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Shifting the Data Highway: Introducing the Afro-Feminist Data Governance Project
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All over the world, people share their personal information to get assistance, social services, entertainment and knowledge. However, gender data remains understudied and underutilized, often enveloped in the general scope of data. Prior research was conducted by Pollicy in collaboration with My Data Rights on Afrofeminist Data Futures, which included a white paper titled What Is an Ideal Internet to You? A Global Exploration of Digital Rights Trends. The research identified a lack of inaccessible gender data collection, use and protection and what is counted as the basis for policymaking and resource allocation.
