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Take Back The Tech is a global campaign that connects the issue of violence against women and information and communications technology (ICT). It aims to raise awareness on the way violence against women is occurring on ICT platforms such as the Internet and mobile phones, and to call for people to use ICT in activism to end violence against women.

It was initiated by the Association for Progressive Communications, Women's Networking Support Programme, in 2006. Since then, the campaign has been taken up and organised by individuals, collectives and non-governmental organizations in at least 24 countries.

In 2013, Bytes for All, Pakistan was awarded the Avon Communication Award under the 'Innovative Campaign Award' category for leading an exemplary national campaign in Pakistan. The award was presented by Salma Hayek at the United Nations Headquarters.

Issue [ edit ]

The campaign highlights the way that violence against women is taking new forms through the use of ICT. This includes:

Research indicates that the majority of technology-enabled forms of violence against women victims are women.[1] Similarly, victims of technology-enabled forms of violence against men are men. Obviously, the victims of technology-enabled forms of violence against women can't be men and the victims of violence against men can't be women.

The campaign also recognises that the gender digital divide contributes to unequal power relations that creates enabling contexts for violence against women to occur. To address this disparity, campaigners are encouraged to:

Recall and give recognition to the historical contribution that women have made into the development of ICT, such as the contribution of Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper.

Build the capacity of women and girls in the use of new ICT.

Foster an attitude of experimentation and play with new ICT to overcome technophobia.

Engage in activism and advocacy to improve Internet policy development that takes the gendered dimension of ICT into account.

Campaigners & Partners [ edit ]

South & East Africa [ edit ]

Middle East [ edit ]

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