WMC Women Under Siege
September 30, 2021 | Nikita Jain | Feminism, Free Speech, International, Online harassment, Violence against women
Months After Indian Muslim Women Were Featured ‘Deals of the Day,’ Nothing Has Happened

More than 80 women had their names and pictures posted without their consent on the app’s “deals of the day.” Rather than hosting actual transactions, the sole purpose of the app was to humiliate its subjects.

WMC Women Under Siege
September 09, 2021 | Haniya Javed | Health, International, Science and tech
Backlash Over New Mobile Health Initiative Exposes Digital Gender Divide in Pakistan

"TIBBI," a telehealth solution meant to digitize the operations of lady health workers (LHWs) in Pakistan for better efficiency, has been ill-received by their patients: workers reported being yelled at and thrown out of homes for being vulgar and recording information on their devices.

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