Technology in action
In 2021, the annual Data Against Feminicide event focused on how technology can support practices in the production of feminicide data. We invited organizations who worked on the co-design of the Data Against Feminicide digital tools to share their work and their experiences with the tools. The prompts for this conversation were: How can technological tools help reduce the emotional burden of feminicide monitoring work? What challenges do organizations face when collecting data on Indigenous and Afro-descendant women victims of violence? How can data collected by activists complement and challenge official data on feminicides?
Participants
- Marina De Oliveira, African American Policy Forum
- Rosalind Page, Black Femicide US
- Helena Suárez Val, Feminicidio Uruguay
- Viridiana Preciado, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit People, Sovereign Bodies Institute
- Marta Pérez y Maria Florencia Matas, Mujeres de Negro Rosario
- Maria Victoria Aguirre, Registro Nacional de Femicidios, Observatorio Mumalá
- Dawn Wilcox, Women Count USA
Reflections on the conversation
During this discussion, we explored how digital tools and machine learning could support civil society in collecting data on feminicide, addressing challenges such as missing data and media biases.
Collaboration among activists and the use of technology to collect and analyze data are key aspects in the fight against feminicide and gender-based violence. Furthermore, the importance of intersectionality in understanding the specific vulnerabilities faced by women, especially Black women, was highlighted.
Another topic addressed was how making visible cases of feminicide and raising awareness among society are fundamental aspects of eradicating gender-related violence, as they allow for accountability and active collaboration, enriching collective knowledge in the struggle against feminicide.
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