{"id":4047,"date":"2026-09-16T16:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/?page_id=4047"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:09:43","slug":"thematic-highlights-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/thematic-highlights-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Thematic highlights 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-4047\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-4047-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"animate-6ad2b32b16406449243650 panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-0-0-0\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-6ad2b32b16406449243650&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;:0.1,&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-48f0f3fb88ff-4047\"\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-4047-0-0-1\" 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-dbf295114b96-4047\"\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\/11\/Asset-4-2.png\" width=\"989\" height=\"6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Asset-4-2.png 989w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Asset-4-2-300x2.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Asset-4-2-768x5.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" title=\"Asset 4 (2)\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"meaningful-futures-of-work\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-1-0\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-1-0-0\" ><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<h4><strong>Meaningful Futures of Work<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the changing political economy under digitalization, the future of work is being rewritten by data and algorithms. This year, our empirical research and policy engagement focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) value chains and data work, underscoring the need for decent work standards, dignity, and meaningful work in the platform economy<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-1-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_1.png\" width=\"551\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_1.png 551w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_1-167x300.png 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_1\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-1-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-1-1-0\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advanced research on algorithmic management of work<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: In our field study <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/there%e2%80%99s-no-ghost-machine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u2018There\u2019s no ghost in the machine!\u2019, co-produced with the Centre for Labour Studies, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, we examined how platform work is governed through data-driven systems of surveillance, ratings, and automated control. Grounded in workers\u2019 and union organizers\u2019 testimonies, the study challenges dominant framings that reduce algorithmic harms to issues of transparency and explainability. We also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/strengthening-accountability-systems-reflections-innovations-and-collective-action\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presented<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this research at a convening of stakeholders at NLSIU Bangalore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Influenced emerging state-level regulatory frameworks on platform work in India:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We provided joint inputs to multiple policy processes shaping labor protections for platform workers across Indian states. This included submissions to the Karnataka Labour Commissioner on the IT architecture for platform workers\u2019 social security, inputs on the draft rules under the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, and comments on the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025 and the Rajasthan Motor Vehicles Aggregator Guidelines, 2025. These engagements advanced worker-centric approaches to algorithmic accountability and data governance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highlighted invisible labor in AI value chains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: We co-authored the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/t20southafrica.org\/publications\/the-invisible-layer\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">policy brief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u2018The Invisible Layer: Protecting Data Workers in Global AI Value Chains\u2019 as part of the Think20 (T20) engagement process under South Africa\u2019s G20 presidency. The brief highlighted how AI systems rely on a globally dispersed workforce performing critical tasks such as data annotation, moderation, and validation, often under precarious and exploitative conditions<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-1-1-1\" ><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: #F85F4A;\"><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advancing research and advocacy through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/planetaryai.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planetary AI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> network and deepening analysis of the political economy of AI, foregrounding concerns about labor justice and ecological sustainability in AI value chains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exploring research on women in platform work \u2013 and the gendered organization of the emerging structures of the AI economy<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-1-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-1-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0F2F52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read our two-part article series, \u2018Platform Power and the Future of Work\u2019 (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tni.org\/en\/article\/platform-power-and-the-future-of-work\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part A<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tni.org\/en\/article\/platform-power-and-the-future-of-work-2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part B<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), examining the emerging fault lines in the platform economy and the limits of current regulatory approaches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/botpopuli.net\/the-cost-of-convenience\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about the conditions of Amazon workers in India, \u2018The Cost of Convenience<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-1-1-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-1-1-3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/09\/Recommendations-from-the-Vault_The-Cost-of-Convenience_Banner.png\" width=\"1280\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Recommendations-from-the-Vault_The-Cost-of-Convenience_Banner.png 1280w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Recommendations-from-the-Vault_The-Cost-of-Convenience_Banner-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Recommendations-from-the-Vault_The-Cost-of-Convenience_Banner-1024x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Recommendations-from-the-Vault_The-Cost-of-Convenience_Banner-768x300.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" title=\"Recommendations from the Vault_The Cost of Convenience_Banner\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_so-multi-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div id=\"to-top\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-2-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-so-multi-button so-widget-so-multi-button-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sp-btn-parent\" id=\"multi-030d77c0\">\n  <a class=\"sp-btn sp-floating-btn\"  href=\"#future-work-workers-rights\" data-popup=\"future-work-workers-rights\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<style media=\"screen\">\n  #multi-030d77c0 a[href].sp-btn{\n    border: 1px solid ;\n    color: #000000;\n    background: ;\n  }\n  #multi-030d77c0 a[href].sp-btn:hover{\n    border-color: ;\n    background: #000000;\n    color: ;\n  }\n\n  #multi-030d77c0 a[href].sp-floating-btn{\n    background: ;\n    color: #000000;\n  }\n\n  #multi-030d77c0 a[href].sp-floating-btn:hover{\n    border-color: ;\n    background: #000000;\n    color: ;\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<!