Bárbara Paes
Bárbara Paes is a researcher at Instituto Minas Programam. She has researched freedom of information, tech-facilitated gender-based violence, health of information ecosystems and use of digital technologies within feminist movements. Bárbara holds a Master of Arts in Gender and Development from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.
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“Carving out our spaces”: Sharing takeaways from our research on the experiences of Black Brazilian women resisting TFGBV
This article provides an overview of how Black Brazillian women have been carving out their own online spaces, building strategies for resistance, connection and possibility – despite mainstream digital technologies being often laden with racism, sexism, and misogynoir.
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“What happens after you publish this research?”: How feminist research invites us to centre liberation, connection and care in our practice
Researching on the experiences of Black Brazillian women with TFGBV, the authors share their reflection on research methodology, their relationship with participants, the (imperfect) measures they implemented to navigate power dynamics embedded within the research process and recognition of research participants as the key contributors to this work.
