Taking control of technology to end violence against women
Below you will find new articles and featured resources that are part of this edition.
As the year comes to a close, GenderIT.orgi is bringing you one more special edition, this time on the recent Take Back the Tech!i campaign. The 2011 campaign shed new light on the issue of technology-mediated violence against womeni, through its documenting and evidence-building efforts.
The edition gathers an impressive amount of articles which capture the nature of this year´s Take Back the Tech! campaign, as well as highlight some of the abundant and meaningful resources developed during the 16 days of activism. As the Take Back the Tech! campaign coordinator, Jac sm Kee, says in her editorial: we sincerely hope you enjoy this edition as “a great snapshot into this creative and groundbreaking movement”.
You are also invited to tell us **your** stories when did you first realise that your rights are truly inalienable, even online.
New Articles
Take Back the Tech! campaign now a global movement
Since its inception in 2006, the Take Back the Tech!i campaign has grown into a global movement. Women everywhere are using technology to combat gender-based violence, and assert their rights to free and open online spaces. Despite its global reach, the Take Back the Tech! campaign is designed to be adapted to local issues and local circumstances. This year the campaign is focusing on building capacity for women to use ICTis safely and to build collaborative and systematic monitoring platforms to assess the scope and dimensions of how technology and violence against womeni intersect.
