Take control of technology to end violence against women

From 25 November to 10 December, get ready to click your mouse, flex your SMS fingers and engage full energy to take control of technology to end violence against women.

APC’s Women’s Programme calls on users of the radio, television, internet, emails and mobile phones to Take Back the Tech!

In Malaysia, women in the community are learning how to blog, and posting their perceptions on violence against women in their own language.

In Mexico, women’s communication rights activists and journalists plan for 16 days of feminist tweeting on technology how-tos and against violence against women.

In the Republic of Congo, students will write and perform a play on violence against women and technology.

What is the campaign about?

Take Back the Tech!  is a collaborative campaign for anyone using the internet and technology to protest violence against women (VAW). Initiated by APC’s women’s programme (APC WNSP) in 2006, and built by a diverse movement of individuals, organisations, collectives and communities, the campaign is part of the UN-sanctioned 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence which begins on November 25 each year.

It is our right to shape, define, participate, use and share knowledge, information and technology, and to create digital spaces that are safe and equal. Take Back the Tech! calls all users of information and communications technologies (ICTs) -especially girls and  women but also men and boys- to take control of technology and consciously use it to change unequal power relations.

Take Back the Tech! will be happening all over the world, including in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Republic of  Congo, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda as part of APC WNSP’s efforts to achieve Millenium Development Goal 3 to promote gender equality and empower women. http://www.apcwomen.org/node/695

To read more on the initiative, click here.

Take Back the Tech! is an initiative of the APC Women’s Networking Support  Programme (APC WNSP), a global network of women who support women’s networking for social change and women’s empowerment through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) especially internet, founded in 1993. The APC WNSP is part of the Association for Progressive  Communications (APC).

Help shape the campaign by sharing your experience and ideas. If you have thoughts, email us or log on to the site, and make it part of the campaign.

Check www.TakeBackTheTech.net daily from 25 November to 10 December, and take control of technology to end violence against women.

For more information: send an email to ideas@takebackthetech.net

Photo credit: curiouslee

Written by: Federica Lomiri

Filed Under: Gender

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