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EdTech is everywhere today—but does it truly overcome the barriers to universal, quality education?
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
EdTech is everywhere today—but does it truly overcome the barriers to universal, quality education?
UPDATED TIMINGS!
Thank you for your overwhelming interest in our ‘Reimaging Realities’ film discussion!
Thank you for your overwhelming interest in our ‘Reimaging Realities’ film discussion!
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
UPDATED TIMINGS!
Thank you for your overwhelming interest in our ‘Reimaging Realities’ film discussion!
Thank you for your overwhelming interest in our ‘Reimaging Realities’ film discussion!
As IT for Change marks 25 years of working towards people-centered digital transformation, we invite you to join us at Our Digital Futures Fest, a celebration of ideas, conversations, and collaborations that reimagine the digital world.
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As IT for Change marks 25 years of working towards people-centered digital transformation, we invite you to join us at Our Digital Futures Fest, a celebration of ideas, conversations, and collaborations that reimagine the digital world.
We’re excited to invite you to the inaugural event of our 25th year celebrations. Join us for a public talk by leading child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr. Shekhar Seshadri.
October 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We’re excited to invite you to the inaugural event of our 25th year celebrations. Join us for a public talk by leading child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr. Shekhar Seshadri.
For 25 years, IT for Change has challenged dominant tech paradigms and advocated for people-centered alternatives through feminist engagements with the digital economy, interventions in education technology, and global policy advocacy.
October 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For 25 years, IT for Change has challenged dominant tech paradigms and advocated for people-centered alternatives through feminist engagements with the digital economy, interventions in education technology, and global policy advocacy.
We are seeking skilled photography and videography professionals to document Our Digital Futures Fest (ODFF) in late October, Bengaluru. The multi-day event requires full coverage, including sessions, speaker interviews, and networking segments.
Learn more here: itforchange.net/tenders
Learn more here: itforchange.net/tenders
September 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
We are seeking skilled photography and videography professionals to document Our Digital Futures Fest (ODFF) in late October, Bengaluru. The multi-day event requires full coverage, including sessions, speaker interviews, and networking segments.
Learn more here: itforchange.net/tenders
Learn more here: itforchange.net/tenders
Rapid digitalization is changing the way MSMEs across the world operate and survive in the marketplace. But how do the larger logics of platformization, datafication, and automation within the digital ecosystem shape equitable outcomes for MSMEs?
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Rapid digitalization is changing the way MSMEs across the world operate and survive in the marketplace. But how do the larger logics of platformization, datafication, and automation within the digital ecosystem shape equitable outcomes for MSMEs?
What does agency look like in digital systems built for social protection?
Gabriella Razzano’s Think Piece advances the concept of ‘beneficial visibility’ as a feminist framework for reimagining women’s control over their datafication.
Gabriella Razzano’s Think Piece advances the concept of ‘beneficial visibility’ as a feminist framework for reimagining women’s control over their datafication.
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What does agency look like in digital systems built for social protection?
Gabriella Razzano’s Think Piece advances the concept of ‘beneficial visibility’ as a feminist framework for reimagining women’s control over their datafication.
Gabriella Razzano’s Think Piece advances the concept of ‘beneficial visibility’ as a feminist framework for reimagining women’s control over their datafication.
Earlier this year, the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) established a Working Group on Data Governance to engage in a comprehensive dialogue on data governance at all levels. Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director at IT for Change, is a member of this Working Group.
September 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Earlier this year, the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) established a Working Group on Data Governance to engage in a comprehensive dialogue on data governance at all levels. Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director at IT for Change, is a member of this Working Group.
The Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, which was passed last week, requires fair and transparent contracts between gig workers and platforms and explicitly clarifies workers’ right to refuse tasks.
August 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, which was passed last week, requires fair and transparent contracts between gig workers and platforms and explicitly clarifies workers’ right to refuse tasks.
What challenges arise when healthcare digitization is implemented amidst conflict and state control?
This study by Sadaf Masoodi, supported through the National Gender Fellowship, offers an in-depth analysis of the lived realities of ASHA workers in Kashmir.
This study by Sadaf Masoodi, supported through the National Gender Fellowship, offers an in-depth analysis of the lived realities of ASHA workers in Kashmir.
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What challenges arise when healthcare digitization is implemented amidst conflict and state control?
This study by Sadaf Masoodi, supported through the National Gender Fellowship, offers an in-depth analysis of the lived realities of ASHA workers in Kashmir.
This study by Sadaf Masoodi, supported through the National Gender Fellowship, offers an in-depth analysis of the lived realities of ASHA workers in Kashmir.
Not your average tech job. 🚀
At IT for Change, you won’t just write code, you’ll shape how education works for thousands of children in govt. schools across India and tackle a wide variety of impactful projects.
📍 Bengaluru|Full-time|Mid–Senior Position
🔗 Apply: lnk.itforchange.net/techassociate
At IT for Change, you won’t just write code, you’ll shape how education works for thousands of children in govt. schools across India and tackle a wide variety of impactful projects.
