Information Technology University Lahore

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CSCW '21User Experiences

"We Even Borrowed Money From Our Neighbor": Understanding Mobile-based Frauds Through Victims' Experiences

Mobile-based scams are on the rise in emerging markets. However, mobile users' awareness about these scams and the ways to avoid them remains limited. We present an analysis of a qualitative study to examine dynamics of SMS and call based frauds, collectively referred to as mobile-based frauds in the paper, in Pakista…

CHI '21Content Moderation & Platform Governance +1

Detecting Data Falsification by Front-line Development Workers: A Case Study of Vaccination in Pakistan

Front-line workers in global development are often responsible for data collection and record-keeping about their own work. The authenticity of such data and the role of mid-level supervisors, however, remains understudied. We report on the case of immunization in Pakistan, where, through interviews with 30 mid-level…

CHI '21Multilingual & Cross-Cultural Voice Interaction +2

SEMOUR: Scripted EMOtional speech repository for URdu

Designing reliable Speech Emotion Recognition systems is a complex task that inevitably requires sufficient data for training purposes. Such extensive datasets are currently available in only a few languages, including English, German, and Italian. In this paper, we present SEMOUR, the first scripted database of emoti…

CSCW '20Online Community Reflections

Designing Digital Safe Spaces For Peer Support and Connectivity in Patriarchal Contexts

This paper explores the opportunities and challenges in designing peer-support mechanisms for low-income, low-literate women in Pakistan, a patriarchal and religious context where women's movements, social relations and access to digital technologies are restricted. Through a qualitative, empirical study with 21 parti…

CHI '20Reproductive & Women's Health +1

Patriarchy, Maternal Health and Spiritual Healing: Designing Maternal Health Interventions in Pakistan

We examine the opportunities and challenges in designing for maternal health in low-income, low-resource communities in patriarchal and religious contexts. Pakistan faces a crisis in maternal health with a maternal mortality ratio of 178 deaths per 100,000 live births, as compared to the developed-country average of j…

CHI '19Gender & Race Issues in HCI +1

Threats, Abuses, Flirting, and Blackmail: Gender Inequity in Social Media Voice Forums

HCI4D researchers and practitioners have leveraged voice forums to enable people with literacy, socioeconomic, and connectivity barriers to access, report, and share information. Although voice forums have received impassioned usage from low-income, low-literate, rural, tribal, and disabled communities in diverse HCI4…

CHI '19Best PaperOnline Harassment & Counter-Tools +2

"They Don't Leave Us Alone Anywhere We Go": Gender and Digital Abuse in South Asia

South Asia faces one of the largest gender gaps online globally, and online safety is one of the main barriers to gender-equitable Internet access [GSMA, 2015]. To better understand the gendered risks and coping practices online in South Asia, we present a qualitative study of the online abuse experiences and coping p…

CSCW '19Money

Towards Digitization of Collaborative Savings Among Low-Income Groups

Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA) is a mechanism of informal collaborative savings that is widely used across the globe. Despite its popularity and prevalence, it is not well-studied from HCI and CSCW perspectives. The global increase in mobile penetration has created opportunities to serve the unbanked…

CSCW '19Technological inclusion and non/use

"My cousin bought the phone for me. I never go to mobile shops": The Role of Family in Women's Technological Inclusion in Islamic Culture

The intersection of Islam and gender affect technological and social interactions for Muslim women in significant ways and remains an understudied domain for CSCW and related fields. Building on 73 qualitative interviews with low-income women in Punjab, Pakistan, we analyze the complexity of family relationships and t…

CHI '19Visual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille) +2

Digital Financial Needs of Micro-entrepreneur Women in Pakistan: Is Mobile Money The Answer?

This paper studies the use of Digital Financial Services (DFS) as a solution to women's financial inclusion in deeply patriarchal, resource constrained communities. Through a qualitative, empirical study we map the financial life cycles of 20 women micro-entrepreneurs in different cities in Pakistan and the challenges…

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