Tech and Equality

This paper examines the complex relationship between internet governance and gender justice. It begins by outlining the importance of fair gender representation within internet governance spaces. It then analyzes the current state of such representation, highlighting the persistent gender gap within a governance landscape that remains largely institutional and structurally exclusionary.

This paper examines the two-way relationship between content creation and gender dynamics: how the internet opens spaces for self-expression, social influence, and income, while algorithms, market logics, and cultural expectations reshape that expression.

This paper examines how social media policies fuel the growth of cyber gender-based violence and its persistence. It highlights structural flaws in current protective measures on these platforms and offers recommendations to boost online safety for women and girls.

This paper offers a practical definition of gender sensitivity, emphasizing its importance, necessity, and mechanisms for its implementation. The paper also discusses gender sensitivity within digital technology and proposes two approaches for its integration into the lifecycle of digital products and services.

This paper examines the challenges and opportunities associated with integrating women into the open-source software community. It presents the current state of women’s participation in the open-source community, explores the main barriers to their inclusion, and finally, discusses approaches to promote integration, including mentoring and training programs, inclusive policies for open-source projects, and support for community networks.

This paper discusses the impact of women’s experiences in the digital world on their mental health. It provides a brief overview of the main gender-based pressures women face in the digital world, their impact on women’s mental health, and ways to address these pressures.

This paper seeks to provide an overview of the intersection between progressive communications and gender. It discusses the role that progressive communications can play in supporting efforts to achieve gender equality, including the opportunities available and the means to support them.

This paper explores Egypt’s ICT sector’s potential to economically empower Egyptian women. It focuses on how the sector can create more employment opportunities for women. Additionally, the paper discusses the potential of the ICT sector to socially empower women, which can further contribute to narrowing the gender gap.

This paper seeks to address the most influential factors in women’s right to exercise their freedom of expression in Egyptian cyberspace. The paper uses an approach that hypothesizes that the most influential factor in creating an oppressive climate for women to exercise their right to freedom of expression is the prevalence of hate speech and misogynistic rhetoric that is decisively dismissive of the principle of gender equality.