Women's Networking Tools to promote women's political participation in the digital age
The Women’s Network is an initiative co-ordinated by CIVIX, Colombia , which strengthens the capacity of women to the candidates, their staffs into the campaign, the activists, and the creators of the content, in order to anticipate, prevent and respond to gender-based violence, facilitated by technology, TFGBV), and the life.
By means of the Digital Resilience Toolkit, we articulate the knowledge of organizations and experts from Latin America, in the toolbox, open, practical and accessible guides to essential checklists the standard protocols of the crisis and strategies for emotional well-being are drawn to you, no woman has been silenced in the public debate, not to be forced to abandon the policy.
The violence of the digital and the lack of a gender they are not isolated facts: these are the tactics of systematic, to wear out for women in the public debate.
The Women's Network delivers the tools are effective and up to date for the defense, and the impact of the digital conference and in real-time.
For anyone who is on this platform?
Designed for anyone who supports and advocates for the promotion of political participation and democracy
- Candidates and political leadership: Tools to protect your voice, and the reputation of the online, shield on their personal channels, and to raise money for their emotional well-being during times of maximum exposure to the public.
The teams of the campaign, and the communication Protocols in response to the immediate intrusion (hacking), data leakage (doxxing), or co-ordinated attacks, with clear guidelines in place to document the evidence, and contain the crisis-without the ” wing it.”
The creators of the content, and activists (“Her”): the Strategies for taking up the conversation with stories of hope, and to act as a shield, the union solidarity and facing the harassment of co-ordinated.
Organizations, and civil society: methodological and open to a download, designed to increase skills and build up their own networks of leaders in the area.
What is the Digital Resilience Toolkit
This is a set of tools is open, and the practice was established to protect and support women in the public sphere. Away from books for academics, large or theories in the abstract, it offers features fast-to – download , and ready for the pace of a campaign, in conjunction and under the loop to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, respond to, and recover from it.
The modules are developed in three steps with concrete:
To understand
The guides are essential for the name and a preview of the violence is the matter-of-factly.
Evaluate
Checklists (checklists) for self-diagnostic to detect the warning signs of the time.
Action
The protocols of the crisis, and pre-made templates to record and reply.
This initiative is led and co-ordinated by CIVIX, Colombia, developed with the support of the development of the Better Politics Foundation (BPF), and with the support of a consortium of international organizations, committed to the strengthening of democracy and the formation of leaders in the public sector.
General coordination: CIVIX, Colombia
Organizations, specialists of the partner:
- the Foundation will be Multitudes , and Gender-and Number — key Concepts, frameworks, and types of violence in the digital world.
- Fundación Karisma — digital Security protocols in response to the crisis, and the preservation of evidence.
- Better Politics-the Foundation — mental Health and emotional well-being and the sustainability of the political leaders.
The strategies of the narrative and the teaching of the module to the creation of content that have been inspired and enriched by the approaches from the Puentes (El Inspiratorio) , and the Technology Hub.