-- MODALS FROM THE INLINE POSTS -->\n    <div id=\"modal-button-test\" class=\"inline-modal\" data-behaviour=\"inline-modal\">\n  \t\t<div 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-4047-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"digital-public-infrastructure\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-3-0\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-3-0-0\" ><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<h4><strong>Digital Public Infrastructure<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has become a central focus of global policy discussions, but who does it actually serve? This year, we pushed back on the techno-solutionist narratives by advancing a public-value framework for DPIs, embedding accountability and collective rights into agricultural and health data governance debates, and bringing a critical Southern lens to conversations on democratic digital public infrastructure<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-3-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-3-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Abhineet-Nayyar-at-People-Led-AI-in-Health.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Abhineet-Nayyar-at-People-Led-AI-in-Health.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Abhineet-Nayyar-at-People-Led-AI-in-Health-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Abhineet-Nayyar-at-People-Led-AI-in-Health-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Abhineet-Nayyar-at-People-Led-AI-in-Health-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Abhineet-Nayyar-at-People-Led-AI-in-Health-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Abhineet-Nayyar-at-People-Led-AI-in-Health-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" title=\"Key Milestones_Abhineet Nayyar at People-Led AI in Health\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-3-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><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: #F85F4A;\"><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strengthened knowledge on digital sovereignty: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We helped design the curriculum and provided framing inputs for the \u2018Digital Sovereignty Praxis Course\u2019 organized by Schola Campesina. Our contributions focused on aspects of epistemic justice and dispossession, the lack of public accountability in the management of agricultural data, and the impact of datafication on food security. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/d10-files\/documents\/2026-01\/Digital-Sovereignty-1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">course<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> included participants from Asia-Pacific and Africa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Spotlighted the social value of health data:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/itforchange.net\/people-led-ai-health\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joined<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a consortium of research, policy, and advocacy organizations at a conference on \u2018People-Led AI in Health\u2019 conducted by RAXA Consulting. The goal of the session was to prepare a collaborative charter on ethical and consensual use of personal and sensitive health data in the development and use of health AI technologies. By centering public health as a core pillar of digital innovation and the social value of data in that context, our input focused on reframing the conversation away from individual rights protections and towards more collective imaginations of health data utilization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Contributed to improving agricultural data governance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were invited to a consultation by Dalberg to provide inputs on the need for effective data governance that moves beyond privacy and security, and actively centers farmers, communities, and collective rights. Dalberg is working with the Ministry of Agriculture on agricultural data exchanges, and our input on the need for collective rights and economic rights over agricultural data, as well as the recognition of farmers\u2019 rights as data originators, was taken on board<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-3-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" 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: #F85F4A;\"><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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advancing our line of work on AI and digital health systems for community-responsive models<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building sector-specific guidelines for AI systems in critical development sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, and education<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mapping the transnational governance landscape of digital healthcare and related digital public goods to compile and put forth a Global South-first perspective at multilateral forums.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-3-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-3-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0F2F52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/designing-an-effective-data-sharing-framework-for-agristack\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> policy brief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u2018Designing an effective data-sharing framework for AgriStack\u2019, which addresses data governance issues and calls for strong safeguards around farmers' data rights, privacy, and transparency<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"ethical-ai-innovation\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-4\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-4-0\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-4-0-0\" ><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<h4><b>Ethical AI Innovation<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The dominant AI paradigm remains extractive \u2014 of data, labor, culture, and knowledge. This year, we worked to advance alternatives by shaping a new paradigm for AI innovation, championing more equitable and inclusive pathways to AI development, influencing debates on AI governance, and building feminist AI futures. Across these efforts, we sought to move AI discourse beyond Big Tech-led models towards more democratic, decentralized, socially grounded, and rights-based approaches that center people, communities, and planetary wellbeing<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-4-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"15\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-4-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Towards-a-Multilateral-Agreement-on-Enforcing-Red-Lines.png\" width=\"1820\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Towards-a-Multilateral-Agreement-on-Enforcing-Red-Lines.png 1820w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Towards-a-Multilateral-Agreement-on-Enforcing-Red-Lines-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Towards-a-Multilateral-Agreement-on-Enforcing-Red-Lines-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Towards-a-Multilateral-Agreement-on-Enforcing-Red-Lines-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Towards-a-Multilateral-Agreement-on-Enforcing-Red-Lines-1536x856.