OUR COLLECTIVE STORY: 10 YEARS OF TAKING ACTION ON TECHNOLOGY AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE


How have internet technologies changed in the past decade? How have these changes affected the way we engage, relate, organise and take action?
 
Take Back the Tech! started as the seed of an idea in 2006, recognising the need to reclaim women's historical contribution to technology development and to counter the growing expression of gender-based violence through information and communications technologies (ICTs).

Solidarity: How to contribute to our quilt for women human rights defenders

 

Today marks International Women Human Rights Defenders' (WHRD) Day. Human rights defenders face frequent violence, which tends to escalate if they are LGBTQI and/or women because of the multiple discriminations that they already face. WHRDs fight to defend our human rights, but they need our solidarity and support.

Love in the time of the internet

A storyline of love, sex and exploration in the digital era. Why do internet rights matter?

Check out the resources in the clickable infographic below, share it and join us to defend an internet where we can explore our desires, fall in love, and express our sexualities freely, without discrimination or threats to our safety.

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A storyline of love, sex and exploration in the digital era. Why do internet rights matter?

Check out the resources in the clickable infographic below, share it and join us to defend an internet where we can explore our desires, fall in love, and express our sexualities freely, without discrimination or threats to our safety. 

DAY 14 | SEXUALITY & EXPRESSION | SAFER SEXTING

You sent sexy pictures to your partner and suddenly they’re all over the internet. Strangers are creeping on you, your family shames you, your friends reject you and your boss fires you. But you’re an adult, and it was a simple consensual act you both enjoyed. Is digital abstinence the only way to keep your sexual images from being broadcast against your will?
 
Or maybe you’ve never sent pictures. Maybe you won’t even take one because you’re afraid someone will get to your partner’s phone or yours and share them with the world.