Campanya: Take back the tech

In Uganda, a SMS campaign called Speak out! Stand Out! is organised by WOUGNET to collect messages against violence against women. In Quebec, feminists and communication rights activists are creating short video clips and comic postcards to protest violence against women. In Malaysia, Burmese refugees are making online audio defending women's rights together with Centre for Independent Journalism.

From 25 November to 10 December, get ready to pull out the mouse, flex your SMS fingers and engage full energy in activism to end violence against women (VAW)!

 
APC Women's Programme (APC WNSP) calls on users of the radio, television, internet, emails, mobile phones and all kinds of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to "Take Back The Tech!"

Take Back The Tech is a collaborative campaign by ICT users, advocates, collectives and organizations that take issue with the prevalence of VAW in our diverse realities. Initiated by APC WNSP in 2006, the campaign is part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence initiative.

It is our right to shape, define, participate, use & share knowledge, information & technology, and to create digital spaces that protects everyone's right to interact freely without harassment or threat to safety. Take Back The Tech aims for this by calling all user of ICTs - especially girls & women - to take control of technology and consciously use it to disrupt unequal power relations.

For more information and initiatives, please visit:

http://www.apcwomen.org/node/456 and http://www.takebackthetech.net/