Avanti Durani

Lawyer & Public Policy Researcher working on Access to Justice and Legal Tech | Views expressed are personal | Retweet ≠ endorsement

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The new vanguard of Indian law and policy—10 people to look out for
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@AvantiDurani, Assistant Director & Junior Fellow, , @theviksinha, & Sam Downes, former Junior Fellows at @artha__global, reflect on the conversations held during the Future of Institutions Dialogues Project in collaboration with @RockefellerFdn . https://t.co/eOeOtfiicD

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Looking forward to brunch with Bumble today discussing online safety @misskaul @WESNETAustralia @AvantiDurani @ranjanakumari @CSR_India @Artha__Global @awarenews. I’ll be speaking on harnessing #techforgood to improve online experiences for all @MonashCrim @Monash_Arts @_CEVAW

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With 17.5mn users in India (2021) Twitter received 536 grievances on abuse/harassment (Transparency Report, 25 May-25 June 2022). Incongruous data raises questions on intermediary response to tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TF-GBV).
Read more here: https://t.co/cJg9TiQXKL

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Official data (Crime in India, 2021) shows that 66% of closed cases of cyber crimes against women were due to insufficient/untraceable evidence. Police face several challenges in tackling tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TF-GBV).
Read the paper here https://t.co/cJg9TiQXKL

[Mahima Kaul @misskaul]

Absolutely thrilled to be hosting our first APAC "Brunch with Bumble" on March 17th at 9:30am IST// 12pm SGT// 3pm AEDT. Please do register to join us: https://t.co/km64yhJIPn @CSR_India @ranjanakumari @AvantiDurani @Artha__Global @awarenews @AsherFlynn @WESNETAustralia @RSIS_NTU

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A response strategy to tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TF-GBV) begins with the question: How many women are not having safe experiences online? To estimate this, authors surveyed 2,000+ adult women in two states in India. Read the full paper here: https://t.co/cJg9TiQpVd

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NCRB data (Crime in India, 2021) classifies 65% of cyber crimes against women as ‘others’. Institutional response needs a shared understanding & language of the nature of such crimes.
Read the full paper here: https://t.co/cJg9TiQXKL

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🚨In a new paper, authors @TveshaSippy, @watzernehm, @AvantiDurani, and Shivaun Chandiramani present a case study of India’s public & private institutional response mechanisms to tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TF-GBV):
https://t.co/kxGEAiM2dK

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#BookRecommendations | As 2022 wraps up, gather around for 12 of the most insightful and thought-provoking books on technology, policy, geopolitics and history that the Artha team read this year:

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Indian private security industry grew at 20% in recent years, pointing to the privatisation of a core state function. In the long term, lack of public provision of security impedes access to justice.

Our new paper unpacks rule of law delivery in India:
https://t.co/7I4W211fj2

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#Thread 👇 | Do we know enough about India's cities to make data-driven policies or drive effective urban governance? The quick answer is no.

In a new paper, @hvpachisia, Anushka Bhansali & @Rajesvari7 examine the landscape of #UrbanOpenData in India:
https://t.co/HTDkj5Hq3l

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We hosted economist Rajeswari Sengupta of @Igidr_Mumbai for a #brownbag on the Covid-19 economic shock, its long-term impact, and the state of the Indian economy pre-pandemic.

#econtwitter #macropolicy

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A well-functioning policing system is imperative in upholding the rule of the law. In a new paper, authors @TveshaSippy @priya_vedavalli @AvantiDurani @_NehaSinha, highlight how problems within the system create inequities in access to justice:
https://t.co/7I4W211fj2

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@_NehaSinha and @AvantiDurani authored a chapter on “Safety Trends and Reporting of Crime (SATARC): A Crime Victimisation Survey” in the recent book, Crime Victimisation in India, published by @SpringerCrim at @SpringerNature.

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Assistant Director and Junior Fellow @AvantiDurani was invited as a panellist for the report launch of @jlubhopal’s Citizen/Safety Perception Survey of Bhopal (a joint study with @CP_Bhopal)

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More details on the book: https://t.co/4uFa1lMcZ4

Link to the paper: https://t.co/Z3e08z2o4X

CC: @CafeEconomics, @HemantAdarkar, @_NehaSinha @AvantiDurani @priya_vedavalli @theviksinha @imad_sofia @SharmadhaS @KwatraNikita

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We hosted @mich_rutk of @WBG_SPLabor @WBG_Jobs for a conversation with @CafeEconomics on labour markets and economic recovery in India, the impact of Covid-19 on employment and migrants, and the kind of social protection systems needed to address these issues.

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The best discussions happen over ☕
Women in Econ/Policy @weconpol and @Artha__Global co-hosted a #ChaiMixer for women working in the economics and policy space at our Mumbai office. It was a fun evening, where participants got to meet and interact over games and snacks.

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Excellent #ArthaGlobalConversation with Mahesh Vyas, MD and CEO, @_CMIE, on longitudinal surveys yesterday. He spoke about the principles of good survey design, the methodology behind #CPHS, India’s largest household survey, and its applications, and how to communicate findings.