Dear colleagues, The University of Virginia School of Data Science, in partnership with the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, is pleased to announce the fifth session of the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series, which will take place on October 29, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). The “Data Work and Political Participation” talk will focus on how data labor is gendered in its structures, practices, and outcomes. Speakers will be encouraged to discuss how gendered divisions of labor are reproduced in digital economies, as well as the ways women, queer, and gender-diverse workers are disproportionately concentrated in invisible, precarious, or undervalued forms of labor that sustain platforms and AI systems. We also hope to present perspectives on how global inequalities intersect with gender to shape the conditions of platform labor and what kind of frameworks could ensure recognition, protection, and equity for workers at the core of digital infrastructures. We are honoured to welcome two keynote speakers: Milagros Miceli (DAIR Institute) Tatiana Dias (The Intercept Brasil) The webinar is free and open to the public. You can register here: https://virginia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ICG1HC1tTr6hD9AijAuaHw#/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 everyone interested in advancing equity and justice in tech 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! Jess and Yasmin *Jess Reia, Ph.D. (they/them)* Andrew Carnegie Fellow <https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/jess-reia/> Assistant Professor of Data Science Faculty co-lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/digital-technology-democracy-lab>, University of Virginia 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> <https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/U/bo245009492.html> reia@virginia.edu | https://datascience.virginia.edu/