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

Borja Sanz Urquijo; María López Belloso

doi:10.14198/fem.2023.42.04

Autores/as

Borja Sanz Urquijo Universidad de Deusto, España https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2039-7773
María López Belloso Universidad de Deusto, Donosti, España https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-2967

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/fem.2023.42.04

Palabras clave:

Derecho de las mujeres a la salud, femtech, recolección de datos, plataformas

Resumen

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.

Financiación

This article has been generated as part of the ARES (Analisis de Resistencias Antifeministas) research program, supported by the Spanish State Research Agency (PID2020-114445RB-I00).

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