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1820px) 100vw, 1820px\" title=\"Key Milestones_Anita Gurumurthy at Towards a Multilateral Agreement on Enforcing Red Lines\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-4-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-4-0-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Digital-Economy-and-Innovation-Report.jpg\" width=\"1374\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Digital-Economy-and-Innovation-Report.jpg 1374w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Digital-Economy-and-Innovation-Report-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Digital-Economy-and-Innovation-Report-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Key-Milestones_Anita-Gurumurthy-at-Digital-Economy-and-Innovation-Report-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1374px) 100vw, 1374px\" title=\"Key Milestones_Anita Gurumurthy at Digital Economy and Innovation Report\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-4-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-4-1-0\" ><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: #F85F4A;\"><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>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advanced a new paradigm for AI innovation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">: Drawing from our conference \u2018Towards Regenerative AI\u2019 in November 2025, we co-developed and launched a campaign, \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/regenai-a-new-deal-for-ai-economy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">ReGenAI: A New Deal for the AI Economy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u2019. The campaign foregrounds the need to reorient AI innovation around meaningful work, diversified economies, pluralistic knowledge societies, and planetary flourishing, while challenging dominant models of AI-driven value extraction driven by Big Tech.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Offered expertise on building just innovation futures:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> We were invited to provide expert inputs into the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development\u2019s (UNCTAD) flagship publication, \u2018Digital Economy and Innovation Report\u2019. The report will provide evidence-based policy recommendations addressing underlying systemic constraints and market imbalances in innovation ecosystems. We also co-organized an India AI Impact Summit 2026 Pre-event with the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva and the South Centre \u2014 a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/southcentre_ai-indiaaiimpactsummit2026-globalcollaboration-activity-7396521974581190656-WymA?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAABlUSmgBsy6YKlc8n3EuA8yC7ScRBY6KC_s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">panel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> on \u2018Advancing Innovation for Equitable AI Access\u2019. The event examined alternative approaches and frameworks to help developing countries move beyond Big Tech-driven models toward more democratic, decentralized, and socially grounded approaches.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Shaped discourse on AI governance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> As part of our membership of the Subgroup on \u2018International AI Red Lines and Effective Global Governance\u2019 of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation\u2019s (UNESCO) Global CSOs &amp; Academic Network on AI Ethics &amp; Policy, we contributed to an official <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/panel-discussion-towards-a-multilateral-agreement-on-enforcing-red-lines\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">panel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, \u2018Towards Multilateral Agreement on Enforcing Red Lines\u2019. The panel brought together governments and experts to discuss the potential for multilateral agreement on AI governance, unacceptable risks and harms across the AI value chain, and enforcement mechanisms<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-4-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"18\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-4-1-1\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Publishing an issue brief on AI, cultural rights and Intellectual Property (IP) regimes focusing on the preservation of the public domain in the GenAI moment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Taking the ReGenAI agenda to critical digital governance spaces and stakeholders, deepening narrative-building and strategic engagement to foreground regenerative approaches to AI innovation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Building a community of feminist AI researchers and prototype developers to deepen field-building in the area of feminist AI<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-4-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"19\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-4-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0F2F52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Explore our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/regenai-a-new-deal-for-ai-economy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">campaign<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, \u2018ReGenAI: A New Deal for the AI Economy\u2019 to ensure that the adoption of AI is rooted in a vision of just, humane, and decolonial futures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Read our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/joint-submission-to-call-for-input-for-emrtd-study-%E2%80%98artificial-intelligence-cultural-rights-and\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">joint submission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> to the \u2018Call for Input for EMRTD Study \u2018Artificial Intelligence, Cultural Rights, and the Right to Development\u2019, where we highlight the risks posed by the current trajectory of AI on cultural rights from a right-to-development perspective<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-4-1-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"20\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"data-rights-for-sustainable-development\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-5\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-5-0\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"21\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-5-0-0\" ><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><strong><b>Data Rights for Sustainable Development<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">At its core, data governance is about the exercise of power \u2014 yet the Global South has long been excluded from shaping the frameworks that govern it. This year, we advanced justice-oriented, sector-specific approaches to data governance and carried Southern aspirations of digital sovereignty into the rooms where global norms are being shaped<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-5-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"22\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-5-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_3.png\" width=\"547\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_3.png 547w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_3-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_3\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-5-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-5-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"23\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-5-1-0\" ><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: #F85F4A;\"><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><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>Advanced key research in data justice: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the scholarly <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/itforchange.net\/centering-equity-and-justice-global-data-governance\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on \u2018<\/span>Centering Equity and Justice in Global Data Governance\u2019, we worked with sectoral experts to understand issues at the intersection of data justice and longstanding development challenges. We co-developed case studies on digitization and datafication across critical sectors, including <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2645\/Public%20Health%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20Data_.pdf\">public health<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2645\/Access_to_Digital_Sequence_Information_DSI.pdf\">biodiversity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2645\/Seeing%20Everything%20from%20Nowhere_A%20Human%20Rights%20Assessment%20of%20the%20United%20Nations%20Food%20and%20Agriculture%20Organization%E2%80%99s%20Data%20Governance_2.pdf\">food sovereignty<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.itforchange.net\/sustainabledatacommons\">knowledge