Session Two | Oct 22

SESSION TITLE

Hacking language of intimidation: an antidote to jargon.

 

ABOUT THE SESSION

In this session we will explore the strategies and ways that women in policy spaces and in community spaces have resorted to hack the language of intimidation that serves to alienate women, gender-diverse and all individuals who are alienated from the decision-making processes. We look at this session as an antidote to jargon.

Brief description and learning expectations

In this session we will talk about how sometimes we can feel uncomfortable or intimidated in decision-making spaces such as in the telecommunications sector or in forums for discussion of public policy and regulation. We will also explore the strategies and ways that women in policy spaces and in community spaces have resorted to hack the language of intimidation that serves to alienate women, gender-diverse and all individuals who are alienated from these decision-making processes.

 

SESSION PLAN
In this session, we will reflect a bit about why we feel intimidated by these languages, what is the context behind it, and we will think together of ways to confront it and question our role as women in these spaces.

Time	Activity
15 minutes	Ice breaker and introduction to the session
15 minutes	The telecommunications sector as a masculinized space of power struggle
15 minutes	Personal testimony of ICT expert inside the sector
30 minutes	Participative reflection
15 minutes	Proposals and resources to hack language of intimidation

 

 

ABOUT THE MENTORS

Adriana Labardini

Adriana Labardini Inzunza obtained her law degree cum laude from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City in 1987 and her master’s degree (LLM) from Columbia University in New York, on a Fulbright scholar in 1991. For four and a half years she served as Commissioner at the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT), the Mexican independent regulatory body and competition authority for telecommunications and broadcasting industries. Currently an independent public interest lawyer and consumer rights expert, is collaborating with Rhizomatica promoting and advocating for sustainable, self-managed community networks to bridge the digital divide, promote rural and indigenous connectivity and media. She is also a founder of Conectadas a network of women in the ICT industries working for gender equality in Mexico.

 

Karla Velasco Ramos

Karla holds a BA in International Relations from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM). She was one of the 15 people selected for the programme "Innovation for Equality" organised by Berkeley University and Prospera. Karla coordinates the International Area of Redes por la Diversidad, Equidad y Sustentabilidad (REDES A.C.). She regularly participates in international telecommunication forums, as she advocates for the development of a regulatory framework for community networks in Latin America. Through her participation in Permanent Consultative Committee 1 of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission of the OAS, she coordinated a questionnaire for the report Community Networks in Latin America: Challenges, Regulations and Solutions, which offers an analysis of the existing regulations on community networks in Latin America. Karla is the regional coordinator nominated by REDES A.C., the project implementing partner in Latin America in the LocNet project.