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What privacy & anonymity have to do with tech-related VAW
Anonymity and digital privacy are a critical part of human rights, but they are also connected to cyber crime, such as fraud, identity theft, cyber stalking, bullying, phishing and trolling. Survivors...
What data storage has to do with tech-related VAW
Dealing with incidents of tech-related violence involves reporting, investigating and collecting evidence. Collecting data is critical, as tech-related VAW is an increasing but under-analysed issue due to lack of valuable data. Record-keeping can...
Why it's important to know how to talk to survivors
People who are not trained to talk to survivors often say the wrong thing even when they mean well. Some people do not understand that violence online is equal to, and sometimes has an even greater impact than, violence offline. Survivors often...
Featured
The Women's Rights Programme of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is looking for a feminist movement builder, dynamic communicator and experienced project coordinator with a background in ending gender-based violence, to join APC’s virtual team. The ending online gender-based...
Colnodo having fun during their tweet chat for their Take Back the Tech! campaign in 2017
From 25 November to 10 December, 2017, Take Back the Tech! Celebrated “Revisit to resist: Histories of the movement to end gender-based violence” as part of the 16 Days of Action Against Gender-Based Violence...
During the last Take Back the Tech! campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a new local campaigner popped up in Egypt. Bnt Al Masarwa, a feminist band, holds storytelling circles where women share their experiences of violence and discrimination. Then those stories are...
Blogs
“Me dijo que no hablase de mis derechos porque ninguna de nosotras los teníamos aquí”. Lucía Muñoz habla con algunas de las trabajadoras temporeras marroquíes que han denunciado la explotación laboral y el acoso sexual que sufren durante la campaña...
El pasado 1 de junio se desarrolló en Santiago, Chile, el encuentro organizado por la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL, donde junto a la iniciativa de la Fundación de Naciones Unidas, Data2X, se intercambiaron experiencias en relación con...
Twitter, in particular, can be a powerful tool for women to make connections and express themselves - from high-level female politicians to journalists, activists, writers and bloggers, to women who simply want...
