vital information that helped individuals access welfare schemes like pensions, subsidies, scholarships, jobs, housing, and cattle sheds. The <i>Sakhis <\/i>(infomediaries) who run the centers, along with women's collectives, organized eight public meetings for grievance redressal with government officials, benefiting over 240 women.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Collectivizing women through the <\/b><b><i>Namma Maathu<\/i><\/b><b> Forums<\/b>: We brought together 850 women from 24 villages for our <i>Namma Maathu<\/i> Forums, facilitating discussions on gender issues and women\u2019s rights. These Forums provided a platform for women to find their voice, help assert their identity within their families, and negotiate for greater freedoms and autonomy. As a result of our efforts, many women accessed their local Panchayat for the first time to claim services. Further, women from one of the villages negotiated with their families to take a holiday, and traveled to Mysusru city for a day!<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Addressing gender-based violence:<\/b> We trained 31 Anganwadi workers in gender-sensitive counseling methods to assist survivors of gender-based violence.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Enhancing community outreach through audio-visual resources: <\/b>We reached over 2,800 rural women, men, and adolescents through our community film screenings and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) messages. The screenings proved vital in promoting gender-sensitive values and sparking discussions on critical topics like girls' education and women's leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-7-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"35\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Conducting a strategic review to reflect on our journey and realign our priorities, focusing on strengthening intergenerational support systems.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Building solidarity among women and adolescent girls by enhancing our <i>Namma Maathu<\/i> Forums of women\u2019s collectives.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Strengthening the management committee of the <i>Namma Mahiti Kendras<\/i> and transforming these centers to also double up as <i>Kishori<\/i> hubs. We will also launch DreamDesks: a new initiative to support <i>Kishoris<\/i> (adolescent girls).<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Expanding our media literacy and life skills training to include a comprehensive suite of resources and activities to support adolescent girls\u2019 academic pursuits and career aspirations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-7-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"36\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Festival-of-Equality-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Festival-of-Equality-1.png 800w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Festival-of-Equality-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Festival-of-Equality-1-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Festival-of-Equality-1-272x182.png 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"Festival of Equality\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"education-technology\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-8\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-8-0\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"37\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-8-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3022\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Education and<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Technology<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This year, our work with schools continued to emphasize the potential of public educational technologies to strengthen the public school system. We engaged with various stakeholders \u2014 including students, teachers, and government officials \u2014 across several key areas: building teacher capacity, field-level engagement, conducting action research, developing Open Educational Resources (OERs), and contributing to educational discourse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-8-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"38\" ><div class=\"itfc-table so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-8-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>IMPACT AT A GLANCE<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>6,000+<\/td>\n<td>Adolescent girls reached<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2,900+<\/td>\n<td>Teacher capacities built<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1,000+<\/td>\n<td>Open Educational Resources created<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>145+<\/td>\n<td>Schools partnered with to establish <em>Kishori<\/em> Clubs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>45+<\/td>\n<td>Workshops covered<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20+<\/td>\n<td>Academic institutional collaborations fostered<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Courses conducted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>States covered<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-8-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"39\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Teaching-Maths-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Teaching-Maths-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Teaching-Maths-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Teaching-Maths-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Teaching-Maths-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Teaching-Maths-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Teaching-Maths-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" title=\"Teaching Maths\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-8-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-8-1\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-8-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"40\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #3292cf;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Empowering government school Urdu teachers through FOSS and OERs:<\/b> In collaboration with Bengaluru North District Institute for Education and Training (DIET), we conducted workshops on creating OERs in Urdu for government school teachers. Approximately 75 teachers participated, learning to type in Urdu and translate stories into the language. Notably, over 25 teachers brought their personal laptops to have the Ubuntu Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) custom distribution installed. This workshop was a milestone for us, as it involved working with a cohort of teachers from an often underserved minority community.<\/li>\n<li><b>Partnering with Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE)<\/b>: We forged a successful collaboration with KITE, undertaking unique and innovative initiatives together. We conducted studies on two of KITE\u2019s pioneering programs \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/impact-study-of-kite-e-cube-english-language-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E-Language Lab<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/india\/reports\/empowering-adolescents-future-ready-skills-study-little-kites-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Little KITEs<\/a> \u2014 that demonstrate effective technology integration in education at a systemic level.<\/li>\n<li><b>Promoting tech integration by empowering educators: <\/b>We transitioned from a facilitator-led approach to a teacher-centric model in our \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/technology-integration-for-equitable-education-tiee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology Integration for Equitable Education<\/a>\u2019 (TIEE) program. This has led to teachers incorporating our OERs into their syllabi. Further, we expanded the project\u2019s scope in Bengaluru South 3 block, by offering subject-focused Teacher Professional Development (TPD) workshops, digital literacy training for headmasters and Cluster Resource Persons, and hands-on support to school staff to activate underutilized technology in schools.