Today at 1pm, Design Justice Network North returns.

A welcoming online session exploring the principles of Design Justice and how they connect to design, digital and community practice.

Open to anyone interested in more inclusive and equitable systems.

🗓 Today, 1pm BST
📍 Online

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/opendatamanchestercic/2177772

#DesignJustice #DigitalInclusion #OpenData

Pleased to launch the @UNESCO–@ICANN Policy Brief “Advancing Universal Acceptance of All Domain Names & Email Addresses for a Multilingual Internet” at #EuroDIG today.

Learn more 👉 https://shorturl.at/1cAbX

#UA #MultilingualInternet #DigitalInclusion
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EuroDIG Extra › EuroDIG

Africa: How Paradigm Initiative Shaped Digital Rights Inclusion Across Africa in 2025: [This Day] Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a Pan-African organisation, has released its 2025 Annual Impact Report, highlighting a year of exceptional organisational delivery and sustained impact across its digital rights and digital inclusion initiatives in Africa and the rest of the Global South. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSYLr7 #DigitalRights #DigitalInclusion #Africa2025 #ParadigmInitiative #GlobalSouth

Open tools are not just technical choices. They are democratic ones.

This is the principle behind the digital commons: that the systems shaping our learning, civic life, data, and participation should not be locked away from the people who depend on them.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/rebuilding-digital-commons?r=6l8ed8

#DigitalCommons #CivicTech #OpenSource #OpenEducation #DigitalDemocracy #CommunityData #Democracy #DigitalInclusion #CommunityEmpowerment

ICYMI: AJC and CyberWell join forces to track antisemitism across social platforms: AJC and CyberWell today formalized a partnership to monitor and combat online antisemitism, targeting algorithmic amplification and coded hate on social media. https://ppc.land/ajc-and-cyberwell-join-forces-to-track-antisemitism-across-social-platforms/ #Antisemitism #OnlineSafety #SocialMediaMonitoring #HateSpeech #DigitalInclusion
AJC and CyberWell join forces to track antisemitism across social platforms

AJC and CyberWell today formalized a partnership to monitor and combat online antisemitism, targeting algorithmic amplification and coded hate on social media.

PPC Land

Join the next Design Justice Network North session, “Everyone is North of Somewhere”, on 19 May.

This month’s gathering will explore the principles of Design Justice and how they connect to work across design, digital, research and community practice.

The session is open to anyone interested in building more inclusive and equitable systems.

🗓 19 May, 1pm BST
📍 Online

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/opendatamanchestercic/2177772

#DesignJustice #DigitalInclusion #OpenData

What would Gracie Fields make of Rochdale today? We asked that question, researched her persecution, her wartime heroism, her self-exile — and made art, digital imagery, and a Raspberry Pi fish and chip box that plays her tunes. Freirean learning at its finest. 🐟 https://noworriesit.co.uk/blog/gracie-beyond-grave-steam-case-study-community-learning
#Rochdale #STEAM #RaspberryPi #DigitalInclusion #OpenSource #MakerCulture

Many women who once believed technology was too difficult for them discovered they could learn digital tools – and use them to grow their income.

A Digital Micro-Enterprise Training developed in three communities in Nigeria provided a safe, encouraging space for women to ask questions, practice new skills, and share their business experiences.

Learn more in the latest Seeding change column, featuring stories of impact from our network.

https://www.apc.org/.../seeding-change-creating-new...

#DigitalInclusion

🙌Accessibility is a team effort🙌

In an interview with Golem, our CEO Richard Heigl talks about how we at BlueSpice “failed miserably” in our first accessibility audits – and what we learned from it.

➡️ Click here for Golem’s “Chefs von Devs” newsletter (German): https://www.golem.de/news/richard-heigl-ueber-barrierefreiheit-wir-sind-bei-den-ersten-audits-glatt-durchgefallen-2605-208298.html

#BlueSpice #Accessibility #DigitalInclusion #AccessibleSoftware #UX #BITV #WCAG #OpenSource #KnowledgeManagement

🚀 Excited to share an update on Ahlan Social🔵
We've updated the React Native source code. Our mission: providing a digital voice for underrepresented voices with high-performance, data-efficient tech.
Looking forward to connecting with the #OpenSource community and @NGIZero
@nlnet
Code: 🔗 https://github.com/ahlan-app/ahlan-social-mobile
#AhlanSocial #ReactNative #FOSS #NLnet #DigitalInclusion #MobileDev
GitHub - ahlan-app/ahlan-social-mobile: Ahlan Social Mobile - React Native/Expo social media app

Ahlan Social Mobile - React Native/Expo social media app - ahlan-app/ahlan-social-mobile

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