commons<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>Contributed to the global agenda on data governance:<\/b> We have been actively engaging with the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Working Group on Data Governance at all levels through <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/submissions-to-un-cstd-working-group-on-data-governance\">written submissions<\/a>. Further, we conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/why-a-cross-track-approach-necessary-to-steer-work-of-cstd-working-group-on-data-governance\/\">an analysis<\/a> of the submissions across the four tracks to identify interlinkages in the debates and pathways to a holistic data governance approach grounded in a developmental vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>Advocated for Indigenous data rights: <\/b>As part of our ongoing advocacy work in the digital rights space, we <a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/index.php\/it-for-changes-submission-to-call-for-inputs-on-indigenous-peoples-right-to-data\">responded<\/a> to a call for inputs titled 'Indigenous Peoples' Right to Data, including Data Collection and Disaggregation', issued by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Our inputs were incorporated into a draft study introduced by the Expert Mechanism and presented to the Human Rights Council at its 60th session. In our submission, we put forward key recommendations to move beyond the centrality of consent and consultation toward securing meaningful Indigenous data sovereignty \u2014 calling upon states and multilateral organizations to adopt a commons-based approach and invest in Indigenous-origin datasets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-5-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"24\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-5-1-1\" ><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: #F85F4A;\"><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\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Completing the publication of case study reports and the synthesis report under the Centering Equity and Justice in Global Data Governance project.<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Continuing our engagement and advocacy with the processes of the CSTD Working Group on Data Governance<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-5-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"25\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-5-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0F2F52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Read our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/why-a-cross-track-approach-necessary-to-steer-work-of-cstd-working-group-on-data-governance\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">analysis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> on \u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why a Cross-track Approach is Necessary to Steer the Work of the CSTD Working Group on Data Governance\u2019<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"digital-trade-justice\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-6\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"26\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-6-0-0\" ><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<h4><b>Digital Trade Justice<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against the backdrop of the rise of trade as a key site of geopolitical contestation, we examined how emerging digital trade negotiations are reshaping regulatory trajectories in the digital economy. Through expert analysis and inputs, we called attention to the implications of these developments for digital governance in the Global South, advancing critical perspectives on digital sovereignty<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-6-0-1\" 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-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_4.png\" width=\"547\" height=\"806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_4.png 547w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_4-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_4\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-6-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-6-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"28\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-6-1-0\" ><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: #F85F4A;\"><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Built regional capacity on digital trade justice in Southeast Asia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We were invited as expert resource persons for regional <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/node\/2698\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> programs on digital trade rules, including the \u2018Asia Pacific Digital Consumer Dialogue\u2019 and \u2018ASEAN's Digital Future: Civil Society Leadership Strategy Meeting\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Promoted digital inclusion for the Global South:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We submitted a detailed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2753\/IT%20for%20Change%CA%BCs%20Response%20to%20the%20USTR%E2%80%99s%20Request%20for%20Comments%20on%20Significant_1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">response<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the US Trade Representative\u2019s (USTR) call for inputs to the 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report, contesting the framing of India\u2019s digital regulations as \u201ctrade barriers.\u201d Our submission called for the USTR to adopt an approach grounded in respect for states\u2019 sovereign right to regulate their digital economies in the public interest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strengthened global civil society coordination on digital trade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: As facilitator of the Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) Working Group on Digital Trade, we convened regular strategy discussions among members, coordinated advocacy efforts in the lead-up to the World Trade Organization\u2019s (WTO) 14<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministerial Conference, and contributed to the development of accessible explainers on digital trade issues for developing country negotiators. This work supported collective agenda-setting across regions, resisting expansive digital trade rules and strengthening Global South perspectives on policy space and democratic governance in international trade negotiations<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-6-1-1\" 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: #F85F4A;\"><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producing a series of country-specific case studies on recent digital trade negotiations in the Asia-Pacific, examining their implications for trajectories of public interest regulation of the digital economy across states in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publishing analytical pieces on key developments in digital trade, including outcomes from WTO Ministerial Conference 14, evolving US tariff-linked trade arrangements, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations\u2019 (ASEAN) Digital Economy Framework Agreement, and the rationalization of the European Union\u2019s digital laws, to strengthen public understanding of their implications for data governance and economic justice<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-6-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"30\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-6-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0F2F52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Read <a href=\"https:\/\/botpopuli.net\/trumps-tariffs-and-the-big-tech-takeover\/\">our article<\/a>, \u2018<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump\u2019s Tariffs and the Big Tech Takeover<\/span>\u2019 on how the Global Majority is responding to the US\u2019s sudden demand for trade renegotiations in the digital economy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/botpopuli.net\/trade-rules-vs-tax-rights\/\">this article<\/a>, \u2018Trade Rules vs. Tax Rights: Africa\u2019s Digital Dilemma \u2019, on how trade rules shape the ability of African countries to tax