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We partner with other organisations and scholars to examine the gender gap in access to, use of, and benefit from technology.
Description
There is a gendered technology divide 鈥� still 鈥� which operates to different degrees in different contexts but is almost universal. While attitudes and practices are changing, women听generally own less technology or have less than equal access to it. This research pillar is an opportunity for the Centre to work with another of IRDR鈥檚 research centres: the Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies (dPHE).
MANTRA -听Increasing maternal and child health resilience before, during and after disasters using mobile technology in Nepal
Find out more about this project that piloted a听transdisciplinary, gender-responsive, participatory and culturally-rooted approach to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and maternal and child health. It combined geoscience and gendered DRR with participatory visual and textual maternal and child health care communications.
EU-funded RiskPacc currently underway
The Centre is听currently part of the听听project (European Union鈥檚 Horizon 2020) that听facilitates interaction between citizens,听Civil Society Organisations and Civil Protection Authorities. The aim is听to jointly reduce听the Risk Perception-Action Gap听in communities of varying socio-economic conditions,听identify needs and develop听solutions to build enhanced disaster resilience,听based on new forms of digital and community-centered听data.听听