Lessons from feminist femtech on democratic value-based data infrastructures

  • Workshop
  • Arts & Craft
  • Thursday 21.05 — 16:00 - 17:15

Organising Institution

The Digital Period

Europe

The Digital Period facilitates an ongoing discussion about what our relationship with technology is and should be, combining lived experiences with scientific inquiry. It connects theory to action, by including technologists and activist in the discussion and serving as a platform for wide ray of voice to be heard.
What can Europe learn from not-for-profit feminist femtech initiatives that build health technologies from the ground up together with the people whose bodies are directly affected? As Europe advances value-based and trustworthy technology through initiatives such as the European Health Data Space, key decisions on data governance, ownership, and funding are still often made far from lived experience. Femtech initiatives offer a democratic alternative to the dominant tech players in our digital economy: they design and govern technology with users and embed collective decision-making, and shared responsibility in the design and governance of technology itself. Through facilitated small-group collaboration using concrete cases, participants will examine solutions going forward. This workshop is organized by the FemTechCollective consisting out of The Digital Period, Drip period & cycle tracker and Hanah Ecosystem and has been made possible with the support of Mama Cash and Post-X Society.