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Take back the tech UK

London United Kingdom

Take Back the Tech UK is organised by a group of women's rights activists from various UK organisations who are committed to ending violence against women, and in this campaign, are supporting and encouraging women to reclaim and use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their work to stop violence against women. Resistance is IT!

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)

Kampala Uganda

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is a non-governmental organization initiated in May 2000 by several women’s organisations in Uganda to develop the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively. The mission of WOUGNET is to promote and support the use of ICTs by women and women organisations in Uganda, so that they can take advantage of the opportunities presented by ICTs in order to effectively address national and local problems of Sustainable National Development.

University of the Philippines Mindanao Gender Committee

Davao City Philippines
The UP Mindanao Gender Committee focuses on academic, research, extension, and advocacy related to gender issues that would contribute to establishing gender responsive and women-friendly school services in Mindanao.

Retome a tecnologia

Brazil

Retome a tecnologia is a Brazilian campaign for activism, awareness-raising and appropriation of ICTs for the end of violence against women, inspired by Take Back the Tech.

Akcija Zdruzenska

Skopje Macedonia
International "16 Days of Activism Against violence of " / November 25 –December 10, 2007 Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Agains Women This year campaign You have right! Demand protection from domestic violence, will be implemented as a mutual action from Akcija Zdruzhenska, ESE, National SOS Phone Line for victims, ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and Ministry of Interior.

Women'sNet South Africa

South Africa

Women'sNet, a South African NGO is involved in the following activities:

1. A campaign to get 2 national lines a free call from a cellphone (more below)

2. a workshop and event for girls (more below)

3. An SMS campaign with a Ugandan organisation:

FAT

New Delhi India
Website: FAT

Silence Speaks

United States

Silence Speaks is an international digital storytelling initiative that aims to provide survivors and witnesses of violence and other forms of trauma with a safe, supportive venue in which to tell

APC Africa Women (AAW)

Durban South Africa
Women'sNet conducted a Women's Electronic Network Training (WENT) Digital Story Telling workshop for APC-Africa-Women (AAW), on 25-29 August 2007 The workshop aimed to create content by and for women, develop content for Take Back the Tech initiative which aims to reclaim ICTs to end violence against women during the 16 Days of Activism (25 November to 10 December), develop the ICT skills and capacity of women, strengthen organisations and enable women to share and network amongst each other One blog entry written taking random sentences from the first day of story circle:
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Nodo Tau asociación civil

Argentina

Nodo Tau es una asociación civil sin fines de lucro integrada por profesionales de la informática y las comunicaciones, educadores y militantes sociales, dedicados a facilitar el acceso a las nuevas tecnologías de la Información a organizaciones comunitarias de la región (organizaciones barriales, eclesiales, de género, ambientales, cooperativas, grupos de base, escuelas, centros comunitarios), para fortalecer su acción institucional y que a la vez dinamicen la comunicación y organización entre todos los sectore

Website: enREDando

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This campaign is organised by the Association of Progressive Communications, Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP).

APC WNSP is a global network of more than 175 women in over 55 countries promoting gender equality in the design, implementation, access and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and in the policy decisions and frameworks that regulate them.

*CopyLeft. 2009 APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP)*

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