6 women in a video call sharing grief and relief

In depth

Connectivity hacking the pandemic, enabling digital inclusion and unlocking treasure in rural areas

Posted Sun 12 Dec 2021 - 10:08 | 4,151 views

Miami Chirilele writes about how Murambinda Works, a community network in North Buhera, Zimbabwe, has been able to connect 108,000 people, and is hacking the crisis bottom-up.

members of rural community installing a fiber internet wire

In depth

Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN)

Posted Sat 11 Dec 2021 - 12:13 | 2,468 views

Kira Allmann’s podcast will transport you to the rural north of the United Kingdom to invite you witness one of the Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN) community network assembly meetings, where knowledge is shared, and empathy transpires.

Three women talk sitting on the floor

Feminist talk

Networks Woven with Care

Posted Wed 20 Jan 2021 - 12:02 | 2,937 views

Once upon a time, not long ago, in a village in southeast Brazil, women came together to exchange information and learn collectively about the influence of technology on their lives and on the spirit of the community. In the process, they learned something of great value.

Feminist talk

Women in community networks in Latin America: the story of Belem

Posted Wed 16 Dec 2020 - 08:39 | 9,213 views

GenderIT and Locnet invited women who work in community networks to share their experiences in the times of COVID-19 and their reflections on what these times have revealed around centring meaningful communication in their physical and digital communities. This is the second part of the stories that got to be told about the acts of care in communication technologies under the pandemic.

Two people next to one antenna in the mountain

Feminist talk

Hardworking and resilient women engage with a health information chatbot in Pamoja Net

Posted Wed 16 Dec 2020 - 05:39 | 3,863 views

Through awareness-raising work groups organised by Pamoja Net in DRC, women and girls learned how to participate in the network and to access and verify health information through a telephone helpline and a chatbot.

For women smiling. Text: are you connected to care?

Feminist talk

Connected to care: Coronavirus and women's challenges in community networks

Posted Tue 24 Nov 2020 - 10:53 | 3,003 views

GenderIT and Locnet invited women who work in community networks to share their experiences in the times of COVID-19. This is one of the stories that got to be told about the acts of care in communication technologies under the pandemic.

An illustrated journey of women in community networks

Feminist talk

Our routes: women's node - an illustrated journey of women in community networks

Posted Wed 23 Oct 2019 - 13:12 | 19,274 views

In this beautifully etched illustration we follow the stories of various women who are working in community networks and their journeys with technology, autonomy and self-realisation. 

Feminist talk

Talking community networks at AfChix TechWomen Summit 2018

Posted Tue 29 May 2018 - 05:30 | 5,988 views
In this report back from AfChix TechWomen Summit 2018, Kazanka Comfort talks about the inclusion of young women in science and tehcnology programs in university, discussions around the possibilities offered by community networks to own and manage infrastructure by the people. In particular Kazanka looks at how women are affected by sectarian conflict and working with ICTs and training in…

Publication

[DECLARATION] Decolonising the internet: Second International Cyberfeminist Meeting

Posted Tue 15 May 2018 - 06:27 | 10,795 views
Digital technologies, with their diversity of tools and devices, their opportunities and risks, represent key spaces for feminist, queer, LGBT* and anti-racist political action. Contrary to the decentralisation and democratisation promised by the internet, it is now largely owned by large social media corporations, technology and service companies. In view of the struggles for power and narrative…