Data visualization for the promotion of women’s rights: an analysis of the charts from the Woman Violence and Femicide Observatory

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https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v21i2.1143

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Data visualization tools can be powerful allies in promoting public policies for women. The Observatory on Violence Against Women and Feminicide provides graphics on the reality of women in the Federal District. This study analyzes the adequacy of the graphics produced by the Observatory on ‘Women and Security’ to promote gender equality and women’s rights. To this end, an analytical tool was created using analytical-critical parameters based on a literature review. Based on this assessment, ways to improve the Observatory’s graphs are discussed from the perspective of data humanism. It is concluded that the tool has achieved the objectives proposed in this study and that future applications and studies are relevant to deepen humanistic and feminist aspects that can influence the design of data visualization and contribute to the promotion of gender equality and the prevention of violence against women.

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Helena Callaça Gadioli Farage, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Graduated in Design from the University of Brasília, Helena is a "people designer" actively working with the design team at NW2 - New Ways of Working. She holds a bachelor's degree in Design from the University of Brasília (2022). Currently, she is a people designer at NW2 New Ways of Working, specializing in Human Resources consulting and advisory. Her experience focuses on the areas of Service Design and Design Thinking.

Dara Costa Rattes, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

A designer graduated from the University of Brasília, Dara specializes in service design, strategic design, and people management. She currently works as a service design consultant and project and team manager.

Lourdes Yamila Quintero Rojas, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Lourdes Yamila holds a degree in Information Design from the Instituto Superior de Design (2007). She taught at this institution for 4 years. Since then, she has worked in various areas of user interface design. Currently, she is a master's student in Design at the University of Brasília, focusing on research in design, culture, and materiality, and is pursuing a specialization in Afro-Latin American and Caribbean studies at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Flacso). Her research focuses on the visual representation of Black women.

Virgínia Tiradentes Souto, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Full Professor in the Department of Design at the Institute of Arts of the University of Brasília - UnB, Brazil. She holds a Ph.D. and a master's degree in Typography and Graphic Communication from the University of Reading, United Kingdom, with postdoctoral work in the Knowledge Management Engineering program (PPG EGC) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC. She is also a member of the graduate program in Design (PPG Design) at UnB. She leads the Information Design Research Group at UnB (since 2008) and serves as a reviewer for various academic journals. Her main areas of interest are creativity and innovation in design, information design, digital media design, and gender differences in design.

Tiago Barros Pontes e Silva, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Associate Professor in the Department of Design at the University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil. As a researcher at PPG Design, he works in the areas of Cognitive Ergonomics, Interaction Design, Information Design, and Serious Games, focusing on complex cognitive tasks, ubiquity, portability, security, health, learning, and playfulness. He holds a Ph.D. in Art from the University of Brasília, in the Art and Technology research line, where he conducted research in the field of Evolutionary Computational Art on Artificial Life, emergence, and effective complexity. He also holds a master's degree in Psychology from the University of Brasília, with an emphasis on Cognitive Ergonomics applied to environments and interfaces, studying information presentation in portable devices. He holds a bachelor's degree in Design, specializing in Product Design and Visual Programming, from the University of Brasília.

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2024-10-07

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Callaça Gadioli Farage, H., Costa Rattes, D., Yamila Quintero Rojas, L., Tiradentes Souto, V., & Barros Pontes e Silva, T. (2024). Data visualization for the promotion of women’s rights: an analysis of the charts from the Woman Violence and Femicide Observatory. InfoDesign - Journal of Information Design, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v21i2.1143

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2024)

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