📍 Bengaluru|Full-time|Mid–Senior Position
🔗 Apply: lnk.itforchange.net/techassociate
August 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Not your average tech job. 🚀
At IT for Change, you won’t just write code, you’ll shape how education works for thousands of children in govt. schools across India and tackle a wide variety of impactful projects.
📍 Bengaluru|Full-time|Mid–Senior Position
🔗 Apply: lnk.itforchange.net/techassociate
At IT for Change, you won’t just write code, you’ll shape how education works for thousands of children in govt. schools across India and tackle a wide variety of impactful projects.
📍 Bengaluru|Full-time|Mid–Senior Position
🔗 Apply: lnk.itforchange.net/techassociate
As part of our project, "Rewiring India's Digitalizing Economy for Women's Rights and Well-being", we’re hiring a Freelance Editor 📄✍️
📅 Deadline: 17 Aug 2025
🔗 Apply via link in bio or visit itforchange.net/tenders
📅 Deadline: 17 Aug 2025
🔗 Apply via link in bio or visit itforchange.net/tenders
August 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
As part of our project, "Rewiring India's Digitalizing Economy for Women's Rights and Well-being", we’re hiring a Freelance Editor 📄✍️
📅 Deadline: 17 Aug 2025
🔗 Apply via link in bio or visit itforchange.net/tenders
📅 Deadline: 17 Aug 2025
🔗 Apply via link in bio or visit itforchange.net/tenders
On Day 0 of the recently concluded Internet Governance Forum 2025 in Norway, our Deputy Director, Nandini Chami, spoke at the ‘Making the WSIS+20 Moment Deliver Digital Rights and Justice’ session.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtS...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtS...
Nandini Chami on Driving Digital Justice Forward | IGF 2025
YouTube video by IT for Change
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August 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On Day 0 of the recently concluded Internet Governance Forum 2025 in Norway, our Deputy Director, Nandini Chami, spoke at the ‘Making the WSIS+20 Moment Deliver Digital Rights and Justice’ session.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtS...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtS...
Microsoft Exchange email delivery to our domain remains broken. As a small organization, our strength lies in our community. But the tech challenge is blocking these vital connections.
Please use alternative communication channels if you need to reach us.
@microsoft.com
Please use alternative communication channels if you need to reach us.
@microsoft.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Microsoft Exchange email delivery to our domain remains broken. As a small organization, our strength lies in our community. But the tech challenge is blocking these vital connections.
Please use alternative communication channels if you need to reach us.
@microsoft.com
Please use alternative communication channels if you need to reach us.
@microsoft.com
What does the future of work truly look like for women in the apparel industry—beyond just headlines about automation?
This Think Piece by Karin Fernando and Chandima Arambepola reframes automation not just as a technological shift, but as a gendered and economic phenomenon.
This Think Piece by Karin Fernando and Chandima Arambepola reframes automation not just as a technological shift, but as a gendered and economic phenomenon.
August 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What does the future of work truly look like for women in the apparel industry—beyond just headlines about automation?
This Think Piece by Karin Fernando and Chandima Arambepola reframes automation not just as a technological shift, but as a gendered and economic phenomenon.
This Think Piece by Karin Fernando and Chandima Arambepola reframes automation not just as a technological shift, but as a gendered and economic phenomenon.
📢 Important update:
Since early July, emails sent from Microsoft Exchange (Outlook) servers to our @itforchange.net addresses have not been reaching us. This has disrupted communication with our community, collaborators, and external colleagues.
Since early July, emails sent from Microsoft Exchange (Outlook) servers to our @itforchange.net addresses have not been reaching us. This has disrupted communication with our community, collaborators, and external colleagues.
July 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📢 Important update:
Since early July, emails sent from Microsoft Exchange (Outlook) servers to our @itforchange.net addresses have not been reaching us. This has disrupted communication with our community, collaborators, and external colleagues.
Since early July, emails sent from Microsoft Exchange (Outlook) servers to our @itforchange.net addresses have not been reaching us. This has disrupted communication with our community, collaborators, and external colleagues.
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New!
How US firms have muscled in on India's ground-breaking digital public infrastructure.
And how to protect the "public" part of DPIs.
criticaltakes.org/tax-and-prof...
From Sadhana Sanjay of @itforchange.bsky.social
If you like what you read, please share!
How US firms have muscled in on India's ground-breaking digital public infrastructure.
And how to protect the "public" part of DPIs.
criticaltakes.org/tax-and-prof...
From Sadhana Sanjay of @itforchange.bsky.social
If you like what you read, please share!
July 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
New!
How US firms have muscled in on India's ground-breaking digital public infrastructure.
And how to protect the "public" part of DPIs.
criticaltakes.org/tax-and-prof...
From Sadhana Sanjay of @itforchange.bsky.social
If you like what you read, please share!
How US firms have muscled in on India's ground-breaking digital public infrastructure.
And how to protect the "public" part of DPIs.
criticaltakes.org/tax-and-prof...
From Sadhana Sanjay of @itforchange.bsky.social
If you like what you read, please share!
As we mark 25 years, we look back with gratitude and ahead with resolve.
Our commitment to building an inclusive and democratic digital future remains steadfast. Thank you to all who have walked this path with us!
