I was invited to do a presentation at Emerge 2015 (7-8 Nov) at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. The session was "Gender and Technology: The new frontier for women’s rights". Here's the session description: As access to technology increases globally, more women are benefitting from the autonomy and connectivity that comes with using a mobile phone or computer. In spite of this, there remains a wide digital divide between the genders, with 1.7 billion women in low and middle income countries still without access to a mobile phone. What are the barriers to putting the power of technology into the hands of women? Does access to technology put women at increased risk of harassment, or can it be an opportunity for improving their safety? This session will examine some of the latest research regarding women’s access to – and use of – technology, particularly in developing economies. We will then take a deeper look at one project that has used open data as a strategy to prevent violence against women. I had the pleasure of speaking at the session alongside Claire Sibthorpe, Head of Connected Women at GSMA. The session was facilitated by my friend and fellow feminist, Gianna Goulding.

1. OPEN RESOURCES
@herahussain
FOR WOMEN AT RISK

2. PROBLEM
Women are looking for
information and
resources to help them
deal with violence,
abuse and oppression.

3. WHAT
DOESCHAY
NDO?
100% volunteer run global project that
finds critical information gaps
& creates lean crowdsourced solutions to
address violence against women.
http://chayn.co

4. 1
WEB PORTALS that crowdsource information
for women experiencing domestic abuse
2
TOOLKITS that show women how to take
back control and do something themselves
3
HACKATHONS to spur new tech for good
projects or help NGOs do work better

5. WEB
PLATFORMS

7. CHAYN INDIA / CHAYN PAKISTAN (STATS)
9.5 + 7.5 = c p
6,975
EASY
EXIT

8. TOOLKITS

9. chayn.co/how-to-build-your-own-case/

10. HOW SOMEONE
CAN TRACK
YOU & WHAT
YOU CAN DO
ABOUT IT
chayn.co/staying-safe

11. PROBLEM
women report
experiencing physical
violence or oppression
World Health Organization, Global and Regional Estimates of Violence against Women, http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85239/1/9789241564625_eng.pdf, p. 2. For individual country
information, see full compilation of data in UN Women, 2012, Violence against Women Prevalence Data: Surveys by Country. - See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-
violence-against-women/facts-and-figures#notes
[2] UNODC Global Study on Homicide: 2013 http://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/pdfs/2014_GLOBAL_HOMICIDE_BOOK_web.pdf - See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-
do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures#sthash.XwOt7Aei.dpuf, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246749/horr75-summary.pdf
http://www.beds.ac.uk/research-ref/irac/nccr/echo
of all murders of women
are by a partner or
family member
of reported incidents
of stalking in the UK
had an online
component
of online
harassment
committed by
someone with
prior relationship
1/2
1/3
70%
53%

12. HACKATHONS
CO-CREATING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS

14. WHY WE ONLY
TARGET THE WOMEN
WHO ARE ONLINE?
& the risks of online/offline support.

15. WHY CLOSED RESOURCES &
NGOSARE DISEMPOWERING MILLIONS

16. HOW CAN WE HAYN
TRULY LEVERAGE
TECH TO SOLVE
open licenses - sharing your knowledge with the world
& building upon each other’s work

17. What are the barriers to putting the power of
technology into the hands of women?
Does access to technology put women at
increased risk of harassment?
Can technology improve their safety?
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

18. READING LIST
Chayn Resource
Design
This is what our workflow looks
like
https://medium.com/workflow-
design/chayn-resource-design-
d996ec516202
Running a fluid and
democratic volunteer-run
organisation
Summary of tools, processes and
theory behind an alternate open
structure of management
https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-
and-democratic-volunteer-run-organisation-
3538e12c699e

19. DO THE MINIMUM
TO GET THE MAXIMUM
I M P A C T.

20. SPREAD
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