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Read more IT for Change issued a joint statement urging the Government to extend existing labour rights and social protection schemes to platform workers. Read more We are looking to collaborate with researchers and scholars working on the digital economy and data governance in the Global South for an exciting new research project. IT for Change's new project seeks to engage progressive actors in an exercise to construct alternative digital frameworks, pathways, and institutional arrangements. Full report here This report, a collaboration between IT for Change, FES and PSI, argues that collective data ownership is at the heart of an equitable data future. Read more Our e-learning course supports KVS mathematics teachers in the creation of Open Educational Resources for their classrooms. Call for Proposals: Unskewing the Data Value Chain – A Policy Research Project for Equitable Platform EconomiesDevelopment and DemocracyResearchIT for Change seeks to collaborate with researchers and scholars working on issues of the digital economy and data governance in the Global South for our exciting new research project, ‘Unskewing the Data Value Chain – A Policy Research Project for Equitable Platform Economies’. Supported by the Omidyar Network, this project aims to generate high-…Read more Response to the Public Consultation on the Draft Health Data Management PolicyDevelopment and DemocracyAdvocacyThe Government of India, through the National Health Authority, released the draft Health Data Management Policy on August 26, 2020. As stated in its objectives, the Policy is meant to act as a guidance document across the National Digital Health Ecosystem (NDHE) and sets out the minimum standard for data privacy protection that should be followed across the board to ensure…Read more Feminist Pathways to Digital Transformation Post-Pandemic – Some Considerations for BRICSGenderAdvocacyAnita Gurumurthy spoke at an online conference entitled "Countering the Effects of the Pandemic: Women’s Viewpoints" organized by the "women and girls" working group of the Civil BRICS as a run up to a BRICS civil society forum happening later this year.Anita spoke about "Feminist Pathways to Digital Transformation Post-Pandemic – Some…Read more A Digital New Deal: Visions of Justice in a Post-Covid WorldInternet governanceAdvocacy, ResearchThe Covid pandemic has starkly visibilized the underlying inequality and injustice of the global economic paradigm. It has not only exposed the cumulative failings of the neoliberal order, but also testified to the inevitability of crisis and catastrophe inherent to it.For nearly half a century now – since the disavowal of the Keynesian/New Deal model and its…Read more Schools Must Reopen in a Phased Manner for Child Safety, Health and DevelopmentEducation AdvocacyStatement Issued by a Group of Educationists and Social Work OrganizationsConcernsBetween lock-downs and relaxations, governments are trying to find the right balance between saving lives and keeping the economy going. A similar balance is essential in education as well. A very small percentage of students are able to connect to online…Read more Recommendations by IT for Change to NITI Aayog on COVID-19: Impact on Women and GirlsGenderAdvocacy, ResearchIT for Change contributed this input about gender and digital technology to a report for the NITI Aayog titled 'COVID-19: Impact on Women and Girls', prepared by a group of organizations working for gender equality and women's empowerment. The input is based on our ongoing project, ‘Centering Women in India's Digitalising Economy’, co-funded by…Read more Treating Data as CommonsSep 2020Parminder Jeet SinghThe Gopalakrishnan Committee set up by the government on developing a governance framework for non-personal data recently put out its draft report for public consultation. The report’s main purpose is to ensure wide sharing and availability of data in society. To ensure that companies share the required data, it was…Read more Reclaiming Education During a PandemicJul 2020Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Sriranjani RanganathanA virus may be apolitical but our response to it reveals biases and inequities in our systems. As we all adapt to the new “normal”, it is critical that we look at the stated and unstated assumptions, and implicit and explicit changes being made to our social welfare systems, which impact people differently.Millions…Read more Data is an Economic Resource. GK Committee Report Shows How Its Value Can Be Shared, GovernedJul 2020Parminder Jeet SinghData is almost universally recognised as the most valuable economic resource today. Seven out of the top 10 companies globally by market capitalisation are data-centric. In these circumstances, it appears strange that there has hardly been any worthwhile attempt to look at who has economic rights to various kinds of…Read more A Plan for Indian Self-Sufficiency in an AI-Driven WorldJul 2020Parminder Jeet SinghEnsuring wide data availability may help India develop its AI industry and avoid external dependence.Geo-political and economic power in the industrial age was determined by one’s expertise in manufacturing. In a digital society, it’s likely to be based on command over artificial intelligence (AI). As an information…Read more

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