their digital economies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"tackling-market-power-in-digital-value-chains\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-7\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-7-0\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"31\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-7-0-0\" ><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<h4><strong>Tackling Market Power in Digital Value Chains<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big Tech's grip on digital markets is not just an economic problem \u2014 it's a democratic issue. This year, we influenced EU antitrust processes from a Global South lens and contributed expert inputs on platform regulation and competition law<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-7-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"32\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_5.png\" width=\"547\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_5.png 547w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_5-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_5\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-7-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-7-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-7-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"33\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-7-1-0\" ><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: #F85F4A;\"><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Provided expert inputs on data merger guidelines: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elevating concerns of the Global South at critical policy moments, we submitted a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/it-for-change%e2%80%99s-submission-to-eu-merger-guidelines\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detailed response<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the European Commission's public consultation on its Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines. We highlighted how monopolistic control over data and infrastructure has enabled gatekeeping behavior and anti-competitive mergers\/acquisitions, closing pathways for competition. Our input focused on the inadequacies of traditional competition law perspectives on consumer welfare to address competition issues in digital markets.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advocated for fair digital markets: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We provided <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somo.nl\/download\/51966\/?tmstv=1790668759\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inputs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Brazilian think tanks on shaping an effective competition law to address concentration in digital markets.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Offered expert inputs for tracking platform governance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Our team <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/unesco-international-conference-on-digital-platform-governance-2026\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offered inputs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 'Advancing Accountable Platform Governance in Asia: Regional Trends and Global Frameworks' conference in Pretoria, which sought to assess progress in the implementation of the UNESCO Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-7-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"34\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-7-1-1\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Embarking on a new research project to explore how techno-legal standards (such as interoperability and openness with appropriate regulation) can foster open, dynamic, and competitive local innovation ecosystems in India across the AI stack<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-7-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"35\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-7-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0F2F52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/it-for-change%E2%80%99s-submission-to-eu-merger-guidelines\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">submission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the EU Merger Guidelines highlighting the novel concerns emerging from the platform economy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somo.nl\/download\/51966\/?tmstv=1774891761\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">public statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in \u2018Support of the Brazilian Bill on Fair Competition in Digital Markets\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/botpopuli.net\/who-owns-the-digital-rails\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u2018Who Owns the Digital Rails\u2019, which sheds light on privatization trends in India\u2019s e-governance infrastructure<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"public-edtech\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-8\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-8-0\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"36\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-8-0-0\" ><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<h4><strong>Public EdTech<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">What does educational transformation look like when it is led by teachers and local contexts, rather than technology companies? We demonstrated that equitable digital education depends on public infrastructure, open resources, pedagogical purpose, and the agency of teachers to shape technology around the needs of their learners. Equity in education needs public digital infrastructure, not private platforms \u2014 and we continue to build the evidence for that<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-8-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"37\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_6.png\" width=\"562\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_6.png 562w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_6-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_6\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-8-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"38\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_7.png\" width=\"566\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_7.png 566w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_7-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_7\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-8-0-3\" 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-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_8.png\" width=\"566\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_8.png 566w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_8-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_8\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-8-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-8-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-8-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"40\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-8-1-0\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0Empowered teachers<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Equipped teachers to create language learning resources:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">We worked with government school teachers from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana through bilingual resource creation workshops, as part of the Certificate in English Language Teaching (CELT) courses at the Regional Institute of English, South India (RIESI). Sessions combined bilingual pedagogy with hands-on script writing, narration, and recording of 40 stories in participants' regional languages and English.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prepared student-teachers to teach with open technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> We conducted EdTech Integrated Learning workshops with multiple cohorts of B.Ed students at teacher education institutes in Bengaluru. Sessions covered Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools, hardware, mobile applications, AI literacy, and storytelling-based pedagogy for interdisciplinary teaching.