The Digital Health and Rights Project (DHRP) Consortium brings together international social scientists, human rights lawyers, health advocates, and networks of people living with HIV to conduct research and advocate for rights-based digital governance globally. The Future of Human Rights in the Digital Age project uses a transnational participatory action research approach, centering the voices and leadership of diverse young adults to define the future of human rights in the digital age. Funded by BOTNAR, GNP+ is honored to be one of the consortium members, alongside University of Warwick, Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN), Privacy International, Restless Development, STOPAIDS, and Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).
Community members participate as researchers, advocates, and decision-makers at all levels. Study participants gain digital literacy and youth leadership training, and participate in global and national advocacy to promote human rights in the governance of artificial intelligence and technology. DHRP will also launch an online hub with courses and training materials for public use.
Using a transnational participatory approach, the Digital Health and Rights Project consortium is studying the future of human rights in the digital age, and the role diverse grass-roots communities in low- and middle-income countries play in shaping that future.
In Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Vietnam, the study is investigating how young adults experience digital governance, what they see as meaningful participation in strategy and policy discussions and the kind of digital literacy and empowerment training they want to equip them in policy advocacy. The study includes participation by young adults and civil society at all levels of the project, including in the project’s global steering committee.
