Deadline: 27 February 2017
Tech-based violence and threats targeted against women activists, rights defenders and journalists is endemic to the internet today. Therefore, Tactical Technology Collective invites participations for the Gender and Technology Institute (GTI) in Asia with an aim to build participants’ skills and knowledge in using digital technologies, to enable them to be informed users of technology and to build movement-based discussions around security and privacy from a gendered perspective.
Through Tactical Tech’s engagement with women and LGBTQ activists over the years, it has become clear that the hostile online environment results in intimidation and the censorship of women’s voices. For many of these groups and individuals, using the internet is imperative to their work and activism, however it is almost always accompanied by online harassment, threats and surveillance from both state and non-state actors.
As a result the Gender and Technology Institute (GTI) was created to empower women activists and rights defenders in combating tech-based violence.
Objectives
The aim of this GTI is to:
- Offer practical support and training to enable activists in movements to be confident and skilled in their use of technology for activism in the face of online harassment.
- Contextualise and localise how digital technologies are implicated in gender and sexuality rights, and freedom of expression, along with online and offline participation, particularly for women and women identified people in South and South East Asia.
- Widen the existing global GTI network to include communities, movements and individuals working in South and South East Asia.
- Contribute local perspectives to Tactical Tech’s ongoing documentation around what security and privacy mean from a gender perspective.
Eligibility Criteria
- Tactical Tech will support 25 women or women identified activists, Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD), LGBTQ activists, staff members of women rights organizations, journalists, Freedom of Speech and Expression activists, Privacy advocates, technologists and artists who work on the intersection of Gender and Technology. Including lawyers and policy advocates who work on either gender or tech.
- For a donor, or are a regional or international NGO, it is encouraged to offer support for the partners or grantees to attend, thus increasing the number of places available.
- Applicants from South and South East Asia are encouraged to apply.
- Knowledge of technology is a plus, this is an event aimed at people who are already using forms of digital technologies in their activism at some level of confidence. It is intended for people who are already visible and have an online presence or an offline presence in their communities that is amplified online due to their impact. It will cater to those who want to expand on their knowledge and skills around digital security and privacy in addition to their existing use of technology.
- People based on their level of knowledge in digital technologies and digital security and privacy will not be excluded.
- Applicants must be willing to share the knowledge and skills gained during the GTI with their own communities, networks and/ or organization through activities and events going forward.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries
Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
For more information, visit
https://tacticaltech.org/news/apply-gender-and-technology-institute-asia