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Innovated for the classroom<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Took a new social science curriculum from concept to the classroom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">For the Social Science through Information Technology in Education (SOSITE) project, we focused on curriculum design and development, creating detailed session plans and multimodal educational materials for middle school children, and conducted orientation workshops for teachers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Piloted AI-driven oral assessment in language pedagogy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">We piloted English Language Assessment (ELA), a specialized Spoken English assessment software within the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Language Enrichment through Audio Story-based Pedagogy (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">LEAP) program, to help teachers track student progress. This innovation enables teachers to better understand learner progress in the classroom<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Built evidence and system capacities<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strengthened research and analytical capacities within the public education system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> We were invited by the Department of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT), Karnataka, to participate in a research project on the role of libraries in government schools, contributing to tool design, data collection, analysis, and report preparation. We also conducted a capacity-building workshop for District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) faculty to support them in conducting the statewide research projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advanced research on audio story-based language learning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">At select government-aided schools in Bengaluru, which are the sites of our intensive school work under our Karnataka Language Enrichment through Audio Story-based Pedagogy (K-LEAP) program, we conducted action research to study the impact of audio-story-based pedagogy on students' English and Kannada language learning<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-8-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"41\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-8-1-1\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Designing and implementing the next phase of K-LEAP, ensuring continuity and scaling up of the program through partnerships with government school systems in Karnataka.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Implementing our Public EdTech model of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in five states in India. This will involve building the capacities of teachers to use FOSS for Continuous Professional Development (CPD), Open Educational Resource (OER) development, and in their practice. The program will build on the Lucknow workshop as a scalable model for public EdTech integration in Uttar Pradesh.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Expanding the SOSITE program to four schools and supporting 36 schools to integrate social science digital resources and techno-pedagogies into their teaching.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Scaling up J-LEAP and O-LEAP in Jharkhand and Odisha through a proposed collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Tata Trusts, and Tata Steel CSR for a major state-wide program in tribal languages in partnership with CinI.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Customizing courses on integrating EdTech in teaching-learning for different student-teacher cohorts, revising the curriculum to integrate more closely with the Pre-Service Teacher Education curriculum and to adapt to tech trends.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Continuing our collaborations with eminent institutions such as RIESI for the bilingual resource creation program through teacher capacity building.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Continuing our research, advocacy, and outreach efforts to amplify the reach of our programs<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-8-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"42\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-8-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0f2f52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Watch how audio stories can turn everyday classrooms into spaces of imagination, empathy, and deep learning in our video, \u2018The Power of Audio Stories in the Language Classroom\u2019 in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ibq7JYumL-s?si=VoEvFOa4iyCc3Di6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">English <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZaDpeAWruDw?si=VvZOcDGwBW5zkJUi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Kannada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Hear <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_LUDOtEmKZQ?si=w-ZjscyN03AmsdpY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">teachers speak<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> about integrating audio stories into their teaching practice: Teachers\u2019 Experiences from the LEAP Techno-pedagogy Workshops<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"critical-edtech\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-9\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-9-0\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"43\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-9-0-0\" ><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><strong>Critical EdTech<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">From classrooms to policy spaces, we spent the year asking what technology should \u2014 and shouldn\u2019t \u2014 do in education. We brought together a national \u2018Critical EdTech\u2019 community, strengthened research on multilingual and audio-based teacher development, and surfaced the risks of AI and unregulated, platform-driven education. Together, these efforts pushed for an education ecosystem where technology is accountable to teachers and learners, grounded in context, and designed around equity rather than commercial interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-9-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"44\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_10.png\" width=\"432\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_10.png 432w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_10-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_10\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-9-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"45\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_11.png\" width=\"470\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_11.png 470w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_11-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_11\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-9-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"46\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Updated-Thematic-Highlights_9.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Updated-Thematic-Highlights_9.png 940w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Updated-Thematic-Highlights_9-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Updated-Thematic-Highlights_9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Updated-Thematic-Highlights_9-768x775.