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Globally, helping help at-risk populations benefit from digital technology without being derailed by digital harms.

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Here's how a Yazidi teen sparked a community-led crackdown on digital violence. A lot has happened since we first shared Dina's story from Iraq in January. secdev-foundation.org/dina-s…

Dina Sparks a Movement Against Digital Violence - The SecDev Foundation

How a Yazidi teen sparked a community-led crackdown on digital violence: a lot has happened since we first shared Dina's story in January.

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Two of our Iraqi partner organizations recently teamed up to help a teenage girl confront an online assault. Dina's story showcases how well community collaboration can support women's digital resilience. secdev-foundation.org/dinas-… @IDRC_MENARO @IDRC_CRDI

Dina’s Story: A Community Response to Digital Violence - The SecDev Foundation

Two of our Iraqi partners teamed up to help a teenage girl confront an online assault, showcasing the value of a collaborative response.

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This year's @ARIJNetwork annual forum was all about unpacking barriers that Arab-world journalists face. As part of an IDRC-sponsored panel, we were honoured to help tackle a big one: digital violence against female journalists. @IDRC_CRDI @IDRC_MENARO secdev-foundation.org/journa…

Tracking Digital Violence Against Female Journalists - The SecDev Foundation

Our Salam@ team recently shared insights on digital violence against women with investigative journalists from across the MENA region.

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The Jordanian Network to Combat Digital Violence Against Female Journalists (@CombatDV_JO) has launched a petition calling on media institutions to take steps to keep them safe. We’re honoured to continue supporting them. secdev-foundation.org/jordan…

Jordan: Female Journalists Seek Digital-Violence Protection at Work

The Jordanian Network to Combat Digital Violence Against Female Journalists launched a petition calling on media houses to keep them safe.

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CyberSTAR’s uniquely accessible digital-safety learning tools are now available in the Ukrainian language. They’re built for small civil society organizations – but helpful for anyone looking to protect themselves from digital harm. secdev-foundation.org/cybers…

New: Ukrainian Digital Safety Tools - The SecDev Foundation

CyberSTAR’s uniquely accessible digital-safety learning tools are now available in the Ukrainian language. 

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Two more frontline stories show how our CyberSTAR method empowers small, at-risk civil society organizations to defend themselves—and the people they serve—from digital attack. secdev-foundation.org/civil-…

Civil Society Groups Avert Digital Harm: Frontline Stories - The SecDev Foundation

Two success stories show how CyberSTAR empowers small, at-risk civil society organizations to defend themselves from digital attack.

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For youth in post-coup #Myanmar, online education presents both precious hope and extreme challenges. As part of @IDRC_CRDI's #K4DM initiative, four new Foundation-supported studies explore today’s realities and what needs to happen next. secdev-foundation.org/myanma…

Hopes and Challenges: Online Education in Myanmar - The SecDev Foundation

For Myanmar's youth, online education presents both hope and challenges. Four new studies explore those realities and what's needed next.

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Myanmar's 2021 military coup plunged journalists into peril. A Foundation-supported study from @EngageMedia unpacks how these resilient pros are doing their best to improvise defences to digital threats - and how international donors need to help. youtu.be/S232glsbI1s

Reporting Against the Odds: Myanmar Journalists & Digital Safety

The 2021 military coup in Myanmar plunged journalists into peril as...

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At their biggest gathering yet, @CombatDV_JO called on Jordanian media orgs, civil society and government to help combat digital violence against female journalists. We’ve been honoured to support their efforts, with generous assistance from @IDRC_MERO. secdev-foundation.org/jordan…

Jordan: Calling for Action on Digital Violence Against Female Journalists - The SecDev Foundation

At their biggest gathering yet, a pioneering group of Jordanian women ramped up their fight on digital violence against female journalists. 

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Last month in Amman, Jordan, we co-convened a first-of-its-kind summit of nearly 100 researchers and practitioners tackling digital violence against women across the MENA region. Many thanks to @IRC_KHF, @IDRC_CRDI and @IDRC_MERO! secdev-foundation.org/dvaw-m…

MENA Regional Summit Tackles Digital Violence Against Women - The SecDev Foundation

We were honoured to convene a regional summit of MENA researchers and practitioners who are responding to digital violence against women.

