At the Generation Equality Forum in Paris, the CEOs of Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter make unprecedented commitments to tackle the abuse of women on their platforms. Prominent women around the world have signed this open letter recognising these historic promises and saying they must now lead to action. Add your name.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google
Shou Zi Chew, CEO, TikTok
Jack Dorsey, CEO, Twitter
We write to you to ask that you urgently prioritise the safety of women on your platforms.
Today at the Generation Equality Forum in Paris, world leaders come together to agree on a plan to advance women’s rights — the most important gathering of its kind in 25 years. This is a historic opportunity for you, the CEOs of some of the world’s most powerful tech platforms, to tackle one of the biggest barriers to gender equality: the pandemic of online abuse against women and girls.
The commitments you make today should be seen as a promise to women and girls around the world that you will decisively deal with the abuse that they are subject to on your platforms.
The scale of the problem is huge: 38% of women globally have directly experienced online abuse. This figure rises to 45% for Gen Zs and Millennials. For women of colour, for Black women in particular, for women from the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalised groups — the abuse is often far worse. The consequences can be devastating.
The internet is the town square of the 21st century. It is where debate takes place, communities are built, products are sold and reputations are made. But the scale of online abuse means that, for too many women, these digital town squares are unsafe. This is a threat to progress on gender equality.
A huge volume of this abuse takes place on social media platforms — and its reach is global. Your decisions shape the way billions of people experience life online. With your incredible financial resources and engineering might, you have the unique capability and responsibility to ensure your platforms prevent, rather than fuel, this abuse.
No quick-fix will cure the problem, but there are many avenues to make significant progress. For over a year, you have engaged with civil society and government experts from over 35 countries to tackle online abuse. This has been an important step forward, demonstrating the power of co-creating solutions informed by a wide range of partners, including women who have directly experienced abuse.
Now it is vital to put into action two priorities women have said are critical for their safety — more control of their experiences on your platforms, and better reporting systems:
Give people greater control to manage their safety. Rather than a one-size-fits-all experience, women should have more control over who can interact with them on tech platforms, as well as more choice over what, when and how they see content online. These tools should be easy to find and simple to use.
Improve your systems for reporting abuse. Current tools need to be improved so women can easily report abuse and track the progress of these reports. For example, dashboards that show users the status of all their reports in one place, features to guide them through the reporting process, and tools that offer women access to additional support when it’s needed, could make a huge difference.
Commitments you make today to address these two areas are a positive and necessary step. How you take these forward also matters. As you work towards these goals, we’ll be watching: we will recognise when you make progress and hold you to account when you don’t. Your progress against these commitments will be tracked annually.
Imagine what you can achieve if you follow through on commitments to build safer platforms: an online world where a journalist can engage with feedback on her reporting, not assassinations of her character. Where a politician may read complaints about her policies, but not threats of rape and murder. Where a young woman can share what she wants to on her terms, knowing there are systems to keep her safe and hold harassers accountable.
If you build this better internet for women, you will build a better internet for everyone. You have the way. Now show the world that you also have the will.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google
Shou Zi Chew, CEO, TikTok
Jack Dorsey, CEO, Twitter
Les escribimos para solicitarles que den prioridad con carácter urgente a la seguridad de las mujeres en sus plataformas.
Hoy, en el Foro Generación Igualdad en París, líderes mundiales se unen para acordar un plan para promover los derechos de las mujeres, la reunión más importante de este tipo en 25 años. Esta es una oportunidad histórica para ustedes, los directores ejecutivos de algunas de las plataformas tecnológicas más poderosas del mundo, para hacer frente a una de las mayores barreras para la igualdad de género: la pandemia del abuso en línea contra mujeres y niñas.
Los compromisos que ustedes asuman hoy deben verse como una promesa a las mujeres y niñas de todo el mundo de que ustedes enfrentarán de manera decisiva el abuso al que están sometidas en las plataformas de ustedes.
La magnitud del problema es enorme: el 38 % de las mujeres a nivel mundial han experimentado un abuso en línea de manera directa. Esta cifra aumenta al 45 % cuando se trata de la Generación Z y la de los “Millennials”. Para mujeres mujer de color, especialmente para aquellas de raza negra, para mujeres de la comunidad LGBT+ o de otros grupos marginados, el abuso suele ser mucho peor. Las consecuencias pueden ser devastadoras.