<\/li>\n<li><b>Upscaling avenues for adolescent girls\u2019 empowerment: <\/b>Beginning with a pilot in three government schools in Bengaluru, we scaled up the <em>Kishori<\/em> Club program to 146 residential and non-residential government schools in Mysuru and Kalaburagi districts. On the digital front, we designed an<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hGeLRkgWqA8?si=Vvq50Vi3uyYEYlQw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> open online course<\/a>, \u2018Career Guidance Course for Adolescent Girl Empowerment,\u2019 and a<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/girlsadda2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> video series<\/a> on cyber safety, \u2018Girls <em>Adda<\/em>.\u2019<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-8-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"41\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #3292cf;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Conducting techno-pedagogy workshops to help teachers comprehend and experience digital story-based pedagogy.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Piloting an audio story-based program in Anganwadi centers in Jharkhand.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Expanding the TIIE project, specifically targeting two rural and socio-economically disadvantaged blocks in Mysuru district.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Collaborating with English teachers in Urdu-medium schools in Bengaluru North district as part of our project, \u2018Studying the Scaling of TPD for English Language Learning.\u2019<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Implementing an AI-driven, smartphone-based FOSS for assisting English language teachers in assessing students' listening and speaking skills.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Expanding <em>Kishori<\/em> Clubs to two more districts this year, with the aim of eventually covering all districts across the state of Karnataka.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-8-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"42\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-8-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Read UNICEF\u2019s report, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/india\/reports\/empowering-adolescents-future-ready-skills-study-little-kites-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empowering Adolescents with Future-Ready Skills Study on the Little KITEs Programme<\/a>,\u2019 based on a study we conducted on Kerala\u2019s Little KITEs program.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/exploring-use-of-open-educational-practices-oeps-open-universities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> exploring the use of Open Educational Practices at Open Universities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"feminist-perspectives-digital-economy\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-9\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-9-0\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"43\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-9-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3024\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><strong>Feminist Perspectives on the Digital Economy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>While the digital economy is widely hailed as a transforming force in the labor participation of informal economy workers, its actual form and practices are chequered. This year offered us the opportunity to expand the scope of our contributions to emerging debates and practices on alternative digital imaginations and futures for workers in the current context of a techno-capitalist marketplace. We adopted feminist perspectives to unpack gendered participation in the gig economy, particularly focusing on women\u2019s exclusion from digital marketplaces, as well as the role they play in undergirding men\u2019s participation in gig work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-9-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"44\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/64th-Annual-Conference-of-the-Indian-Society-of-Labour-Economics.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/64th-Annual-Conference-of-the-Indian-Society-of-Labour-Economics.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/64th-Annual-Conference-of-the-Indian-Society-of-Labour-Economics-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/64th-Annual-Conference-of-the-Indian-Society-of-Labour-Economics-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"64th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-9-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-9-1\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-9-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"45\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Researching women MSMEs in the Global South:<\/b> We continued our <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/digital-economic-integration-of-msmes-global-south\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a> on understanding the implications of digitalization of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) on women, by making connections between MSME digitalization, the political economy of the digital marketplace and global value chains. Our investigation reveals how Big Tech\u2019s control over digital infrastructure traps MSMEs in a cycle of dependence, creates persistent barriers to their digital inclusion, and reinforces existing social power structures within the digital economy.<\/li>\n<li><b>Strengthening feminist perspectives on labor: <\/b>We worked to promote feminist approaches to labor issues in the digital economy. We participated in an ILO stakeholder consultation workshop on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding and Improving Women\u2019s Work on Digital Labor Platforms<\/a>,\u2019 and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 UN Trade Forum<\/a> to examine e-commerce from a gender and development perspective. We also participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">64th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics<\/a>, with a presentation titled \u2018Beyond the Gig: Reimagining Economies for Feminist Possibilities.\u2019<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Contributing to feminist scholarship: <\/b>We presented a paper titled, \u2018The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Gig Worker\u2019 at an <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">international conference<\/a> in Amsterdam. The paper analyzes India\u2019s burgeoning on-demand platform economy through the prism of feminist social reproduction theory.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-9-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"46\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Publishing the final country reports and synthesis report from our research on the digitalization of MSMEs and its impact on women\u2019s economic participation.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Releasing our report on algorithmic management of workers in the platform economy, along with our proposal for horizontal regulation of algorithms across all workplaces, in collaboration with the Center for Labour Studies at NLSIU.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Furthering our engagement in the Beijing+30 Consultation Process, focusing on economic justice, social protection, decent work, and gender equality.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Launching the second edition of the National Gender Fellowships on Gender and the Digital Economy to support early-career women researchers across India in conducting original research on digital inclusion.