ActionAid Palestine to Launch a Multi-Channel Awareness Raising Campaign: “Together to Protect Women’s Digital Rights”
Hebron -West Bank -ActionAid Palestine (AAP) launched a multi-channel awareness raising campaign titled with “Together to Protect Women’s Digital Rights”-Towards a digital online that is free from discrimination. The campaign aimed at shedding the light on electronic violence that women and young women are exposed to, forms of gender discrimination in the digital space and tools of combating these forms. The campaign will raise awareness on the most important means that could be used for digital security and promote the culture of privacy respect and personal freedoms of all community members specially women and young women on internet. The campaign will be implemented through digital and media channels in cooperation with Wattan News Agency.
The campaign includes a number of aired TV episodes hosting a group of decision-makers and experts to highlight the forms of electronic violence and gender discrimination against women and young women in the digital space and it will discuss possible tools for combating this kind of violence and discrimination. The campaign will also utilize social media to raise awareness of women and young women about the importance of utilizing the means of cyber security .This campaign complement the activities of previous campaigns AAP organized including “ Challenge negative practices against women in world of work and AFAQ campaign for promoting social entrepreneurship . This campaign is part of “Start Your Business” project that AAP implements in partnership with Bethlehem Business Incubator (BBI) and the Yunus Social Business Center (YSBC) and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) through International Voluntary Service for Development (VIS). The project aims mainly to promote community entrepreneurship among Palestinian youth.
Background Information
ActionAid in Palestine (AAP) is a part of global federation working for social justice and gender equality and eradicate poverty in more than 45 countries around the world. AAP started its work in Palestine in 2007 to strengthen the resilience of Palestinian People as ActionAid believes that they should enjoy their rights to freedom, justice and self-determination. AAP implements a number of programs through its engagement with communities and women and youth groups seeking to empower them and enhance their influential civil and political participation to understand their rights and undertake collective activism to address the protracted rights violations resulting from the prolonged occupation of Palestine. AAP works simultaneously to enhance their leadership capacity and knowledge to practice their citizenship in holding authorities and other duty bearers to account.
For more information, please contact
Riham Jafari
Coordinator of Advocacy and Communication in Palestine
Mobile:
+972 (0) 595242890
Office:
+972 (0) (2) 22 13 137
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