Servane Mouazan Women's Day
Women’s Day: Servane Mouazan, women’s advocate Servane is closely supporting the Womanity Award winners Abaad, Promundo, Luchadoras and APC, in their efforts to prevent violence against women. Womanity: Who are you Servane and how did you come to collaborate with Womanity? Servane Mouazan: I am a social entrepreneur, an enthused women’s advocate and social justice […]
Take Back The Tech: 10 years of action on tech and gender violence
Take Back the Tech! Taking control of technology to end gender-based violence by Womanity Award winners APC’s Take Back the Tech team. Take Back the Tech! started as the seed of an idea in 2006, recognising the need to reclaim women’s historical contribution to technology development and to counter the growing expression of gender-based violence […]
Skillz-Breakaway: an online soccer game used to fight gender based violence
By Claudia Cahalane. In a scenario which sounds like it’s been plucked straight out of Grand Theft Auto, the online game BREAKAWAY culminates with a girl being abducted, forced into a locker and left there after persistent bullying and abuse. The game is not glamourizing gangs, however, but rather is teaching boys and girls ages […]
Tactical Tech Educates Women's Rights Advocates on Online Safety
by Claudia Cahalane Nataly works for a women’s rights organisation in the Caucasus, on the border of Europe and Asia. The organisation provides services and safe spaces for women in troubled situations. It also campaigns against gender-based violence. Knowing that the web was becoming a key way for women to find out about community events […]
How can tech put sexual assault survivors back in control
As part of our ICTforWomanity interviews, we talked to Jessica Ladd, founder of Callisto. A victim of sexual assault herself, Jessica Ladd says it’s time to change the outdated response to rape and assault – especially on college campuses – where most survivors do not even report the event. With better systems for capturing this […]
A life after gender violence: how you can "stand tall"
As part of our ICTforWomanity interviews, we talked to Esther Marshall, founder of sTandTall, an initiative that helps women and girls who have been abused or bullied get back on their feet. When Esther Marshall was younger, she thought she had found someone who loved her. “Sometimes he did seem to love me. But at […]