Technology and Human Rights, Insights from Zara Rahman

Published on: May 7, 2018
Entrepreneurship Campus

By Entrepreneurship Campus

Technology and Human Rights, Insights from Zara Rahman

Human rights defenders all over the world are using tech tools in different ways depending on various factors. For more details on the importance of technology tools and human rights, we are sharing with you an interview with Zara Rahman. Zara is a passionate and motivated researcher at the Engine Room, also a writer and linguists based in Berlin and she focuses on the intersection of technology and human rights in pursuit of social justice. She explains how technology and data can help in the field of human rights, how to notice human right violations and how to use digital data to help people notice what’s going on and to store more information. Zara also highlights that technology helps to connect people from different areas of the world that are working on similar topics.
In terms of human rights technology can be used for connecting researchers and sharing their findings, analyzing their data, storing, identifying cases of human rights violations, and for archiving the various findings. Besides all these Zara says that online tools offer a lot of benefits and emerging technologies at a global level can be used in different ways depending on the country or context. She also shares advice for young people that want to be socially engaged and on the importance of networking.

Enjoy the interview!

Share post via:

Post a comment

You cannot comment as a guest, do you already have a campus profile? Login here.

Comments (7)

eduheal

8/3/2020Reply

Amazing article. Thank you campus administrator for sharing

togeda

8/1/2020Reply

Yes muranda. I agree with you. Quite a lot of key issues that Zara raised. Working towards something that motivates you is very key especially in the world of entrepreneurship cause one will be passion driven instead of money driven. Women’s rights today are violated in most parts of the world and considered less superior than men, I think we all need to fight towards this direction to ensure equality for all in terms of security and decision making, we need to have more women in leadership. Youths all over the world need to have a voice for change to protect our human rights and with technology we can help share solutions to problems that other people in different parts of the world are facing. Technology is indeed a tool that we all need to use for the betterment of man kind.

shubhamsinhvihol

5/13/2018Reply

Human rights also guarantee people the means necessary to satisfy their basic needs, such as food, housing, and education, so they can take full advantage of all opportunities. Finally, by guaranteeing life, liberty, equality, and security, human rights protect people against abuse by those who are more powerful.

Human rights are important in the relationships that exist between individuals and the government that has power over them. The government exercises power over its people. However, human rights mean that this power is limited. States have to look after the basic needs of the people and protect some of their freedoms.

ekekaende

5/12/2018Reply

Saw this just in time…wow! To think my dear is exploring the technology field, Thank you Ma’am.

omarnajialhajmahmoud

5/12/2018Reply

Technology is an essential element that helps interested parties in human rights to achieve their objectives and facilitates the process of data collection and processing, thus ensuring greater accuracy of information and speed in the completion of the tasks

Load older comments

Newsletter

Stay up to date and sign up for our newsletter.

Entrepreneurship.de Logo

Become an entrepreneur.
There is no better alternative.

Follow us
© 2024 Stiftung Entrepreneurship