"The #BeSafeByDesign obligation shifts the burden of responsibility . . . and places it on platforms where more efforts on risk assessments, accessible and stronger reporting pathways, proactive detection of abuse, and transparent accountability mechanisms are required." CIPESA

#Kenya 🇰🇪 CIPESA warns that unchecked gendered disinformation and harassment are forcing #WHRDs offline, underscoring the need for accelerated digital-resilience training.

🔗 buff.ly/TokuMvn

Yes, #OnlineStalking of #WHRDs is real.

Marina from @derechosdigitales.org says: "We need a holistic approach.. intersectional, proportional, and contextualised. We need rights-based tech governance [because] when defenders are safe, our democracies are safe too."

#16Days #HumanRightsDay @apc.org

Supporting Women Human Rights Defenders' advocacy is now more important than ever before.

As Anais from #NavegandoLibres puts it: "Funding #WHRDs means funding the fight for a dignified world... asking for our rights and dignity is never extreme." #TakeBackTechJoy #NoTechForWar @apc.org #16Days

We stand with #WHRDs & communities in #Tanzania as violence, enforced disappearances, & repression deepen.

📄 Read & share the full statement:

𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚

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#CivicSpace #WeAreWHRDs #SafeguardWHRDs

Doxxing 🚫 weaponizes identity, fuels #GBV, and threatens the safety of women and girls.

🟠 On day 🔟 of #16Days GNWP calls on Member States and the international community to protect #WHRDs by implementing #WomenPeaceCybersecurity frameworks.

Learn more about doxxing ➡️

Women Human Rights Defenders Address Digital Violence During the 16 Days of Activism - Human Rights First Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an annual global campaign that ends on December...

Today is the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders. Last week I wrote for @humanrightsfirst.org on digital attacks on #WHRDs - deepfakes, doxxing, sexualized smears, trolling. Governments and tech platforms must act now. @whrdic.bsky.social #16days
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On International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, we honour the courageous women fighting for justice and equality. 💪🌍

They are catalysts for real social change, often facing grave risks, including (sexual) harassment and gender based violence, online and offline.

#OrangeTheWorld #WHRDs #NoExcuse

#WHRDs: Meet Mereia Kuruyawa from FWRM's Young Feminist Network and also a proud member of the Young Peacebuilders Network. Here's what she has to say about how you can help young women in peacebuilding:
#16DaysOfActivism #InternationalWomensHumanRightsDefendersDay

Meet Sovaia Waqavatu, FWRM's Legal Rights Officer and a proud member of the Young Peacebuilders Network, as she shares what young women peacebuilders have been calling for.

#WomenHumanRightsDefendersDay #YoungPeacebuildersNetwork #FeministPeacebuilding #WHRDs

#NoTechForWar: Networking resistance to #TakeBackTechJoy for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 2025 The realities that WHRDs face in their local contexts are increasingly shaped by global politics of war and technologies that enable genocide, whether deployed by governments, corporations, or other p...

It matters now, more than ever, to secure civic participation of women human rights defenders #WHRDs

@takebackthetech.bsky.social 👇

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#NoTechForWar #TechBackTechJoy #16Days

On a dark purple background are surveillance icons and "16 Days of Activism" is on the top left corner. The central image is of diverse women holding glowing tech devices, surrounded by flowers. Text in the middle: Networking resistance #NoTechForWar

Across the globe, Women Human Rights Defenders organise for justice & equality.

#WHRDs face intense attacks — disinformation, surveillance, stalking — but continue the work in a remarkable display of hope & care.

So even as we say #NoTechForWar, we continue to #TakeBackTechJoy! [1/2] @apc.org

What was the impact of the APC network in the past year?

We helped women human rights defenders #WHRDs work safely online, strengthened their networks and centred their concerns in policy spaces.

Check out this video for more highlights on #APC2024 #DigitalSafety #DigitalCare #DigitalResilience 👇

Women Human Rights Advocacy Week 2025: Indigenous voices, collective strength The WHRD-AW 2025, co-organised by the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Just Associates (JASS), Peace Brigades International (PBI), Amnesty International, the WHRD MENA Coalition…

Learn more about this year's WHRD Advocacy Week in Geneva!
#WHRDs #WHRDAdvocacyWeek
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“We need more sustainable funding, especially in digital security spaces. Tech is evolving, but our needs are the same ones – fighting the same fights. We need to find funding that links different impacts, like digital security and environmental impacts.”

#WHRDs #DigitalRepression

“We’re in survival mode”: Women human rights defenders on digital repression and movement sustainability Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) have long been at the centre of struggles for justice, democracy, and freedom – from resisting authoritarianism and defending land to advancing gender rights and d...

“We’re in survival mode”: Women human rights defenders on digital repression and movement sustainability

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#WHRDs #DigitalRepression

Over 1700 human rights defenders, including #WHRDs fighting for land rights and environment were killed in a single year. Those responsible for these crimes are not only political actors but also corporations.

