From the outset, the Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta has engaged partners in Indonesia and all over Southeast Asia to unlock the social, political, and economic benefits of open data in the region. Open data and closing the gender divide One thing we’ve learned from our experiences is that open data initiatives impact men […]
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Open data is about people, not just innovation
This article originally appeared on SciDev.net. Photo above: School Children at Bislig Elementary School, on the island of Leyte, Philippines. © Asian Development Bank, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 True change will come if we stop treating data as a techie bolt-on and reach marginalised groups, says Ana Brandusescu, Web Foundation digital citizenship research officer. In the Philippines, ustadz […]