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" title=\"Updated Thematic Highlights_9\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-9-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-9-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-9-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"47\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-9-1-0\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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<ol>\n<li><b>Cautioned against the unfettered adoption of AI in education:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Director and Lead - Public EdTech, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/estimating-requirements-for-21st-century-schooling-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">contributed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> to a seminar on \u2018Estimating the Requirements for 21st Century Schooling in India\u2019 held at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), convened to inform NITI Aayog on the needs of 21st-century schools. Gurumurthy focused on the implications of using AI and technology in Indian schools and raised concerns about the adoption of proprietary AI models and platform technologies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Advanced research on teacher development:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> Our Senior Program Associates,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Marzia Ibrahim and Reha Sharma, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/19th-international-and-55th-annual-conference-of-english-language-teachers-association-of-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">presented<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> their research papers, \u2018Exploring Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Approaches to English Language Teaching (ELT) as part of Teacher Professional Development (TPD)\u2019 and \u2018Digital Audio-Story-based Pedagogy for ELT\u2019, respectively, at the 19th International and 55th annual conference of the English Language Teachers Association, India (ELTAI). The event was an opportunity to connect with a larger network of education professionals and share classroom innovations and reflections from our practice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Highlighted vulnerabilities in shadow education<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: We <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/15th-annual-international-conference-of-comparative-education-society-of-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">participated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> in a panel at the Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) Conference, presenting insights from a book chapter on the platformization of shadow education. Our presentation elaborated on how platforms can potentially displace small tutor centers and centralize shadow education. The result would be a single platform controlling the entire process, with tutors, parents, and children all dependent on it<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Advocated for digital sovereignty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">: We spoke in a panel titled \u2018Building India's Edge in an Age of Algorithmic Power\u2019, at the 8th India Think Tank Forum, organized by Observer Research Foundation (ORF). <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/itforchange.net\/8th-india-think-tank-forum\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Highlighting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> how the concentration of AI infrastructure in a handful of corporations and economies further exacerbates structural asymmetries across the globe, our input emphasized pathways to ensure India\u2019s digital sovereignty in the AI order<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Integrated gender and inclusion in teacher-focused research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Marzia <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/gender-equality-and-social-inclusion-framework-for-researchers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">participated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> as a panelist in the webinar where the Empowering Teachers Initiative\u2019s (ETI) \u2018Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Framework for Researchers\u2019 was presented. This framework is a new self-evaluation tool designed to help researchers working with teachers systematically integrate a GESI perspective into their studies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-9-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"48\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-9-1-1\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Collaborating with Education International for a research study that aims to identify and synthesize the concerns, needs, expectations, and collective action priorities of teachers regarding the use and impact of AI in K\u201312.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Shaping discourse around critical perspectives on EdTech through the CETI network events and activities such as webinars, blogs, social media campaigns, and newsletters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Publishing our forthcoming journal article in the ECNU Review of Education journal on \u2018Scaling EdTech-Facilitated Teacher Professional Development - Two Case Studies of Language Learning Programs in Kerala and Karnataka, India.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Fortifying education research through our forthcoming book chapter titled \u2018Reclaiming Agency: Lessons for Scaling, from a Teacher-First TPD Program in India\u2019\u00a0 to be published in the book\u00a0 \u2018Adaptation, Agency and Equity: Future Priorities for Teacher Professional Development systems\u2019 based on the collective work of researchers from the Empowering Teachers Initiative (ETI)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-9-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"49\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-9-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0f2f52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Check out our article \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/digital-technologies-for-equitable-quality-education\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Digital Technologies for Equitable Quality Education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u2019 on how AI accentuates the existing social biases and increases corporate control over education.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Read <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eti.tpdatscalecoalition.org\/gesi-framework\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u2018Embedding gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in research with teachers: A self-assessment framework\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> developed as part of the Empowering Teachers Initiative (ETI) collaboratively by the TPD@Scale Coalition for the Global South.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Explore our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itforchange.net\/kleap-impact-assessment-report\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">KLEAP Impact Assessment Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, which presents a consolidated analysis of three kinds of teacher professional development workshops: Audio creation, audio editing, and techno-pedagogical integration<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-10\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"gender-and-digital-empowerment\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-10\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-10-0\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"50\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-10-0-0\" ><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>Gender and Digital Empowerment<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Feminist digital empowerment stems from collective spaces \u2014 offline and online. The Prakriye and Hosa Dishe projects have been nurturing such spaces by strengthening intergenerational solidarities between women and adolescent girls. Leveraging digital technologies, women's collectives champion adolescent girls' aspirations in rural communities; teachers lead in-school safe spaces for girls navigating adolescence; and online platforms counter rampant misogyny and misinformation. In everyday spaces, women and girls have been developing knowledge, skills, and perspectives to build a collectively empowered future<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-10-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"51\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_12.png\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_12.png 560w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_12-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_12\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-10-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"52\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-4047\"\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\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_13.png\" width=\"369\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_13.png 