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About AfricTivistes Women & Cybersecurity
AfricTivistes Women & Cybersecurity is run in collaboration with Internews. It includes two cybersecurity training courses for 18 participants from Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, cybersecurity projects led by the trainees, and a major advocacy and awareness campaign on digital safety and against the online harassment of girls and women in Senegal.
The programme aims to train women journalists, media professionals and human rights defenders on cybersecurity, tackling online harassment and internet access, reaching bloggers, activists, netizens, journalists and human rights defenders in Senegal and the DRC.
Our Mission
Protecting and training women for a safe and inclusive digital environment
The Programme
A key part of the “Africa Media Cybersecurity” project launched by AfricTivistes in 2017
Africa Media Cybersecurity
This project has trained nearly 700 people and has been run in 13 countries to date, including Haiti. In partnership with Internews, Women & Cybersecurity offers a series of training courses on cybersecurity, organisational security and online harassment, designed specifically for women journalists and women human rights defenders in Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Women & Cybersecurity has three main strands
Three complementary components for maximum impact
Safe Sisters
In-person training focused on cybersecurity and tackling gender-based online harassment, followed by online training of trainers on the same topics. Participants also run their own projects in these areas.
Tech Sisters
This strand deepens the technical skills of “Safe Sisters” who want to use more advanced tactics to support the organisational security of at-risk organisations and communities.
Taxaw Temm
An awareness campaign on digital safety and gender-based online harassment for girls and women in Senegal. The campaign involves public and political authorities, the media, influencers, opinion leaders, parliamentarians and internet users.
Our Impact
Figures that reflect our commitment since 2017
Our partners
Taxaw Temm is the third strand of the AfricTivistes Women & Cybersecurity project, funded by Internews, which aims to promote the responsible use of social media.
AfricTivistes
Internews
Taxaw Temm
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Together, let’s create a safer digital environment for all women. Explore our tools, take part in our training and help protect digital rights.