{"id":4999,"date":"2023-03-12T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/?p=4999"},"modified":"2023-03-12T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T09:01:26","slug":"education-advocacy-and-action-are-key-to-advancing-gender-justice-in-digital-spaces-governed-by-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/?p=4999","title":{"rendered":"Education, advocacy, and action are key to advancing gender justice in digital spaces governed by algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education and accessibility &#8211; WACC Global<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Grassroots perspectives on education are accessibility and affordability as key digital justice issues in local contexts. Addressing digital polarization begins with enabling women and girls to have better access to tech. \u201cPolarization is a product of the digital divide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Education-and-accessibility-web-01-1280x720.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Education-and-accessibility-web-01-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Education-and-accessibility-web-01-620x349.png 620w, https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Education-and-accessibility-web-01-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Education-and-accessibility-web-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Education-and-accessibility-web-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Education-and-accessibility-web-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDiscrimination\u201d and \u201coppression\u201d were more accurate terms than \u201cbias\u201d to reflect the impact of algorithms on women and other marginalized groups, especially women of colour. So, we must include women and girls in the decision-making and discussion of tech development and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The digital divide is the \u201cnew face of gender inequality,\u201d a manifestation of current societal realities in the digital space. The cost of tech devices and internet access is a big challenge for many communities that civil society organizations serve and results in further exclusion and underrepresentation of women and girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital technology has changed the media landscape, driving a shift of the public space\u2014and critical conversations\u2014online. \u201cIf we [as a civil society] aren\u2019t prepared for this, we miss out on shaping debate and being voices of truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like to see more please <a href=\"https:\/\/waccglobal.org\/education-advocacy-and-action-key-to-advancing-gender-justice-in-digital-spaces-governed-by-algorithms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education and accessibility &#8211; WACC Global Grassroots perspectives on education are accessibility and affordability as key digital justice issues in local contexts. Addressing digital polarization begins with enabling women and girls to have better access to tech. \u201cPolarization is a product of the digital divide.\u201d \u201cDiscrimination\u201d and \u201coppression\u201d were more <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/?p=4999\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12139,"featured_media":5000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adweeks","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5004,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions\/5004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}