Remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders and drones are increasingly being used in conservation science to monitor wildlife and natural habitats, and to keep watch on protected natural areas. But Cambridge researchers studying a forest in northern India have found that the technologies are being deliberately misused by local governments and male villagers to keep watch on women without their consent.

Telecamere per animali usate per spiare le donne, accade in India - Ricerca e Istituzioni

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Animal cameras used to spy on women, it happens in India - Research and Institutions

The most alarming case mentioned was the disclosure, on social media, by some forest agents, of a photograph of an autistic woman while she was doing her homework in the woods. Indian women are being harassed and intimidated by men who use cameras and drones supposedly designed to monitor wildlife, researchers warned on Monday. Trishant Simlai, from the University of Cambridge, interviewed 270 women who live near the Corbett tiger reserve in Nor…

O caso mais alarmante citado foi a divulgação, nas redes sociais, por alguns agentes florestais, de uma fotografia de uma mulher autista enquanto ela fazia suas necessidades no bosque.   Mulheres indianas estão sofrendo assédio e intimidação por homens que utilizam câmeras e drones supostamente destinados a monitorar a vida selvagem, alertaram pesquisadores nesta segunda-feira. Trishant Simlai, da Universidade de Cambridge, entrevistou 270 mulhe…

Mulheres indianas sofrem assédio por homens que utilizam câmeras e drones  destinados a monitorar animais

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Brazil

Indian women are harassed by men who use cameras and drones designed to monitor animals

PARIS, Nov 25 — Camera traps, drones and other technology for monitoring wildlife like tigers and elephants are being used to intimidate, harass and even spy on women in India, researchers said today. In one particularly egregious example, a photo of an autistic women relieving herself in the forest was shared by local men on social media, prompting villagers to destroy nearby camera traps. Trishant Simlai, a researcher at the UK’s Cambridge Uni…

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From conservation to exploitation: Wildlife cameras misused to harass and spy on women in India

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Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.

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District of Columbia

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Cambridge researchers reveal that technologies for nature conservation are used to exercise women’s social control and share intimate photos captured by drones and Hemeroteca cameras - The illustrative case of the wife and “first author” who has not received the Nobel Prize In 2017, one of the trap cameras installed by the Tigre Project in northern India captured the image of a semi-naked woman urinating in the forest. Young people who were part…

Investigadores de Cambridge revelan que las tecnologías para la conservación de la naturaleza se usan para ejercer el control social de las mujeres y compartir fotos íntimas captadas por drones y cámaras 
Hemeroteca - El ilustrativo caso de la esposa y “primera autora” que no ha recibido el premio Nobel
En el año 2017, una de las cámaras trampa instaladas por el Proyecto Tigre en el norte de la India captó la imagen de una mujer semidesnuda orin…

Los hombres están usando las cámaras trampa del ‘Proyecto Tigre’ en la India para espiar y acosar a las mujeres

Eldiario.es

Spain

Men are using the trap cameras of the ‘Tigre Project’ in India to spy and harass women

Perpetrators of domestic violence frequently use digital tools to harass, monitor or humiliate their (ex-) partner. Immersed in the twists and turns of this 2.0 trap, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, everything starts with video calls. It's routine: like many couples, Louise* and Axel* contact each other by video when they give each other news or agree on who is stopping by to do the shoppin…

Les auteurs de violences conjugales se saisissent fréquemment des outils numériques pour harceler, surveiller ou humilier leur (ex-) partenaire. Plongée dans les méandres de cet étau 2.0, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmesTout commence par des appels vidéo. C’est la routine: comme de nombreux couples, Louise* et Axel* se contactent en visio quand ils se donnent des nouvelles ou s’ente…

Caméras, géolocalisation et logiciels espions: comment la technologie colonise les violences conjugales

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Cameras, geolocation and spy software: how technology colonizes domestic violence

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Remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders and drones are increasingly being used in conservation science to monitor wildlife and natural habitats, and to keep watch on protected natural areas. But Cambridge researchers studying a forest in northern India have found that the technologies are being deliberately misused by local governments and male villagers to keep watch on women without their consent. Cambridge researcher Dr. Trishant Siml…

Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

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