Author: Datos Contra Feminicidio
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Dwelling with feminicide data: Digital methods for feminist research
This paper presents an innovative digital research methodology that imbricates feminist, participatory, and computational epistemologies to research the role of data in social contestation. Focusing on the social media conversation about feminicide, specifically on Spanish-speaking Twitter (now X), the study examined a dataset of 2.86 million posts to find which emotions and actions are involved…
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Feminist Artificial Intelligence: Frameworks, Practices, Refusals
This Data Against Feminicide (DCF) community event, organised with the Feminist Artificial Intelligence Network in Latin America and the Caribbean, explored how artificial intelligence (AI) can shape, enhance, or undermine efforts to fight against gender-related violence and feminicide. The event opened with brief introductions from the co-organisers, followed by a conceptual discussion on the promises…
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New edition of Data and Feminicide: Theory and Practice course
It took a while, but we are finally opening a new cohort of our online course: Data and Feminicide: Theory and Practice. This time it will run in English.This course aims to provide a space to deepen our understanding of data practices and technology in the struggle against feminicide. It begins by setting a solid theoretical…
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5 years of Data Against Feminicide + Launch of tools in Swahili
To celebrate 5 years since the first community events of the Data Against Feminicide project, in August 2025, we held an online gathering to look back on all we have done together and to launch the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with the amazing Femicide Count Kenya. Alessandra Jungs de Almeida and Isadora Cruxên presented key learnings…
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Data Activism about Feminicide in Brazil
(Due to a technical issue this recording is only available in Portuguese) In August 2023, we launched the Portuguese version of the Data Against Feminicide Email Alerts: our platform to support the monitoring of femicides through relevant news on the subject. In this event, we heard from activists from different regions of Brazil about their…