Courtney Clark

Experts estimate that only 2-5% of OSM contributors are women. Panelists will discuss how structural inequalities and individual instances of sexist and misogynistic language and behavior present significant barriers to women’s participation, along with steps that organizations, boards, communities, and individuals can take to be anti-sexist members of the OSM ecosystem. This panel is organized by the Everywhere She Maps program of YouthMappers. The panelists are Hanna Krüger, Chomba Chishala, Dara Carney-Nedelman, Marcela Zeballos

Experts estimate that only 2-5% of OSM contributors are women. The results of the 2021 OSM Foundation survey starkly remind us of the drastic gender gap within the project as well as the vicious sexist, racist, and white supremacist attitudes that exist among some individuals within the “community”. While it may be convenient to believe that data are neatly objective packets of information, and that an edit to OpenStreetMap is the same no matter the gender identity of the editing person, countless historical and present-day examples provide clear evidence that data cannot be decoupled from human bias and perspective. At the same time, it is highly encouraging that courageous and innovative groups and members of the OSM community have taken bold steps to increase the participation of women and other minorities. Panelists will discuss how structural inequalities and individual instances of sexist and misogynistic language and behavior present significant barriers to women’s participation. Women experience these inequalities differently depending on their context, privilege, and background, and the panel will address these issues from an intersectional lens. Panelists will also recommend steps that organizations, boards, communities, and individuals can take to be anti-sexist members of the OSM ecosystem. The panel will be moderated by Maggie Cawley, Executive Director of OSM US. The panelists are: - Airin Akter, Everywhere She Maps Regional Ambassador, YouthMappers - Hanna Krüger, member of the German OSM chapter and the OSMF Microgrants Committee - Anisa Kuci, member of cOSMopolIT and OSMF LCCWG and Project Manager of OSM for Wikimedia Italy - Chomba Chishala, Outreach Ambassador, YouthMappers This panel is organized by the Everywhere She Maps program of YouthMappers.

Other people: Airin Akter

Today’s world of geospatial technology and data is evolving quickly. However, the lives of those living with vulnerability may not be improving, yet are shaped by new technologies. The communities who stand to benefit most from improving technologies, including mapping, are instead increasingly left out of key conversations, opportunities, and developments that center around their lives and their data. This panel will discuss ethical issues around mapping with and for communities living in vulnerability. The panalists are Edoardo Neerhut, Paromita Basak, Innocent Maholi, Rosario Casanova, Erica Hagen

This panel is organized by the humanitarian Community Working Group and Erica Hagen, EthicalGeo Fellow and author of “The GeoEthics in Vulnerability Principles”. The moderator is Courtney Clark, Program Director for Everywhere She Maps (YouthMappers) and Manager of Sponsored Projects for American Geographical Society. The panelists are: - Erica Hagen, Director, GroundTruth Initiative; Founder and Trustee, Map Kibera Trust; EthicalGeo Fellow - Rosario Casanova, President of the Academic Network UN-GGIM: Americas - Edoardo Neerhut, Program Manager, Facebook (Mapillary) - Paromita Basak, Intern, Food and Agriculture Organization Headquarters, Project Assistant, C2M2 Project Bangladesh (Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab) - Innocent Maholi, Co-founder and Executive Director, OpenMap Development Tanzania “Today’s world of geospatial technology and data is evolving quickly. However, the lives of those living with vulnerability may not be improving, yet are shaped by these new technologies. The communities who stand to benefit most from improving technologies, including mapping, are instead increasingly left out of key conversations, opportunities, and developments that center around their lives and their data” (Erica Hagen, “The GeoEthics in Vulnerability Principles”). This panel will discuss ethical issues that should be considered while mapping with and for communities living in vulnerability. Potential lines of inquiry for the panel will include: What is the best practice around balancing a need for good and quick maps and the potential for exploitation? How is ethical mapping with vulnerable populations the same or different from responsible data, or other kinds of ethical frameworks? Who participates in the planning and execution of mapping exercises in vulnerable locations, and who decides who should participate? Who decides what is important, and whose voice is left out? How do we obtain consent from a community, and who provides consent? Who controls the use of information? Who owns the output, the maps, and the resulting data? What is left with those who generated the information and shared their knowledge? In whose interest are projects in vulnerable locations conducted? How do we address privacy concerns related to the use of aerial and satellite imagery, and how can we prepare vulnerable communities? How can we be sure that the benefits of our mapping will outweigh the risks or harms? Questions are from “The GeoEthics in Vulnerability Principles” document.