Social Justice & Equity Archives

Imagining more caring and sustainable futures for AI and climate action

Denisse Albornoz

Olivia Johnson

Nov 5, 2026

This is the third and final post in our series sharing findings from our AI for Climate Action project. In our first post, we explored how organizations use a frugal approach to AI in technology design. In the second post, we examined the data governance decisions of organizations developing AI initiatives.

We close our blog series by exploring how AI for climate action is being imagined and shaped by social movements and environmental justice organizations.

New report: Working towards healthier information ecosystems – Collective visions from civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Barbara Paes

Aug 26, 2024

Findings and collective visions from our recent research.

For some in Latin America, the info ecosystem has always been hostile

Barbara Paes

Mar 12, 2024

In our interviews with organisers, journalists, communicators and campaigners, many have pointed out that imbalance has always been the norm.

Bridging the LGBTI digital divide

Olivia Johnson

Feb 29, 2024

New report with ILGA World on how the digital divide impacts LGBTI individuals and organisations globally, and what’s needed to bridge it.

10 inspiring initiatives fighting online political violence against women in Latin America

Barbara Paes

Oct 16, 2023

A list of initiatives fighting online violence against women in politics in Latin America

Applying a climate justice lens to The Engine Room’s work

Becky Kazansky

Laura Guzman

Helen Kilbey

Sep 21, 2023

How can our work be explicitly supportive of climate justice?

Solidarity not solutionism: Digital infrastructure for the planet

Becky Kazansky

Shawna Finnegan

Maja Romano

Feb 10, 2023

A conversation around digital rights, climate and environmental justice.

Digital IDs rooted in justice – APGT and TER present A Digital ID Handbook for civil society

Teresa Perosa

Oct 18, 2022

A few months ago, we published the findings of our research on civil society advocacy on digital ID systems across the globe. For this project, we spent a year working with a team of researchers in four countries (Indonesia, Jamaica, Pakistan, and Uganda), looking at how organised civil society actors seek to shape the design, […]

Takeaways from our Community Call on Responsible Data for Social Justice Organisations

Alicja Peszkowska

Jul 28, 2022

In late June, as a part of our work with Ugandan organisation Albinism Umbrella, we hosted a Community Call about Responsible Data. Here are some of the insights that surfaced in the call.

Report: At the confluence of digital rights & climate justice

Becky Kazansky

Jul 12, 2022

Read our 2022 report about the intersections between digital rights and climate & environmental justice.

What we’ve learned through our support for organisations working on building digital communities

Lesedi Bewlay

Jun 30, 2022

Our team has supported hundreds of social justice organisations to use tech and data. One clear trend we’ve seen over the years is a consistent interest in building online communities.

Takeaways from our community call on intersections between data & digital rights and social justice

Barbara Paes

Quito Tsui

Joshua Sehoole

Mar 21, 2022

We held a community call to discuss our newly-published research findings on intersectional collaboration.

Report: Intersectional approaches to data and digital rights advocacy during the pandemic

Barbara Paes

Jan 26, 2022

Read our research report exploring intersectional collaboration between social justice communities and data and digital rights (DDR) communities during the pandemic.

New report: Digital IDs rooted in justice

Teresa Perosa

Jan 14, 2022

Read our new research report: Digital IDs Rooted in Justice – lived experiences and civil society advocacy towards better systems

Social justice + digital rights during Covid-19: barriers to collaboration

Barbara Paes

Jun 22, 2021

Barriers to collaboration between social justice groups and DDR groups.

Technology in the service of justice

Julia Keseru

Mar 22, 2021

How The Engine Room aspires to approach our own technical choices with an explicit focus on justice and anti-oppression.

Equity as practice in research: notes on our methodology for Tipping the Scales

Teresa Perosa

Dec 8, 2020

How focusing on equity in our research methods played a huge part in making the process so rich and fruitful.

Report: Tipping the scales – what it takes to fund an equitable tech & human rights ecosystem

Teresa Perosa

Sep 28, 2020

Research into equity in funding.

On power and inequity: reflections on funding and decision-making for tech and human rights

Barbara Paes

Aug 31, 2020

Challenges related to equity are everywhere, but they have specific repercussions for the tech and human rights ecosystem.

Shifting power and funding for resilience: thoughts on how we can achieve a more equitable tech and human rights ecosystem

Barbara Paes

May 27, 2020

Early reflections from our research exploring ways to build a more equitable technology and data for human rights ecosystem.

Deconstructing knowledge and power in our work

Hlompho Mokoena

May 13, 2020

At The Engine Room we see decolonising as not only a process of freeing our minds from colonialism but also as a lens to reflect on our work, power and methodologies. Here are some of the ways we seek to commit to this in our work.

How we designed participatory research processes on digital ID

Paola Verhaert

Mar 31, 2020

We take a closer look at what designing a participatory research framework actually looked like and what we’ve learned from the process.

What comes next? Building a resilient and accountable digital ecosystem

Julia Keseru

Mar 24, 2020

In the rush to convert to digital, we should keep a few important things in mind.

Report: Improving Access to Water Services in Sierra Leone

Nonso Jideofor

Apr 16, 2018

In 2017, we partnered with Code for Sierra Leone through our Matchbox Program to collaborate on a project that aimed to improve access to water in Sierra Leone through information and communication technologies (ICTs). Last month, we shared a blogpost detailing opportunities we identified, and highlighted the need to build upon existing local solutions. This […]