Dear colleagues, The University of Virginia School of Data Science, in partnership with the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, is pleased to announce the first session of the Gender and Tech Online Talk Series, taking place on April 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). The inaugural session will focus on digital colonialism, discussing how the global digital order continues to reflect and reproduce colonial power structures. We are honored to welcome two keynote speakers: Renata Ávila (Open Knowledge Foundation) Marília Maciel (Diplo Foundation) The webinar is free and open to the public. You can register here: https://virginia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5ufYdBY-TbG0DIwZWpuxFA#/registr... The Gender and Tech Online Talk Series brings together leading scholars, advocates, and practitioners to examine the intersections of gender, technology, democracy, and human rights. Its purpose is to critically explore how digital platforms and technological infrastructures impact women, queer, and gender-diverse individuals, while also identifying pathways toward more inclusive, rights-based models of digital governance. We invite scholars, students, and practitioners committed to advancing equity and justice in digital governance to participate in this important conversation. The series is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia and sponsored by the UVA School of Data Science and DTD Lab. Please feel free to circulate this announcement within your networks. Thank you! J. Jess Reia, Ph.D. (they/them) Assistant Professor of Data Science Faculty co-lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/digital-technology-democracy-lab>, University of Virginia reia@virginia.edu | https://datascience.virginia.edu/ Visiting Scholar, Institute for Global Public Policy <https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/igppen/main.htm>, Fudan University 2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology <https://cdt.org/> <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/> New book: Urban Music Governance <https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/U/bo245009492.html>