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📢 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 We are facing one of the most pivotal moments in Women’s Rights Online (WRO)’s history. After nearly a decade of championing online gender justice through the Web Foundation we are transitioning to independence. Within that journey we are working with Digital Action in incubating our global network of gender justice and digital rights organizations. The changes ahead will profoundly impact the work we’ve been doing to protect women and marginalised voices online, and we’d like you to join our journey! ✨ In the coming days, we will share crucial updates about what’s next for WRO, and why we need your attention and support now more than ever. This moment will define the future of our mission. 🌐 Stay informed at www.womensrightsonline.net

It was a privilege to co-facilitate discussion space with a coalition of digital rights and gender equality experts, including Varaidzo Faith M. from Pollicy. to kick off a busy week at #SummitOfTheFuture. We brought together over 70 representatives from civil organizations and individual activists to discuss how we will respond as the #GlobalDigitalCompact moves from the negotiation state to adoption and implementation, and decisions made in the space will guide how we monitor teh #GDC in real terms. A key takeaway of this day was the urgency of strengthening relationships across civil society, and making space for all cross-cutting issues. We look forward to further collaboration with partners from all regions, focused on #Climate, #LabourRights, #education and more, recognising that we all share a digital future and might affect or be affected by decisions made for the digital space. 🌍 Find out more about how you can be part of these discussions by getting in touch: https://audri.org/join-us Equality Now Derechos Digitales Association for Progressive Communications Women At The Table UN Women United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Women's Rights Online Network Pollicy

In the run up to the #SummitOfTheFuture, we co-hosted a meeting of over 70 digital and gender rights activists and civil society representatives to discuss the role we will play in ensuring that the #GlobalDigitalCompact is implemented effectively, and that it is fit for purpose. As Equality Now’s Tsitsi Matekaire explains, it is important that we continue to engage with governments to ensure that they are upholding the commitments laid out in the #GDC. It is also necessary to make sure that everyone’s voice is included in these ongoing conversations - something which we are deeply committed to enabling at all levels and across multiple sectors.  Association for Progressive Communications Women's Rights Online Network Pollicy Derechos Digitales UN Women United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Women At The Table

Last year, Amandeep Gill attended our civil society meeting in Kyoto, where we used the #InternetGovernanceForum as a platform to bring diverse gender and digital rights organizations and activists together to formulate recommendations for gender-inclusive principles to be included in the #GDC. Our focus will now shift to monitoring and assessment of these. This week, in the run up to the #SummitOfTheFuture, we met with civil society partners to discuss the criteria we will use. Equality Now Association for Progressive Communications Pollicy Women's Rights Online Network Derechos Digitales UN Women United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Women At The Table

This is a huge moment, and one which we have been looking towards for nearly two years. Together with civil society partners, we have worked over the past year to influence governments and decision makers to ensure that the #GlobalDigitalCompact includes #GenderEquality as a key component, and ensures a digital future that benefits, empowers and protects women and girls within the digital ecosystem. As we head into the final day of the #SummitOfTheFuture, which focuses on digital futures, we will be analyzing the final draft of the #GDC and compiling feedback and responses from engagement with partners, allies and activists. Watch this space. Equality Now World Wide Web Foundation Association for Progressive Communications Women's Rights Online Network UN Women United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pollicy Women At The Table Derechos Digitales

#SummitOfTheFuture kicks off this week, and today, in the run-up, we are co-hosting an event to bring together a diverse group of digital rights and gender justice representatives. We will discuss ways to support the #GlobalDigitalCompact as it moves from drafting to implementation, and how we as civil society can monitor progress and ensure that these guiding principles really are enablers of universal digital rights. Watch this space for updates from an exciting week ahead! Association for Progressive Communications Equality Now World Wide Web Foundation Women's Rights Online Network Pollicy UN Women IT for Change Women At The Table United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The expectation is to generate data collection instruments that can gather detailed and disaggregated information on #OGBV/TFGBV at national, regional, and global levels.

The need to develop a reference framework arises from the urgency to provide tools for policymakers and statistical agencies to consider the nuances, complexities, and challenges of OGBV/TFGBV. 

#OGBV manifests in various forms and varies according to regional contexts, making it necessary to develop common conceptual frameworks to address it effectively. #WROnetwork

“A framework aimed at guiding tech entities and startups in embedding data privacy and gender awareness into their safety solutions is not only a useful tool for companies, but also empowers civil society organizations in predominantly Global South  contexts to champion, measure and articulate the particulars of women’s digital autonomy and safety.” Tope Ogundipe Techsocietal #OGBV #WROnetwork World Wide Web Foundation Social Finance TEDIC Women of Uganda Network Cooperativa Sulá Batsú Hiperderecho KICTANet Pollicy