Banner for the webinar “Digital Repression, WHRDs’ Safety and Movements’ Sustainability” taking place on 24 September 2025 from 12:00 to 13:30 UTC. On the left, there is a colorful abstract illustration. On the right, event details are listed: Moderator Sadaf Khan; speakers Shmyla Khan (researcher on human rights and gender), Weam Shawgi (feminist advocate for gender rights), and Tesneem Elhassan (feminist researcher and analyst on collective memory and the digital presence of WHRDs). A QR code for registration and the APC (Association for Progressive Communications) logo appear at the bottom.

Are you interested in tackling digital repression and ensuring safety of women human rights defenders?

Join our webinar this Wednesday, 24 September 👇

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#DigitalRepression #WHRDs #Webinar

🔊 Anchana Heemina, Director of the Duay Jai Group, shares her story of advocating for women human rights and peace in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces—reflecting on the urgent need for protection of women human rights defender working in conflict zones.

#WHRDs #CEDAW

Thailand-Myanmar border-based organizations call for refugees to be allowed to work - DVB Community-based organizations (CBOs) operating along the Thailand-Myanmar border have called on the Thai government to allow the more than 108,000 refugees living in nine camps to be allowed to work l...

"'We don't want these struggles to go on for generations. We want refugees to live with dignity & independence'"

➡️Urgent action by CBOs, including #WHRDs & women's groups, for effective support to #Myanmar refugees in #Thailand. english.dvb.no/thailand-mya...

#HRC59 | The WHRDIC welcomes the cross-regional statement by over 60 countries paying tribute to #WHRDs and their work.

The detention of #WHRDs/ #HRDs across #MENA is not an exception, it’s a deliberate strategy of repression.
And the international community’s inaction is enabling it.

🕊️ Mohammed al-Rabiah has been released after seven years of arbitrary imprisonment.

He was arrested in May 2018 as part of a crackdown against #WHRDs and several men who advocated for women’s rights in #SaudiArabia, subjected to brutal torture, and sentenced for his activism.

Portraits of Strength 3rd Edition: Rovshana Rahimova, Azerbaijan - Human Rights House Foundation Rovshana Rahimova is a human rights lawyer from Azerbaijan. She has been involved in defending human rights for over 10 years focusing on women’s rights and countering domestic violence, including pro...

Ali participated in a 2018 mission of the Network of #HumanRightsHouses documenting rights violations in occupied Crimea. She photographed the #Azerbaijan entry for #PortraitsOfStrength 3rd edition, highlighting the resilience and impact of #WHRDs. humanrightshouse.org/interviews/p...

9/ This work is deeply inspired by the experiences of exiled women dissidents who have endured both online and offline repression.

Their stories reveal the disproportionate impact of transnational repression on women—and the urgent need for action.

#IWD2025 #WHRDs #TransnationalRepression

PBI-Honduras observes the #IWD25 march in Tegucigalpa. Honduras has had the highest rate of #femicide, a comprehensive law against violence against women is still pending, abortion is prohibited in all circumstances, and attacks against #WHRDs continue: pbicanada.org/2025/03/08/p... #PBIaccompanies

#WHRDs are at a higher risk of having their private lives used to discredit them. #CSW69

Private actors representing corporate and vested interests also deploy surveillance tech against WHRDs to discredit women and chill free expression. #InternationalWomensDay (2/4) #IWD #IWD2025

Text with illustrations of women in media at the bottom and a surveillance eye on the right: “Dozens of women journalists and human rights defenders in Bahrain and Jordan have had their phones hacked using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.” https://theintercept.com/2022/01/18/pegasus-spyware-nso-group-women-activists-journalists/

Emerging technologies harm #WomenHumanRightsDefenders in newer ways.

State-backed military-grade surveillance technology targets #WHRDs to impact their personal & professional lives. #InternationalWomensDay #CSW69

@apc.org's open letter to states: www.apc.org/en/pubs/open... (1/4) #IWD #IWD2025

Text with a Twitter logo: On average, women receive abusive or problematic tweets once every 30 seconds. Women of colour are more impacted than their white counterparts, and Black women are disproportionately targeted. - Charting the Future: Revisiting Beijing's Commitments in the Digital Era Hija Kamran

Calling all #WomenHumanRightsDefenders!

As #tech continues to evolve, women (esp. #WHRDs) stay at an increased risk of technology-facilitated GBV, like:
🧲 doxxing
🧲 non-consensual sharing of intimate images
🧲 sexualised deep fakes
🧲 online stalking

Thread ⬇️ (1/4) #CSW69 #IWD #IWD2025

On #InternationalWomensDay, HURFOM calls for the recognition of #WHRDs in Burma. Local, regional and international stakeholders must recognize their resilience and sacrifices to the #SpringRevolution. 🔗 shorturl.at/iQJVe

Establishing a culture of accountability within #protection #networks is not only about addressing past #injustices but also about preventing future #violations. One of the primary goals of #accountability is to create safe #environments for #WHRDs to operate.

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