Internet es la plaza central del pueblo del siglo XXI. Es donde tiene lugar el debate, se construyen comunidades, se venden productos y se crea una reputación. Pero la magnitud del abuso en línea significa que, para muchas mujeres, estas plazas de pueblo digitales no son seguras. Esta es una amenaza para el progreso en torno a la igualdad de género.
Un gran volumen de este abuso tiene lugar en las plataformas de redes sociales, y su alcance es global. Sus decisiones como directores ejecutivos diseñan la forma en que miles de millones de personas experimentan la vida en línea. Con sus increíbles recursos financieros y su ingeniería, ustedes tienen la capacidad y la responsabilidad de garantizar que sus plataformas eviten que este abuso continúe, en lugar de alimentarlo.
Ninguna solución rápida eliminará el problema, pero existen muchas vías para lograr un progreso significativo. Durante más de un año, ustedes han trabajado con expertos gubernamentales y de la sociedad civil de más de 35 países para enfrentar el abuso en línea. Este ha sido un importante paso hacia adelante, que demuestra el poder de crear conjuntamente soluciones informadas con una amplia gama de aliados, incluidas las mujeres que lo han experimentado directamente.
Ahora resulta vital poner en acción dos prioridades que las mujeres han mencionado como fundamentales para su seguridad: más control de las experiencias de mujeres y niñas en sus plataformas tecnológicas y mejores sistemas de denuncia:
Dar a las personas un mayor control para manejar su seguridad. En lugar de considerar que la experiencia es igual para todos, las mujeres deberían tener más control sobre quién puede interactuar con ellas en las plataformas tecnológicas, así como más opciones sobre qué, cuándo y cómo ven el contenido en línea. Estas herramientas deben ser fáciles de encontrar y de uso sencillo.
Mejorar sus sistemas para denunciar abusos. Es necesario mejorar las herramientas actuales para que las mujeres puedan denunciar fácilmente el abuso y hacer un seguimiento del progreso de estas denuncias. Por ejemplo, tableros que permitan a los usuarios ver el estado de todas sus denuncias en un solo lugar, funciones para guiarlos a través del proceso de denuncia y herramientas que ofrezcan a las mujeres acceso a apoyo adicional cuando lo necesiten, podrían marcar una gran diferencia.
Los compromisos que ustedes hagan hoy para abordar estas dos áreas son un paso positivo y necesario. Pero su implementación también es importante. A medida que trabajen para lograr estos objetivos, estaremos observando: reconoceremos cuando logren un avance y haremos que rindan cuentas cuando no lo hagan. El progreso que realicen con respecto a estos compromisos será monitoreado anualmente.
Imagínense lo que pueden lograr si cumplen con los compromisos de construir plataformas más seguras: un mundo en línea donde una periodista pueda leer comentarios sobre su reporte de noticias, y no difamaciones de su imagen. Donde una líder política pueda leer quejas sobre sus políticas, pero no amenazas de violación y asesinato. Donde una mujer joven pueda compartir lo que quiere en sus propios términos, sabiendo que existen sistemas para mantenerla a salvo y forzar a los acosadores a rendir cuentas.
Si construyen esta mejor Internet para las mujeres, construirán una mejor Internet para todos. Tienen los medios para hacerlo. Ahora, muéstrenle al mundo que también tienen la voluntad.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google
Shou Zi Chew, CEO, TikTok
Jack Dorsey, CEO, Twitter
Prioriser de toute urgence la sécurité des femmes sur vos plateformes.
Aujourd’hui au Forum Génération Égalité à Paris, les dirigeants mondiaux se réunissent pour convenir d’un plan visant à faire progresser les droits des femmes. Il s’agit du plus grand rassemblement de ce genre en 25 ans. C’est une opportunité historique pour vous, les PDG de quelques plateformes technologiques les plus puissantes au monde, de vous attaquer à l’un des plus grands obstacles à l’égalité des sexes : la pandémie des abus en ligne contre les femmes et les filles.
Les engagements que vous prenez aujourd’hui doivent être considérés comme une promesse envers les femmes et les filles du monde entier de faire face de manière décisive aux abus dont elles sont victimes sur vos plateformes.
