Welcome to my fifth and final blog post in the series on gender, development, and information and communication technologies (ICTs). In the following post, topics from my previous blog posts are brought together and analysed with the help of academic literature and research to discuss how development practitioners can ensure …
In today’s data-driven world, even essential services are moving to the cloud at an exponential rate. Online services are increasingly offered as the default, or sometimes the only, option. While often welcomed as a positive, inclusive development, a dependence on online services and technology comes with many questions. In this …
Welcome to my fourth blog post in the series gender, development & ICTs. In the following post, I am concerned with the role technology can play in online and offline harassment and gender-based violence, and how ICT can be used as part of the solution. What role can ICTs play …
Welcome to the third blog post in the series gender, development & ICTs. Looking through a gender and intersectional lens, I am concerned with questions of who designs ICTs and who creates the content online while highlighting some initiatives working for diversity and equality. Who shapes the content online? The …
Welcome to my second blog post in the series gender, development & ICTs – this time with a focus on the struggle of mental health issues during the global pandemic. I am concerned with the effects of COVID-19 on our mental health, the potentials of ICTs to offer solutions, and …
In writing my first post in this series, I explained that ICT seems to be referenced in migration policy frameworks almost exclusively for its role in data collection, mostly associated with border management. You may – likely influenced by your political persuasions and where you live – see this as …
Welcome! My blog post series will follow the theme of Indigenous Peoples development and social change in relation to information and communication technologies (ICTs), as I perceive it has had an immense impact of this particular marginalised group. For example, during the spring of 2020, the importance of new media …
Welcome to my first blog post on the theme of gender, development, and information and communication technologies (ICTs). In the coming posts, I will focus on how ICT4D is used to pursue gender equality in the world while touching upon current topics such as COVID-19, online harassment, and decolonisation. ICT …
Why are migration, development and technology important to consider through the ComDev lens and how are they present in global frameworks?
In my coming posts, I will be exploring how different development organisations utilise information and communication technologies (ICTs). To achieve their ambitious targets, public actors and NGOs tend to favor partnerships with private companies. By looking at a number of different fields, I will also attempt to bring in conversation …
