The Gender & Tech Online Talk Series brings together leading scholars, advocates, and practitioners to discuss the intersections of gender, technology, democracy and human rights. It critically examines how digital platforms and technologies impact women, queer and gender-diverse individuals while exploring pathways for more inclusive, rights-focused digital governance frameworks.
The sixth session focuses on the ambivalence of technology for gender-diverse communities, including data governance and human rights. Speakers will be encouraged to address the following questions: How to advance safe and inclusive trans participation in technology governance? How can technology contribute to the visibility of gender-diverse communities while safeguarding human rights? What are the lessons we can learn from history about the intricate relationship between gender and technology? What role do tech companies play in shaping policies that affect trans and gender-diverse communities, and how can they be held accountable? How can open-source and community-led tech initiatives support trans-inclusive governance models?
This online series, co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia, runs monthly featuring two speakers and international perspectives. It began in April 2025 and will continue through the first half of 2026. These are the upcoming topics (exact dates to be confirmed):
January | Misinformation and political extremism
February | Education and Digitalities
March | Immigration and surveillance
April | Techno-authoritarianism and freedom of expression
Previous webinars (2025)
4/25 | Digital Colonialism
5/27 | Data Governance
8/28 | Platform Governance
9/29 | Technocapitalism and Environmental Justice
10/29 | Data Work and Political Participation
12/2 | Trans-inclusive Technology Governance
All discussions will become an open access report.
