A baseline understanding and application of digital security and privacy practices is becoming essential for everyone living online -particularly those involved in work that tends to attract adversaries, such as activism, media and politics. For women, the threat escalates. Women, women’s rights activists, journalists and online activists who are vocal and visible in their communities in openly challenging social norms and norms around gender experience varying levels of hostility, abuse and violence. Not only are their public profiles threatened, but their emotional and mental wellbeing, their work, and their networks are too.These kinds of violence infringe on women’s right to freedom of expression and assembly. (Read more here.)
Building on our work training on digital security and supporting [women’s rights information-activism->], Tactical Tech is organising a 6-day event in early December 2014 to help develop the skills of women and trans people in managing digital security and privacy online and offline.
More info at https://tacticaltech.org/coming-soon-tactical-techs-workshop-gender-privacy-digital-security-2
