Gender and Sexuality Studies

Abstract

Red Dot Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the global eradication of gender-based violence. Over the past 12 years, the organization has worked with community partners, government organizations, and individuals through numerous training and educational interventions using the data from its web platform Safecity, which captures victim stories and maps them at the location where they occurred. Through the app’s aggregated data, communities gain a better understanding of how gender-based violence manifests in different environments. The presenttion will discuss technologybased trauma-sensitive approaches that use the stories of more than 50,000 reporters to impact the gender-based violence landscape, while also discussing the progress made to date, current and emerging challenges, and opportunities to accelerate wider implementation. 

The presentation focuses on how victim stories are used to empower victim safety strategies; uncover place-based solutions to reduce gender-based violence; showcase the process of aggregating self-reports that provide evidentiary keys to prevention solutions, and how local reports inform global trends.

Biography

Andrea Adams, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A., is an Assistant Professor whose research is focused on data privacy, crowdsourcing, and gender-based violence. Andrea is a Board Advisor and Co-CEO for Red Dot Foundation Global, which uses its crowdsourcing smartphone app Safecity to map gender-based violence globally. Andrea is a licensed attorney and teaches ethics in the Criminal Justice Bachelor/Homeland Security Master’s program at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC, USA.