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RightsCon Tunis 2019

Welcome to the Official Schedule for RightsCon 2019, the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.

Together at RightsCon Tunis, our first summit hosted in the Middle East and North Africa, more than 2500 expert practitioners will come together across over 400 sessions to shape, contribute to, and drive forward the global agenda for the future of our human rights.

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9:00am BST

Fat Futures: On Reimagining Flesh and Possibility Oya 3 (Laico) The big dataset in the sky: challenging geographies of discrimination Carthage 3 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Solve My Problem: Indigenous Data Sovereignty El Jem (Laico)

12:00pm BST

The Digital Language Divide: Why Prioritizing Underrepresented Languages Matters. Adean (Palais)

1:00pm BST

Digital Rights Monopoly Hannibal (Laico) Freedom of expression for LGBT, HIV, and gender equality activists in Ukraine Oya 2 (Laico) Lightning Talks: Questioning access and accountability The BeeHive (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Busting Out of the Echo Chamber: an inclusive approach to build diverse online communities and generate constructive conversations between polarized youth Carthage 2 (Laico) Indigenous Community Meetup Limes (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Hacking Hackathons with a feminist perspective Adean (Palais)

9:00am BST

Creative Ways to Support Diverse Tool Teams Hannibal (Laico) Granny & the Robots: Sex, violence and care - Why human rights matter Jelsa (Laico) One Size Fits All? Taking global human rights apps to scale for use in wildly different local contexts Elydhafa (Laico) The Feminist Digisec Network and the Importance of a Feminist Digital Security Carthage 2 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Technological fictions and feminist futures Limes (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Tech Demos: Collecting, bridging, and connecting for inclusion Village Stage (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Intersection of technology, internet, and sexuality across gender and minority rights in Uganda Leptis (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Beyond Dating Apps: LGBTQ people in other online platforms Oya 3 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Hacking Digital Gender Norms Oya 1 (Laico)

10:30am BST

More Than Words Can Say: Localization as a human rights issue Jelsa (Laico) Solve My Problem: Indigenous Data Sovereignty El Jem (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Emojis and human rights Carthage 3 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Designing a More Inclusive Digital Economy Oya 2 (Laico)