Last Thursday, March 26, the Punt TIC Network experienced the third virtual meeting of the year 2026. The new online session presented two technological initiatives that incorporate the gender perspective and had about ten participants, including Margot Matesanz, member of the El Garbell technology cooperative, and Pat González, representative of the regenerative innovation and collective intelligence space for the future of the blue economy A Bordo Lab . Specifically, the 'FemFrame' and 'Lagertha' projects were presented, which were beneficiaries of the Retech grant call of the Secretariat of Digital Policies of the Department of Enterprise and Employment of the Generalitat of Catalonia to reduce the gender gap within the technology sector.
First, Matesanz presented the 'FemFrame' project , an initiative that uses the gender perspective as a practical tool to detect errors in technology. Matesanz spoke about the links between artificial intelligence and digital sexist violence and the need to address direct violence, the visible one, and at the same time cultural violence or structural violence, the invisible one. Matesanz shared some case studies such as, for example, Amazon's hiring algorithm to exemplify the training of tools with biased data, the first virtual reality glasses to show how men are positioned as a reference measure or WhatsApp's double blue confirmation to point out control tools. Matesanz highlighted the importance of leaving technological spaces to create technology and seeking diverse contributions by mixing technological people, non-technological people and academics.
González then presented the 'Lagertha' project , a female entrepreneurship program in advanced digital technologies and leadership aboard a sailboat. González specified that the blue economy was one that used the sea and its potential. González explained that the initiative had received nearly a hundred people registered in ten days and nearly fifty projects presented. González pointed out that the selection criteria for the female entrepreneurship program were, for example, the link with the environment, the connection with technology, the coherence with the blue economy and the link with issues of leadership, skills and attitudes. González concluded that the ten winning projects, which are currently in different phases and different territories, become examples of processes of empowerment and individual and collective transformation. The virtual meeting ended with an open round of reflections.