Feminist Research Symposium Explores Tech-Facilitated Violence

• The Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN) and the Resistance and Resilience (R&R) project co-hosted a three-day symposium in April 2026.
• The event focused on the intersection of feminist research and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), supported by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Symposium Themes

• Day 1 (Undoing Power): Centered on methodology as a feminist and decolonial practice.
• Day 2 (Unpacking Intersectionality): Challenged the limitations of conventional frameworks regarding TFGBV and explored the structural inequalities that shape digital violence.
• Day 3 (Resistance and Refusal): Examined disassociation as a strategic response to Global North-dominated narratives.

Objectives and Outcomes

• To amplify community-led research findings and foster cross-movement knowledge building.
• To create coherent counter-narratives necessary for effective policy advocacy and organizing against multiple, overlapping oppressions.
• Facilitated by Christy Alves Nascimento, the event documentation serves as a guide for researchers and activists seeking to understand how digital infrastructure and power dynamics sustain social and environmental injustices.