The contribution of data to feminist transformation of women’s rights to health

• Borja Sanz Urquijo ^[1] ; María López Belloso ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Deusto

     Universidad de Deusto

     Bilbao, España

     
• Localización: Feminismo/s, ISSN-e 1989-9998, ISSN 1696-8166, Nº. 42, 2023, págs. 93-119
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.14198/fem.2023.42.04
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El aporte de los datos a la transformación feminista de los derechos a la salud de las mujeres
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  • español

    Las tecnologías digitales y la ciencia de datos han evolucionado vertiginosamente. Pero, ¿cómo afecta dicha evolución a los derechos de las mujeres? Bunch argumentó que, para implementar los derechos de las mujeres, primero era necesario observar cómo estos se violan (Bunch, 1990). Este artículo examina cómo funcionan las aplicaciones de femtech, que ofrecen servicios en salud reproductiva y sexual a millones de mujeres. Concretamente, analiza los permisos de recogida de datos de 45 apps de femtech para evaluar qué pretende hacer la plataforma con los datos personales recogidos y cuáles son sus objetivos. Para entender el uso de los datos que hacen estas aplicaciones, exploramos los objetivos de estas aplicaciones en la recolección de datos y si se podría recolectar y utilizar datos para transformar la salud de las mujeres. Así, este trabajo se estructura en cuatro secciones. En primer lugar, se presenta una revisión teórica de la propuesta de Bunch y su contribución al feminismo de datos. En segundo lugar, se analiza el potencial de la transformación feminista de los derechos humanos utilizando tecnologías digitales, particularmente en el área de la salud de las mujeres. La tercera sección detalla el uso actual de los datos de salud capturados por las apps de salud. Este artículo termina sacando las principales conclusiones del análisis y proporcionando recomendaciones para una transformación feminista del activismo de datos desde un enfoque de derechos humanos.

  • English

    Digital technologies and data science have evolved rapidly. But how does the digital evolution affect women’s rights? Bunch argued that, to implement women’s rights, it was first necessary to observe how they are violated (Bunch, 1990). This article examines how femtec’s apps work, delivering reproductive and sexual health services to millions of women. Specifically, it analyzes the data collection permissions of 45 femtech apps to assess what the platform intends to do with the personal data collected and its objectives. To understand how these apps use data, we explored the goals of these apps in data collection and whether data could be collected and used to transform women’s health. Thus, this work is structured in four sections. First, a theoretical review of Bunch’s proposal and its contribution to data feminism is raised. Second, the potential for feminist transformation of human rights using digital technologies is discussed, particularly in women’s health. The third section details the current use of health data captured by health apps. This article ends by drawing the main conclusions of the analysis and providing recommendations for a feminist transformation of data activism from a human rights perspective.

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