L’ampleur de ce mal est énorme : 38 % des femmes dans le monde ont été directement victimes d’abus en ligne. Ce chiffre atteint les 45 % en ce qui concerne la génération Z et les Millennials. Et lorsque vous êtes une femme de couleur, LGBT+ ou issue de tout autre groupe marginalisé, les abus sont souvent bien pires encore. Les conséquences peuvent se révéler dévastatrices.
L’Internet représente la place publique du 21e siècle. C’est l’endroit où le débat a lieu, où les communautés se construisent, où les produits se vendent et où les réputations se créent. En raison de l’ampleur des abus en ligne, cependant, ces places publiques numériques sont dangereuses pour un nombre trop important de femmes. Elles constituent une menace pour les progrès en matière d’égalité des sexes.
Ces abus sont, pour une part énorme, commis sur les plateformes de réseaux sociaux – et leur portée est mondiale. Vos décisions façonnent la manière dont des milliards de personnes vivent la vie en ligne. Vous disposez, grâce à vos extraordinaires ressources financières et votre puissance d’ingénierie, de la capacité et de la responsabilité uniques d’assurer que vos plateformes empêchent, plutôt qu’elles n’alimentent, ces abus.
Aucune solution miracle toute faite ne viendra à bout de ce problème, mais il existe de nombreuses voies qui permettraient d’accomplir des progrès significatifs. Depuis plus d’un an, vous vous engagez aux côtés d’experts de la société civile, de la technologie et du gouvernement issus de plus de 35 pays pour combattre les abus en ligne. Il s’agit d’un grand pas en avant, démontrant le pouvoir d’élaborer des solutions tous ensemble reposant sur un large éventail de partenaires, y compris des femmes qui en ont fait directement l’expérience.
Il est désormais primordial de mettre en place deux priorités que les femmes jugent essentielles pour leur sécurité : un contrôle accru de leurs expériences sur vos plateformes et de meilleurs systèmes de signalement.
Donner davantage de contrôle aux utilisateurs afin de leur permettre de mieux gérer leur sécurité. Plutôt que d’adopter une approche universelle valable pour toutes les expériences, il serait préférable de permettre aux femmes de pouvoir mieux maîtriser qui peut interagir avec elles sur les réseaux sociaux, et de mieux choisir la nature du contenu consulté en ligne, ainsi qu’à quel moment ils le font et de quelle manière. Ces outils doivent être faciles à trouver et simples à utiliser.
Améliorez vos systèmes de signalement des abus. Les outils actuels nécessitent des améliorations afin que les femmes puissent facilement signaler les abus et suivre la progression de ces signalements. Par exemple, des tableaux de bord permettant aux femmes de voir l’état de tous leurs signalements rassemblés en un seul endroit, des fonctionnalités pour guider les utilisateurs tout au long du processus de signalement et des outils d’accès à une assistance supplémentaire aux femmes qui en éprouvent le besoin, pourraient apporter une différence considérable.
Les engagements que vous prenez aujourd’hui pour vous attaquer à ces deux sujets constituent une étape positive et nécessaire. Mais la manière dont vous les mettez en œuvre est également importante. Au fur et à mesure que vous travaillerez à l’élaboration de ces objectifs, nous observerons et constaterons les progrès que vous aurez accomplis et nous vous demanderons des comptes lorsque vous n’en ferez pas. Vos progrès vis-à-vis de ces engagements seront suivis chaque année.
Imaginez les avantages qu’il est possible d’obtenir si vous respectez vos engagements pour créer des plateformes plus sûres : un monde en ligne où une journaliste peut s’engager avec des commentaires sur ses reportages, et non sur les assassinats de son personnage. Un monde en ligne où une politicienne peut lire des critiques au sujet de sa politique, et non des menaces de viol et de meurtre. Un monde en ligne où une jeune femme peut partager ce qu’elle veut, avec ses propres termes, rassurée par le fait qu’il existe des systèmes mis en place pour garantir sa sécurité et éloigner les harceleurs.
Si vous bâtissez cet Internet meilleur pour les femmes, vous bâtirez également un Internet meilleur pour tout le monde. Vous en avez le pouvoir. Reste désormais à montrer au monde que vous en avez aussi la volonté.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google
Shou Zi Chew, CEO, TikTok
Jack Dorsey, CEO, Twitter
Escrevemos a vocês para pedir que priorizem com urgência a segurança das mulheres em suas plataformas.
