Media | Representation

Today is International Human Rights Day. Celebrate your rights! Make the connections. Claim your inclusion. Demand to be written in.

Even as the internet opens up new spaces for public and political engagement for women and girls,  their rights come under attack. Women's rights activists and feminists have had their websites hacked, faced hate-speech and targetted harassment. These are seldom monitored in internet rights spaces. Defend our right to communicate freely and safely online. Map it. Make it visible. And demand for change.

Don't forward violence. Take a pledge to not forward images, messages or videos of someone being violated or humiliated. Make a stand!

Language plays a key role in how we make meaning of the world. What is the language used to describe women and girls? How do they create an idea of who they are & their value? Reclaim language. Take control of women's representation. Change the story with reality. Ms. Re-Present!

On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, join Take Back the Tech! and Communication is your right for a global action day to defend our right to freely access, use, engage and share information and opinions and become our own media through information and communication technologies (ICT).

Stop and think about the potential long-term impact of our actions when we record, share and pass on information using ICT. The culture of sharing online is not accompanied by a culture of respecting our right to privacy and safety. The violence stops with you. Take the pledge.

Change what is heard. Saturate our airwaves with ideas on how to end violence against women. Tune in to feminist radio, sing along and spread the word!

Draw connections between images and representation, the dissemination of gendered norms and values and how they impact on the reality of violence against women

Challenge sexism. Start by documenting and naming the everyday messages that permeate and shape the spaces that we inhabit. Capture and share!