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5:00 PM
Women Online.BD
Discussion and Podcast Launch|Sister Library
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House 10, Road 9 Dhanmondi , Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Language Bangla, English
- Price Free
A moderated discussion about the lives of women online in Bangladesh to launch WOMEN ONLINE DOT BD - a podcast exploring how women exist in the viral, vile and wild digital landscape.
The Goethe-Institut Bangladesh in partnership with HerStory Foundation will host this event at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh. Open to all upon registration: https://forms.gle/9dhakibwL2nG7yWG9
The conversation will be moderated by Shaveena Anam and centre around the question -
"What forces shape the experiences of women and women-identifying people on the internet in Bangladesh?"
from legal, technical, social and generational perspectives.
A computer scientist working as a Professor at North South University in Bangladesh. She has finished her PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and came back to Bangladesh to make changes. After returning to Bangladesh, she used her understanding of sensors to fight social challenges such as systems to protect women from sexual harassment.
She is the founder and former EC of National Young Academy Bangladesh, former EC of Global Young Academy, Fellow of Sangat, the feminist network in South Asia, founding board member of Kaan Pete Roi, a suicide prevention call center. In her free time, she is busy with her two daughters and fun partner!
BARRISTER PRIYA AHSAN
Priya Ahsan Chowdhury is an Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, a Barrister, and an Associate at Dr. Kamal Hossain and Associates, having joined the firm in 2018. Priya’s main areas of practice are constitutional and administrative law, public interest, human rights and family law.
TAMARA YESMIN TOMA
Tamara Yesmin Toma is a Bangladeshi digital rights advocate and fact-checking professional whose work centers on disinformation, gendered tech abuse, and platform accountability. She currently serves as Research Coordinator at Dismislab.
The Goethe-Institut Bangladesh in partnership with HerStory Foundation will host this event at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh. Open to all upon registration: https://forms.gle/9dhakibwL2nG7yWG9
The conversation will be moderated by Shaveena Anam and centre around the question -
"What forces shape the experiences of women and women-identifying people on the internet in Bangladesh?"
from legal, technical, social and generational perspectives.
Panelists include:
DR. NOVA AHEMEDA computer scientist working as a Professor at North South University in Bangladesh. She has finished her PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and came back to Bangladesh to make changes. After returning to Bangladesh, she used her understanding of sensors to fight social challenges such as systems to protect women from sexual harassment.
She is the founder and former EC of National Young Academy Bangladesh, former EC of Global Young Academy, Fellow of Sangat, the feminist network in South Asia, founding board member of Kaan Pete Roi, a suicide prevention call center. In her free time, she is busy with her two daughters and fun partner!
BARRISTER PRIYA AHSAN
Priya Ahsan Chowdhury is an Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, a Barrister, and an Associate at Dr. Kamal Hossain and Associates, having joined the firm in 2018. Priya’s main areas of practice are constitutional and administrative law, public interest, human rights and family law.
TAMARA YESMIN TOMA
Tamara Yesmin Toma is a Bangladeshi digital rights advocate and fact-checking professional whose work centers on disinformation, gendered tech abuse, and platform accountability. She currently serves as Research Coordinator at Dismislab.