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Initiating a series of international think pieces to promote cutting-edge scholarship on feminist perspectives related to digital inclusion and infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-9-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"47\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-9-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore our compendium, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/index.php\/gender-perspectives-on-digital-economy-essays-from-itfcs-national-gender-fellowship-program-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gender Perspectives on the Digital Economy<\/a>,\u2019 developed from the contributions of fellows from the inaugural edition of the National Gender Fellowship.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Read this essay, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/index.php\/empowerment-or-exploitation-global-perspectives-on-women%E2%80%99s-work-platform-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fixing Platform Power<\/a>,\u2019 that explores the impact of digital technologies on women workers in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-10\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"digitalization-agriculture\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-10\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-10-0\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"48\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-10-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3026\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/T9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><strong>Digitalization in Agriculture<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This year, our work on digital infrastructures was shaped by a productive engagement with the concept of the digital commons and alternative platform models in agriculture. We collaborated with scholars, cooperative members, tech designers, practitioners, and policymakers to envision an alternative digital future for agricultural digitalization. This initiative focused on agenda setting and blueprint design, with the principle of cooperativism at its core.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-10-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"49\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-10-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2493\/ITFC_Creating%20Sustainable%20Data%20Cooperatives%20in%20the%20Global%20South.pdf\"\n\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Creating-Sustainable-Data-Cooperatives-in-the-Global-South_Frameworks-for-Institutional-Support.png\" width=\"567\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Creating-Sustainable-Data-Cooperatives-in-the-Global-South_Frameworks-for-Institutional-Support.png 567w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Creating-Sustainable-Data-Cooperatives-in-the-Global-South_Frameworks-for-Institutional-Support-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" title=\"Creating Sustainable Data Cooperatives in the Global South_Frameworks for Institutional Support\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2797-10-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-2797-10-1\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-10-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"50\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2885\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milestone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0 KEY MILESTONES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Broadening the discourse on alternative platform models: <\/b>In the run-up to the Roots of Resilience conference, we co-hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/digital-opportunity-for-collective-futures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roundtable<\/a> to bring together diverse stakeholders, including traditional cooperatives, start-ups, youth cooperatives, women\u2019s collectives, progressive tech community members, and officials from the Kerala government to build an active community around and foster future-looking discussions on alternative platform models. The roundtable helped define the contours of digital platform models that privilege data commons, shared ownership, and democratic governance.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Building out the field through research: <\/b>We are developing a theoretical blueprint for a federated data cooperative model for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sewa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEWA\u2019s<\/a> farmer collectives. Building on this effort, we co-authored a paper with SEWA titled, \u2018Re-imagining the Platform Firm: Lessons and Design Blueprints from SEWA\u2019s Data Cooperative Experiment,\u2019 which was presented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8th ILO Conference on Regulating Decent Work<\/a> in Geneva.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Expanding our engagement in agricultural innovation: <\/b>We participated in a roundtable on \u2018Digital Innovations to Support Sustainable Agriculture Value Chains in India,\u2019 where we contributed insights on alternative imaginations of women farmers\u2019 role in digitalization initiatives \u2014 as designers and data stewards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-10-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"51\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"color: #00ae6a;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Horizon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/>\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S ON THE HORIZON?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Developing techno-design blueprints that outline considerations for platform design for our partners working on digitalization of agriculture.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Building a new \u2018Co-op Tech\u2019 community that brings together designers, engineers, practitioners, and scholars working in the cooperative technology space through a periodic newsletter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2797-10-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"52\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2797-10-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Read our case study on SEWA\u2019s digitalization pilot, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/index.php\/creating-sustainable-data-cooperatives-global-south-frameworks-for-institutional-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating Sustainable Data Cooperatives in the Global South: Frameworks for Institutional Support<\/a>.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Explore the transformative potential of platform cooperatives in our piece, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/botpopuli.net\/towards-fairer-horizons-cooperativist-solutions-for-economic-equity-and-digital-justice-amidst-platform-capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Towards Fairer Horizons: Cooperativist Solutions to Tackle Platform Capitalism<\/a>.\u2019<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2797-11\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2797-11\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-2797-11-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2797-11-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"53\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-flat-acb635ea99ed-2797\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/home-2023-24\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tGo back to Annual Report\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Work and Workers\u2019 Rights The rapid growth of the gig economy in the post-pandemic period has intensified worker exploitation and precarity across the globe, particularly in the Global South. 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