Best Paper Honorable Mention Award for Nimra Ahmed, Angelika Strohmayer, and Elaine Huang
For their paper “Scattered Searches, Broken Apps, Quiet Repairs: A Feminist Autoethnographic Critique of Technology and Research on Gender-Based Violence” Nimra Ahmed, Angelika Strohmayer, and Elaine Huang received a Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at the CHI 2026 conference – congratulations!
In this paper, the authors argue for more sustainable HCI approaches to support victims of gender-based violence, in particular forced marriage. Drawing on personal and research reflections, they show how digital interventions often miss real needs—ending with prototypes, prioritizing legal fixes, or reinforcing harmful labels.