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Join us in Bengaluru as we come together to reflect, learn, and dream collectively about building a more equitable digital space.

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From critical dialogues on EdTech and equitable education to a special discussion on AI, gender, and storytelling, and a forward-looking panel on regenerative AI, the fest brings together practitioners, scholars, technologists, policymakers, and artists to exchange insights from the field.

As IT for Change marks 25 years of working towards people-centered digital transformation, we invite you to join us at Our Digital Futures Fest, a celebration of ideas, conversations, and collaborations that reimagine the digital world.

The talk will explore critical questions of screen addiction, identity formation, and young people’s well-being in our algorithm-driven world.

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We’re excited to invite you to the inaugural event of our 25th year celebrations. Join us for a public talk by leading child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr. Shekhar Seshadri.

The fest will feature talks, panel discussions, film screenings, roundtables, and exhibitions bringing together practitioners, researchers, policymakers, technologists, and artists.
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This October, we're marking this milestone with Our Digital Futures Fest in Bengaluru—a space to reflect, reconnect, and reimagine what equitable technology can look like.

For 25 years, IT for Change has challenged dominant tech paradigms and advocated for people-centered alternatives through feminist engagements with the digital economy, interventions in education technology, and global policy advocacy.

We are seeking skilled photography and videography professionals to document Our Digital Futures Fest (ODFF) in late October, Bengaluru. The multi-day event requires full coverage, including sessions, speaker interviews, and networking segments.

Learn more here: itforchange.net/tenders

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These are some of the pertinent questions answered in this study by Deepti Bharthur.

This report has been published as part of IT for Change’s project, ‘Digital Economic Integration of MSMEs in the Global South, co-funded by the European Union and the Fair, Green and Global Alliance.

Rapid digitalization is changing the way MSMEs across the world operate and survive in the marketplace. But how do the larger logics of platformization, datafication, and automation within the digital ecosystem shape equitable outcomes for MSMEs?

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By challenging Western notions of privacy and advocating for rights rooted in dignity and community, the study invites policymakers to rethink digitalization processes, aiming for outcomes where inclusion is truly empowering for women and structurally mindful of gendered vulnerabilities.

What does agency look like in digital systems built for social protection?

Gabriella Razzano’s Think Piece advances the concept of ‘beneficial visibility’ as a feminist framework for reimagining women’s control over their datafication.

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Four inputs were submitted in line with the inter-sessional tracks established by the Working Group. These contributions identify critical gaps across specific themes, including cross-border data flows, interoperability & data sharing.

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Earlier this year, the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) established a Working Group on Data Governance to engage in a comprehensive dialogue on data governance at all levels. Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director at IT for Change, is a member of this Working Group.

Karnataka Gig Law Raises Task Refusal Questions Karnataka’s new Gig Worker Law promises fair contracts but raises questions on whether workers can truly refuse tasks without penalties.

In this article, Shobhit S., Lead-Research and Policy Engagement at IT for Change, weighs in on the reality of such decisions and how platform-companies’ algorithmic systems can penalize workers' refusals.

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The Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, which was passed last week, requires fair and transparent contracts between gig workers and platforms and explicitly clarifies workers’ right to refuse tasks.

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The findings underscore the need for nuanced policy frameworks that recognize the intersections of gender, technology, and geopolitics in healthcare delivery.

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It foregrounds the tensions between institutional demands and community relations, revealing how digital and political structures shape frontline labor conditions.

What challenges arise when healthcare digitization is implemented amidst conflict and state control?

This study by Sadaf Masoodi, supported through the National Gender Fellowship, offers an in-depth analysis of the lived realities of ASHA workers in Kashmir.

Not your average tech job. 🚀
At IT for Change, you won’t just write code, you’ll shape how education works for thousands of children in govt. schools across India and tackle a wide variety of impactful projects.

📍 Bengaluru|Full-time|Mid–Senior Position
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As part of our project, "Rewiring India's Digitalizing Economy for Women's Rights and Well-being", we’re hiring a Freelance Editor 📄✍️

📅 Deadline: 17 Aug 2025
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In her powerful speech, Nandini highlights how the current digital order invisibilizes many parts of the population and necessitates meaningful universal connectivity.

Representing the Global Digital Justice Forum, Nandini expanded on the key demands of the Digital Justice Now! Campaign, advocating for the WSIS +20 review and other global digital cooperation processes to prioritize the development-oriented digital order.

The session provided a platform for civil society to reclaim the WSIS vision of a people-centred information society.

YouTube video by IT for Change Nandini Chami on Driving Digital Justice Forward | IGF 2025

On Day 0 of the recently concluded Internet Governance Forum 2025 in Norway, our Deputy Director, Nandini Chami, spoke at the ‘Making the WSIS+20 Moment Deliver Digital Rights and Justice’ session.

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