Our commitment to building an inclusive and democratic digital future remains steadfast. Thank you to all who have walked this path with us!
July 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As we mark 25 years, we look back with gratitude and ahead with resolve.
Our commitment to building an inclusive and democratic digital future remains steadfast. Thank you to all who have walked this path with us!
Our commitment to building an inclusive and democratic digital future remains steadfast. Thank you to all who have walked this path with us!
On Day 2 of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025, IT for Change, the Global Digital Justice Forum, and the @apc.org organized a session titled, 'Centering People and Planet in the WSIS+20 and Beyond.'
July 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
On Day 2 of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025, IT for Change, the Global Digital Justice Forum, and the @apc.org organized a session titled, 'Centering People and Planet in the WSIS+20 and Beyond.'
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APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / Highlights of Day 2
With @redesac-mx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @derechosdigitales.org, Rhizomatica,
@itforchange.bsky.social and others
#wsis20 #DigitalJusticeNow #DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks #globaldigitalcompact #environmentaljustice
With @redesac-mx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @derechosdigitales.org, Rhizomatica,
@itforchange.bsky.social and others
#wsis20 #DigitalJusticeNow #DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks #globaldigitalcompact #environmentaljustice
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / Highlights of Day 2
With @redesac-mx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @derechosdigitales.org, Rhizomatica,
@itforchange.bsky.social and others
#wsis20 #DigitalJusticeNow #DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks #globaldigitalcompact #environmentaljustice
With @redesac-mx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @derechosdigitales.org, Rhizomatica,
@itforchange.bsky.social and others
#wsis20 #DigitalJusticeNow #DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks #globaldigitalcompact #environmentaljustice
On Day 2 of #WSIS20, our push for #DigitalJusticeNow continues!
At this critical juncture, we ask: How do we reform digital trade, taxation, and intellectual property regimes that entrench inequality between countries, to ensure a more equitable future?
At this critical juncture, we ask: How do we reform digital trade, taxation, and intellectual property regimes that entrench inequality between countries, to ensure a more equitable future?
Abdul Muheet Chowdhary on Digital Tax Justice | People & Planet @ WSIS+20
YouTube video by IT for Change
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July 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
On Day 2 of #WSIS20, our push for #DigitalJusticeNow continues!
At this critical juncture, we ask: How do we reform digital trade, taxation, and intellectual property regimes that entrench inequality between countries, to ensure a more equitable future?
At this critical juncture, we ask: How do we reform digital trade, taxation, and intellectual property regimes that entrench inequality between countries, to ensure a more equitable future?
It is day 1 of the #WSIS20, and our campaign for #DigitalJusticeNow is gaining momentum!
Our campaign dares to reimagine a digital future where the deeply embedded power structure between the Global North and the Global Majority can find a more egalitarian balance.
Our campaign dares to reimagine a digital future where the deeply embedded power structure between the Global North and the Global Majority can find a more egalitarian balance.
Margarida Silva on Big Tech’s Extractive Digital Economy | People & Planet @ WSIS+20
YouTube video by IT for Change
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July 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It is day 1 of the #WSIS20, and our campaign for #DigitalJusticeNow is gaining momentum!
Our campaign dares to reimagine a digital future where the deeply embedded power structure between the Global North and the Global Majority can find a more egalitarian balance.
Our campaign dares to reimagine a digital future where the deeply embedded power structure between the Global North and the Global Majority can find a more egalitarian balance.
👩🏾💻🌱 Join us for #TheTechPeopleWant Summit! @okfn.bsky.social & IT for Change are teaming up to rethink who current tech is really for and against. Will you be there?
🗓️ 8–9 July
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/uJEu5CYGCuVj...
🗓️ 8–9 July
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/uJEu5CYGCuVj...
July 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
👩🏾💻🌱 Join us for #TheTechPeopleWant Summit! @okfn.bsky.social & IT for Change are teaming up to rethink who current tech is really for and against. Will you be there?
🗓️ 8–9 July
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/uJEu5CYGCuVj...
🗓️ 8–9 July
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/uJEu5CYGCuVj...
On Monday, 7 July, stakeholders from across the globe gather in Geneva for the #WSIS20 review, and we are making our voices heard in the crowd.
Our #DigitalJusticeNow campaign asserts that for a truly sustainable digital future, as envisioned by the WSIS, we must prioritize the planet.
Our #DigitalJusticeNow campaign asserts that for a truly sustainable digital future, as envisioned by the WSIS, we must prioritize the planet.
Eqram Mustaqeem on Tech’s Environmental Toll | People & Planet @ WSIS+20
YouTube video by IT for Change
www.youtube.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
On Monday, 7 July, stakeholders from across the globe gather in Geneva for the #WSIS20 review, and we are making our voices heard in the crowd.
Our #DigitalJusticeNow campaign asserts that for a truly sustainable digital future, as envisioned by the WSIS, we must prioritize the planet.
Our #DigitalJusticeNow campaign asserts that for a truly sustainable digital future, as envisioned by the WSIS, we must prioritize the planet.