The Research Chair for Gender in Digital Technologies aims to harness the power of Computing and Engineering to enable greater participation of women and girls in society, decision-making, politics and in the digital revolution.
Research, innovation and development projects under this Chairship focus on
- recruitment and retention of women and girls to the field of Computing and Engineering; capacity building programmes to enhance skills of women of girls in Computing and thereby also addressing gender inclusiveness issues in technology design;
- digital solutions to mitigate offline and cyber GBV;
- and increasing women and girls’ socio-economic participation, especially for girls at risk.
Primary methods for the development of intervention include participatory community-based co-design and co-creation utilising Research through Design (RtD) approaches. As the research is interdisciplinary in nature, a number of national and international research collaborators, partners, and postgraduate students will form part of the Research Chair initiative.
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