We advocate, campaign & adopt suitable strategies to ensure accessible, just & safe digital space for marginalized groups Newsletter 📰bit.ly/3uEXMKA

Ekantakuna, Nepal
Digital Safety is often thought of as only as "strong passwords or protecting our accounts". This definition fails to recognize the multi-faceted nature.
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B&D organized a series of consultations with grassroots activists to understand how they view & define "Digital Safety". Throughout the sessions, participants shared their lived experiences of surveillance, online harms, threats and the challenges of navigating digital spaces.
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The conversations also helped us understand how online activism affects personal lives and organizing practices of marginalized communities, and how digital spaces are still not accessible enough for many of us.
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As part of Body & Data's 'From Movement to Election' project, Team Inclusive conducted a research titled "Navigating the Intersection of Disability Rights and Political Participation in Nepal" to explore the accessibility, safety and inclusion of people with disabilities (PWDs).
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Click the link below to read the full report: bodyanddata.org/navigating-t…
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As part of ‘Tech and Society Discussion Series-4’, jointly organized by Body & Data and Martin Chautari, we had a panel discussion titled "Movements In Online Spaces" with panelists Sarishma Thapa , Saru Singak and Smita Acharya ,moderated by Kailash Rai.
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We talked about the roles of digital & online spaces in activism & movement building & the complexities that arise when movements shift to digital spaces. Moreover, we discussed the aspects of digital safety, financial and economical aspects of movements in online spaces & more!
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Acknowledging the many nuances of queer existences online and resulting harms, Body & Data organized a Chiya Charcha session titled 'Swiping Right: Understanding Digital Violence in Queer Dating Apps in Nepal', facilitated by our team member Siddhartha Guvaju.
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We invited queer individuals from diverse backgrounds to collectively reflect on their experiences navigating online dating platforms. In this session, we tried to understand how different identities and social locations shape experiences of digital safety and more!
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Our team member, Nuva attended 'Technology-Facilitated Harms, Feminist Solidarity and Knowledge Development Regional Convening to Co-Create a Research Agenda for Women Human Rights Defenders in Asia' in Bangkok, Thailand.
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The convening adopted a participatory feminist methodology centred on lived experience, peer learning, and collective analysis. Discussions grounded in participants' own experiences while creating space for reflection across diverse contexts and movements.
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As part of ‘Tech and Society Discussion Series-3’ jointly organized by Body & Data and Martin Chautari, we had a book discussion on 3 books: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Techno-Feudalism, and Empire of AI led by Dr. Dovan Rai, Manushi Yami Bhattarai and Arun Singh Nepali.
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We discussed how tech giants mine our behavior without our consent, how capitalism has quietly morphed into a digital feudal system and how the AI boom may be repeating old colonial patterns of extraction with a new resource: data and compute.
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Unsecured government websites, student data leaked, misinformation and claims in online space and the negative impacts created by them. Is Nepal ready to become digital under such circumstances? Click the link below to read the full report👇🏽 bodyanddata.org/media-monito…
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Body & Data retweeted
11 August 2026/२६ साउन २०८३ (मङ्गलबार, दिउँसो ३ बजे) Tech and Society Discussion Series -3 Jointly Organized by Body & Data and Martin Chautari Power in the Age of AI: Surveillance Capitalism, Techno-Feudalism & AI Empires Manushi Yami Bhattarai Arun Singh Nepal Dovan Rai
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Meet the Writer, Arun Singh Nepali✨ Who counts as a citizen online? Through his blog, Arun reflects on growing up building his digital identity as a Dalit person and navigating the digital spaces, and how such spaces made him a "डिजिटल अनागरिक".
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📖 Click the link below to read the full article or click the link in our bio👇 bodyanddata.org/ne/%e0%a4%a1…
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Body & Data retweeted
8 September 2026 (मङ्गलबार, दिउँसो ३ बजे) Tech and Society Discussion Series-4 Jointly Organized by @bodyanddata and Martin Chautari Movements in Online Spaces Sarishma Thapa, Gen-Z Activist Saru Singak, Indigenous and Environmental Activist Smita Acharya, Land Rights Activist
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We are looking for individuals for two positions: Communications Officer and Research Intern
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To apply, click the link below👇🏽 files.bodyanddata.org/nextcl…
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