369w, https:\/\/annual-reports.itforchange.net\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thematic-Highlights_13-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" title=\"Thematic Highlights_13\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-10-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"53\" ><div class=\"itfc-table so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-10-0-3\" ><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><b>\u00a0 \u00a0IMPACT AT A GLANCE FOR KISHORI ADDA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 308px;\" width=\"374\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">230+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posts<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.37L+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Views<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.4K+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.2K+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200+\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saves<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12.2K+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shares<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4047-10-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4047-10-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-10-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"54\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-10-1-0\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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<ol>\n<li><b>Took career guidance to the rural first mile:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">We launched a pilot of \u2018Dream Desk\u2019, a hub that caters to the diverse empowerment and information needs of young women and adolescent girls, in Mulluru village. Through in-person training sessions and an online repository, \u2018Dream Desk\u2019 addresses higher education and career opportunities, digital skills, financial literacy, understanding gender and patriarchy, and hands-on community media creation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Fortified financial literacy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> In response to the growing monetary distress rural women face from micro-finance institutions, we designed and facilitated a two-session financial literacy capsule. 71 women from our women\u2019s collectives discussion forums, across two blocks, participated in it. The sessions covered spending patterns, daily budgeting, loans and savings, and financial independence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Expanded Kishori Clubs: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">he <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Hosa Dishe <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">(New Directions) program completed another year in eight districts across Karnataka. We expanded the program to residential schools in four new districts. The orientation workshops equipped teacher-facilitators to run \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Kishori <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Clubs\u2019 as safe spaces for adolescent girls.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-10-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"55\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-10-1-1\" ><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: #f85f4a;\"><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<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Identifying the \u2018Dream Desk\u2019 cohort in Mulluru, followed by an orientation for their families to garner their support and buy-in. In parallel, we are designing an online repository of education and career pathways that is local, contextual, and easily accessible to girls and young women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Designing curricula for two new in-school programs. \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Kishori <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Digital Labs\u2019 will equip adolescent girls with digital skills (from foundational literacy to visual programming), media creation skills, and career readiness, alongside critical media literacy, online safety, and counter-narrative content creation. \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Kishora <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Labs\u2019, a pilot for adolescent boys, will build conversations around identifying toxic masculinity and building healthy models of masculinity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4047-10-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"56\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4047-10-1-2\" ><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=\"color: #0f2f52; text-align: center;\">Recommendations from the Vault<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Listen to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bkNi-oj8S8E\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">teachers describe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> how Kishori Clubs act as a safe space for adolescent girls in \u2018Guiding Lights: Voices of Kishori Club Facilitators\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Tune in to \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kgHHr5Pynwg\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Kishori<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> Rap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u2019, an anthem written from the perspective of adolescent girls speaking directly to their peers about navigating social media safely.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Dive into <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pDmR7nWH4ZU\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">episodes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> from our \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Nan <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Voice <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Nan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> Choice\u2019 podcast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Read <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/bangalore\/ngo-initiative-leads-to-reduced-superstitions-increased-awareness-among-adolescent-girls-study\/article70208166.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">the article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> on the impact of our work, \u2018NGO initiative leads to reduced superstitions, increased awareness among adolescent girls\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Watch this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DMaY2kFys59\/?igsi=MXRvbmd2eTFldzl2OA==\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">short video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> on a computer training course for rural women, organized at the women-led information center in Mulluru village.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Read the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1n_RaiZKMwKy5vYqomM4oQNRbmJ2rQsCC\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">endline study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> of the \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Kishori <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Club\u2019 intervention by Urban Ethnographers, capturing its impact as a safe space for discussion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4047-11\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-4047-11\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-4047-11-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4047-11-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"57\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-flat-acb635ea99ed-4047\"\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\/\"\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>Meaningful Futures of Work In the changing political economy under digitalization, the future of work is being rewritten by data and algorithms. 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