Gender-Just Digital Innovation in Africa (GeDIA): Uniting women changemakers (and their male allies) to co-design gender-just digital futures

非洲性别公正的数字创新 (GeDIA)：联合女性变革者（及其男性盟友）共同设计性别公正的数字未来

• 批准号: EP/T029110/1
• 负责人: Dorothea Kleine
• 金额: $ 17.48万
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT029110%2F1
• 关键词: Gender; Just; Digital; Innovation; Africa

Digital innovation in Africa (and globally) is taking place in highly unequal societies, and there is a risk that the shift to digitisation will trace or even amplify these inequalities. Gender inequality is one such inequality, and it intersects with inequalities along education, class, ethnicity, location, marital status, sexual orientation and disability lines. Gender equality is a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5) in itself and also has been shown to have significant secondary effects on the achievement of other SDGs. Thus both women and men stand to gain from more gender equal societies, and yet in project design in the areas of digital literacy, Information and Communication Technologies for development (ICT4D), and digital-related service design, often gender equality is an afterthought, rather than being a key aim from the start. Women are frequently seen as "hard-to-reach", relatively passive participants who need special encouragement to be included. This network seeks to shift this paradigm and instead position women as active agents in their own digital futures. We unite leading women changemakers, and their male allies, in a network that partners with other women changemakers across African countries to develop digital action research with women (alongside men) as central actors. The network unites academic leaders from the field of ICT4D, Human Computer Interaction Design, digital literacy training, Data Science, with gender equality activists and partners from business (GSMA's network) from NGOs (Oxfam, Malala Fund) and women's networks (Asikana, Coding Space). Participants come from Zambia, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, the UK and Sweden, and each bring their own networks. Thus as a network of networks we will be able to share good practice, identify gaps in our knowledge, and develop a joint research agenda. Together we will apply for a GCRF Large Grant which will allow us to undertake impactful action research together. We seek to explore this overarching question: How can women changemakers in Africa be empowered to co-create a more gender-equal digital future? Based on our analysis of the structural barriers to women's participation in digital innovation, GeDIA will concentrate on three focal areas where we see vital levers for change: 1) Amplifying advocacy in gender equality and equal participation in civic life by developing training opportunities for activists to better use the new tools of digital civics, social media campaigning, data science and data visualisation2) Ensuring fair access for women and girls to education, training and careers in IT and Data Science 3) Developing gender-just service design. Developing better co-design processes for digital-related public services (e.g. sensor monitored water, sanitation, hygiene; apps for maternal health) with women as active partners in design. We will convene a series of workshops and webinars, to bring together the members of the network. Here we will offer each other trainings, share best practice and existing methodologies. We will nurture a GeDIA Academy which supports female academics in African universities through peer support and mentoring. Male allies from Data Science Africa will host a training school focused on women as learners, and male allies from the Zambian Innovation Hub BongoHive will help host our workshops. A members' directory will allow journalists and conference organisers to find female commentators on Africa's digital future. We have the support of DFID and GSMA who are on our advisory board, and our partners Oxfam, Malala Fund, INIITKenya have together pledged 40 person days to contribute to co-shaping this research agenda. They recognise the urgent need for collaborative research and action if women and girls are to have equal digital rights and participate in Africa's digital future.

非洲（以及全球）的数字创新发生在高度不平等的社会中，向数字化的转变可能会追踪甚至放大这些不平等。性别不平等就是这样一种不平等，它与教育、阶级、种族、地点、婚姻状况、性取向和残疾等方面的不平等交织在一起。性别平等本身就是一项可持续发展目标（可持续发展目标5），而且已被证明对其他可持续发展目标的实现具有重大的次要影响。因此，女性和男性都可以从更加性别平等的社会中获益，但在数字扫盲、信息和通信技术促进发展（ICT4D）以及与数字相关的服务设计等领域的项目设计中，性别平等往往是事后考虑的，而不是从一开始就作为一个关键目标。妇女经常被视为“难以接近”，相对被动的参与者，需要特别鼓励才能被纳入。该网络试图改变这种模式，将女性定位为自己数字未来的积极推动者。我们将领先的女性变革者及其男性盟友联合起来，建立一个网络，与非洲各国的其他女性变革者合作，开展以女性（与男性一起）为核心角色的数字行动研究。该网络联合了来自ICT4D、人机交互设计、数字素养培训、数据科学领域的学术领袖，以及性别平等活动家和来自商业（GSMA网络）、非政府组织（乐施会、马拉拉基金会）和妇女网络（Asikana、编码空间）的合作伙伴。参与者来自赞比亚、乌干达、南非、坦桑尼亚、肯尼亚、英国和瑞典，每个人都带来了自己的网络。因此，作为一个网络的网络，我们将能够分享良好的实践，确定我们知识中的差距，并制定一个联合研究议程。我们将共同申请GCRF大额赠款，这将使我们能够共同开展有影响力的行动研究。我们试图探索这个首要问题：如何让非洲的女性变革者获得权力，共同创造一个性别更加平等的数字化未来？根据我们对女性参与数字创新的结构性障碍的分析，GeDIA将重点关注我们认为至关重要的变革杠杆的三个重点领域：1)通过为活动家提供更好地使用数字公民、社交媒体活动、数据科学和数据可视化等新工具的培训机会，扩大对性别平等和平等参与公民生活的倡导；2)确保妇女和女孩在IT和数据科学领域公平获得教育、培训和职业；3)发展性别公正的服务设计。为与数字相关的公共服务（例如，传感器监测的水、环境卫生、个人卫生；孕产妇保健应用程序）制定更好的协同设计程序，使妇女成为设计中的积极伙伴。我们将召开一系列研讨会和网络研讨会，将网络成员聚集在一起。在这里，我们将互相提供培训，分享最佳实践和现有方法。我们将培育一个GeDIA学院，通过同伴支持和指导来支持非洲大学的女性学者。来自非洲数据科学的男性盟友将主持一所培训学校，重点关注女性学习者，而来自赞比亚创新中心BongoHive的男性盟友将帮助主持我们的研讨会。会员名录将允许记者和会议组织者找到关于非洲数字未来的女性评论员。我们得到了英国国际发展部和GSMA的支持，他们是我们的顾问委员会成员，我们的合作伙伴乐施会、马拉拉基金会和肯尼亚倡议组织共同承诺了40个人日来共同制定这一研究议程。他们认识到，如果妇女和女孩要拥有平等的数字权利并参与非洲的数字未来，就迫切需要开展合作研究和行动。

项目成果

Literature Review: Gender-just service design: developing better co-design approaches

文献综述：性别公正的服务设计：开发更好的协同设计方法

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Wandia, T.

Literature Review: Supporting advocacy through digital innovation, data science and social media

文献综述：通过数字创新、数据科学和社交媒体支持宣传

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Wambui, B.

Towards gender justice in digital innovation: From inclusion to supporting change makers

数字创新中实现性别公正：从包容到支持变革者

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Kleine, D.J.

Literature Review: Fair access for women and girls to training and careers in IT and Data Science

文献综述：妇女和女童公平获得 IT 和数据科学培训和职业机会

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Bits, C.

A girl-centred approach to digital learning: Conceptualisation, Application and Recommendations

以女孩为中心的数字学习方法：概念化、应用和建议

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Kleine, D.J.