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Repressive tactics in post-coup Myanmar increasingly stretch into digital space. Alongside @IDRC_CRDI, we've been pleased to support a group of young Myanmar researchers who are unpacking how. The first three of 20 research studies in progress: secdev-foundation.org/myanma…

Myanmar Citizens' Digital Resilience: Three New Studies - The SecDev Foundation

A new Foundation-supported research series unpacks important digital challenges that people are facing in post-coup Myanmar.

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This #IWD2024, we launch a new response to digital violence against women. It’s about strengthening whole ecosystems of support for tech users and victims—from governance to health to education. All with vital support from @IDRC_CRDI & @IDRC_MERO. secdev-foundation.org/tfvaw-…

Digital Violence Against Women: Our New “Ecosystems” Response - The SecDev Foundation

This International Women’s Day, we’re launching a holistic new response to technology-facilitated violence against women in the MENA region.

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Our CyberSTAR team’s latest four-year push has helped 64 small, at-risk Eurasian civil society organizations (CSOs) protect themselves from serious cyber threats. So now they can go on serving people and communities with less risk of being derailed. ➜ secdev-foundation.org/cybers…

Unprecedented Push to Protect Small Eurasian CSOs - The SecDev Foundation

A four-year push by our CyberSTAR team has helped dozens of Eurasian civil society organizations transform their resilience to digital harm.

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The SalamaTech team surveyed Syrian women about online gender-based violence. What forms does it take? Who gets targeted most? What are the impacts? More here: secdev-foundation.org/survey… #DigitalResilience
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For years, Ahmad Hegab has been inviting men to join the fight against digital gender-based violence. Now @mozilla has recognized him as one of 25 “game-changers who are shaping the future of the Internet.” We asked him about the path that led him here. secdev-foundation.org/rise-2…

Rise 25: Mozilla Honours a SecDev Digital Pioneer

Last month, longtime SecDev Foundation contributor Ahmad Hegab was recognized by Mozilla as one of its Rise 25 open-Internet pioneers.

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LIVE NOW - and featuring longtime SecDev Foundation contributor Ahmad Hegab as one of Mozilla's Rise25 honourees.
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In honor of our 25th anniversary, we're celebrating 25 people who are reshaping the internet to be more open and accessible to all ✨ Join our livestream tomorrow 10/13 at 2:30pm EST to be a part of it all — we'll see you there! youtube.com/watch?v=H6P4F8P5…
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If you think “Internet governance” can’t excite youth today, these Cambodians may surprise you. With @opendevcam, they recently staged their country’s first Youth Internet Governance Forum conference - all about their dreams of a brighter future. -> secdev-foundation.org/yigf-c…

Cambodian Youth Present Groundbreaking Internet Conference - The SecDev Foundation

If you think “Internet governance” can't excite youth today, this group of young Cambodians will surprise you.

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Countering scams and misinformation, delivering digital-safety training, reaching out to Deaf communities: a glimpse at some of the SalamaTech team’s recent efforts to boost Syrians’ #DigitalResilence. -> secdev-foundation.org/salama…

Syria Field Notes: Digital Resilience for Better Lives

Countering digital harms, delivering safety training, reaching Deaf communities: how SalamaTech is boosting Syrians’ digital resilience.

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For the first time, our Salam@ team is publicly sharing its growing body of research on women’s localized experience of digital violence across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): secdev-foundation.org/new-re….

Unpacking Women's Experience of Digital Violence: New Research - The SecDev Foundation

Salam@ is sharing its growing body of research on women’s experience of digital violence across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

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How do you help people protect themselves from digital threats they may not even recognize yet? In the Middle East and North Africa, the Salam@ team's answer includes relentlessly connecting #DigitalSafety to everyday local reality. secdev-foundation.org/locali…

Localize, Humanize, Repeat: Making Digital Safety Make Sense

In the MENA region, the Salam@ team is helping people understand digital threats by relentlessly connecting them to everyday local realities.

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