As we come to the end of 2022 here are some highlights of our work this year:
We are now a four member collective with Chinmayi S K, Srujana Bej, Tania Devaiah and V. We look forward to growing the collective in 2023 & enable a safe, healthy, intersectional work space.
At the beginning of this year we co-produced podcasts for Cyberdemocracy season 3 with Makepeace Sitlhou and Suno India in which we focused on digital rights in North East India. We hope to support more understanding of this region from the lens of the people of the North East.
http://thebachchaoproject.org/digital-rights-in-northeast-india-cyber-democracy-season-3/
We looked at how women activists and political organisers who belong to marginalised groups interact with online civic spaces with our “Without Fear” Report . We believe this understanding is important to shape online spaces especially now when marginalised communities face the most harassment and censorship online. This work was carried out by Srujana Bej and Ayesha Minhaz. We will continue to work in this area in 2023.
http://thebachchaoproject.org/without-fear/
We supported Internews OPTIMA in their Internet shutdown Advocacy Needs Assessment for Prepare, Prevent, Resist: The OPTIMA Internet Shutdowns Resource Library. We believe this work is essential for thinking through resources and strategies for communities working on fighting internet shutdowns. This work was supported by Chinmayi S K , V and Srujana Bej
https://preparepreventresist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/India-Needs-Assessment-Report.pdf
We shared our work at various conferences
http://thebachchaoproject.org/internet-shutdowns-diverse-risks-challenges-and-needs-at-igf-2022/
http://thebachchaoproject.org/tbp-at-ux-forum-2022/