Category: News
Disinformation – a feminist issue
By Subha Wijesiriwardena While disinformation has become a much-talked about issue in social movements, as well as philanthropic and policymaking spaces, there’s not much consensus on how we understand it or its impact, nor about which tactics make for the best solutions. Similarly, while there is some recent attention paid to the concept of “gendered…
Disinformation as hydra, and resourcing the complex responses needed
By Sam de Silva In late May, I participated in Numun Fund’s three-day Disinfo Co-Lab in Bangkok. I was working as a consultant with Luminate’s Asia team, and fortunately for me, I was the only one from the team who was free and available to attend. The three days I spent at the Co-Lab provided…
Collaborating against disinformation and toward the pluriverse
by Pamela Gloria Cajilig In a Philippine island that sits where the river meets the sea, a community of fisherfolk contemplate their future survival. Decades of poorly planned coastal development and governance have triggered a series of lingering, entangled, and totalizing flood disasters in this landscape that I have been visiting for the past four…
What I Learned at the Numun Disinfo Gathering
By Yan Naung Oak In May, I received an invitation in my inbox to a “gathering” in Bangkok by some trusted colleagues working in the disinformation space. I learned that it was organized by the Numun Fund, an initiative that supports feminist tech movements, particularly in the Global South. My team and I at Thibi…
Las tecnologías que soñamos son feministas.
Podcast “Tejiendo significados comunes. Tejiendo acompañadas desde la escucha profunda” Desarrollo creativo por: https://nadege.es ¿Qué son las infraestructuras feministas? ¿Cómo las imaginamos, soñamos, deseamos y creamos? ¿Cómo tejemos sentidos comunes en torno a ellas? Estas y otras preguntas nos llevaron a reflexionar a través de un ejercicio de prácticas narrativas y experiencias vividas, que nos…