What is take back the tech?

Take Back The Tech! is a collaborative campaign that takes place during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (25 Nov - 10 Dec). It is a call to everyone - especially women and girls - to take control of technology to end violence against women.

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  • Cyberstalking includes (repeatedly) sending threats or false accusations via email or mobile phone, making threatening or false posts on websites, stealing a person’s identity or data or...

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What can you do to end violence against women? Take Back The Tech!

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How does technology like the internet and mobile phones impact on violence against women? What can we do as users of technology to use it in activism? Take Back The Tech!

 
 

Kathleen Milliken (Schmidt) is by any accounts a strong woman. When you meet her she is vivacious, full of energy and drive. What you wouldn’t necessarily guess is that she is a survivor of domestic violence until she tells you with passion and pride what she has accomplished since leaving the...
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div class=field field-type-text field-field-abstract-1 div class=field-items div class=field-item odd pI found myself being confronted with the issue of anonymity and accountability in different ways at the AWID Forum. At the Feminist Tech Exchange (FTX) and...