Day 2 | Get the stats | Petition a Minister!

Current data collection efforts rarely include cases like cyberstalking or the use of private photographs to blackmail partners into staying in an abusive relationship. Get the stats! Recognise the issue. Petition your government to start collecting data on violence against women and ICT!

The known statistics on violence against women clearly indicate its pandemic proportion. The UN In-Depth Study on All Forms of Violence against Women found that at least one of three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in her lifetime usually by someone known to her.

Day 11 | Stories of resistance | Share yours!

Chances are, most of us have encountered some kind of harassment, whether online or offline. Each encounter is different, depending on who the harasser is, where you are when it happened, the context of the harassment etc. When caught in the moment, we might sometimes find it hard to respond, especially if the situation has never been encountered before. But when we are armed with the knowledge of experience, reflection and discussion, we are better able to know what to say and do to define the context, draw the line, and communicate clearly that the action, comment or gesture is not acceptable. How have you turned the situation around? What was your strategy to transform a threatening and unsafe space into one where you felt safe and in control?

 

Chances are, most of us have encountered some kind of harassment, whether online or offline. Each encounter is different, depending on who the harasser is, where you are when it happened, the context of the harassment etc.

When caught in the moment, we might sometimes find it hard to respond, especially if the situation has never been encountered before. We might also be worried about the risk of making a situation worse, and opt to keep silent.

Day 5 | 29 Nov - International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders | Name your shero!

The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence run from 25 November to 10 December because they encapsulate several important dates in the fight to end violence against women. Today, 29 November, is International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders.

Take Back The Tech! supports this important recognition of the women and girls who defend and promote human rights. Most times, their work is unseen. Although women are often at the frontline of struggles for civil liberties, they are often forgotten when the war is won. In the area of technology, many women go unrecognised in their contribution to its development. Women who are using emerging ICT to document and disseminate human rights violations are having their channels of communication shut down and are being threatened, beaten and arrested.

Women who fight for and defend the protection of human rights at times do so with immense courage and risk to personal lives.  There are so many women human rights defenders around us. Honour her. Name her. Defend her right to be a women human rights defender.

 

Day 5 | 29 Nov - International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders | Name your shero!

The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence run from 25 November to 10 December because they encapsulate several important dates in the fight to end violence against women. Today, 29 November, is marked by women's rights groups at the First Consultation on Women Human Rights Defenders in 2005, as International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders.