Sara Alsherif

Sara is a human/ rights defender and researcher in digital rights with a master’s degree in digital media from the University of Sussex. Her studies focus primarily on digital rights intersecting with human rights and gender studies. Her academic research has varied from critical analysis of how data is captured and disseminated in social media to the impact of women’s representation in technology on code bias, machine learning and recognition technology, and their human rights implications.

In 2021, Sara launched a podcast in Arabic called Talk-Nology, which talks about technology, human rights and the effects of new technology on people’s rights. She has been involved in several studies and work with UNESCO, New America Foundation, Media Diversity Institute, Association for Progressive Communication (APC), Global voices, and in Egypt with Massar for technology and Law and Motoon. Sara is involved in many human rights and charitable local groups and movements in Brighton, like Amnesty and Thousand for thousand.