Amira Dhalla has spent over a decade working in technology on issues related to digital rights, privacy, security, and equity with global organizations and communities. Amira collaborates with educators and activists to design participatory curriculum and resources to make emerging technology more inclusive, open, and safe.
Amira works on improving the security and privacy of digital products and tools, while also tackling topics such as discriminatory technologies, deceptive design, and trust and safety. Currently she’s focused on the intersection of security and collective care which includes developing models for how we care for our communities among emerging technologies.
Personal (and evolving) Principles:
Use equity-driven approaches that center historically oppressed communities
Enable meaningful participation by users and those that are directly impacted
Ensure accountability and transparency in all products, projects, and platforms
Build collective action that empowers the ecosystem to do better
Uplift community voices that are often missing, past and present
Honor the land, our ancestors, and our teachers
Ask questions, listen, learn, and unlearn
Center justice, sustainability, and healing within systems
Build, lead, and collaborate with care
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