TICTeC 2020: What does the African feminist future of civic technology look like? - Neema Iyer
Channel: mySociety
Date: 2020-04-02

Neema Iyer is the founder and director of Pollicy, a civic technology organization based in Kampala, Uganda. Pollicy uses data, design and technology to improve how citizens and government engage around public service delivery. She has a Masters in Public Health from Emory University and has worked on large-scale mobile and digital projects across Africa as part of TTC Mobile (previously Text to Change) and Viamo (previously VOTO Mobile). She currently leads the design of a number of projects focused on building data skills, on fostering conversations on data privacy and digital security, and on innovating around policy.

This presentation was part of mySociety's The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC) held virtually on 24 & 25 March 2020. 

The Q&A with Neema about this presentation can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/uQMDmCmPVrs

TICTeC 2020 bought together 180 people from over 30 different countries. 

It was the sixth in an annual series of conferences from mySociety, focusing on the impact that civic technology and digital democracy are having upon citizens, decision makers and governments around the world.

To find out more about TICTeC please visit: http://tictec.mysociety.org

Session description:

It’s well-understood that women and sexual minorities are frequent victims of online gender-based violence.

But we are yet to fully understand the impact that this has, not just on women across Africa, but also on how they access civic technology.

Pollicy’s recent large-scale research study provides a baseline, with data across five countries in Africa.