Hoje, no Fórum de Igualdade de Gerações em Paris, líderes mundiais se reúnem para chegar a um acordo sobre um plano para promover os direitos das mulheres — o encontro mais importante desse tipo em 25 anos. Esta é uma oportunidade histórica para vocês, CEOs de algumas das plataformas de tecnologia mais poderosas do mundo, enfrentarem uma das maiores barreiras à igualdade de gênero: a pandemia de abusos on-line contra mulheres e meninas.
Os compromissos que vocês assumirem hoje devem ser vistos como uma promessa para as mulheres e meninas em todo o mundo de que vocês enfrentarão de forma decisiva os abusos aos quais elas estão sujeitas em suas plataformas.
A escala do problema é enorme: 38% das mulheres em todo o mundo já sofreram diretamente assédios e/ou abusos on-line. Esse número sobe para 45% para as gerações Z e Y. Para mulheres não brancas, em especial mulheres negras, ou que são parte da comunidade LGBTQ+ ou de outros grupos marginalizados, o abuso é geralmente muito pior. As consequências podem ser devastadoras.
A internet é a “praça pública” do século XXI. É nela em que os debates ocorrem, as comunidades são construídas, os produtos são vendidos, e as reputações são desenvolvidas. No entanto, a escala do abuso on-line significa que, para muitas mulheres, essas praças digitais são inseguras. Trata-se de uma ameaça ao progresso na igualdade de gênero.
Um grande volume desse assédio acontece nas plataformas de redes sociais com alcance global. Suas decisões moldam a forma como bilhões de pessoas vivenciam a vida online. Com seus incríveis recursos financeiros e poder de engenharia, vocês têm a capacidade e a responsabilidade únicas de garantir que suas plataformas evitem, em vez de fomentar, esses assédios.
Nenhuma solução rápida resolverá o problema, mas existem muitos caminhos para fazermos um progresso significativo. Por mais de um ano, vocês se engajaram com a sociedade civil, com especialistas em tecnologia e dos governos de mais de 35 países para combater o abuso online. Esse foi um passo importante, demonstrando o poder da criação em conjunto de soluções com informações de uma ampla gama de parceiros, incluindo mulheres que vivenciaram o abuso diretamente.
Agora, é essencial colocar em prática duas prioridades que, de acordo com as mulheres, são críticas para a segurança delas: mais controle das interações em suas plataformas; e sistemas de denúncia aprimorados.
Dar às pessoas maior controle para gerenciar a segurança delas mesmas. Em vez de uma experiência única para todos, os usuários devem ter mais controle sobre quem pode interagir com eles nas mídias sociais, bem como mais opções sobre o que, quando e como verão o conteúdo online. Esses recursos devem ser fáceis de encontrar e simples de usar.
Melhorar seus sistemas de denúncia de assédio. Os recursos atuais precisam ser melhorados para que as mulheres possam denunciar assédios com facilidade e acompanhar o andamento dessas denúncias. Por exemplo, páginas que permitam que as mulheres vejam o status de todas as suas denúncias em um só lugar, recursos para orientar os usuários durante o processo de denúncia e ferramentas que dão às mulheres acesso a apoio adicional, se necessário, podem fazer uma grande diferença.
Os compromissos que vocês assumem hoje para lidar com essas duas prioridades elencadas acima são um passo positivo e necessário. Mas a responsabilidade de levar este trabalho a diante também é importante. Estaremos observando e reconhecendo seus progressos enquanto vocês trabalham para atingir tais compromissos, e os responsabilizaremos quando não o fizerem. O seu progresso em relação a esses compromissos será monitorado anualmente.
Imaginem o que vocês podem alcançar se cumprirem os compromissos de construir plataformas mais seguras: um mundo virtual no qual uma jornalista possa interagir com feedback sobre sua reportagem, e não com o “extermínio” de seu caráter. No qual uma política possa ler reclamações sobre suas iniciativas de interesse público, mas não ameaças de estupro e homicídio. No qual uma jovem possa compartilhar o que quiser com suas próprias palavras, sabendo que existem sistemas para mantê-la segura e impedir assediadores.
Se vocês criarem esta internet melhor para as mulheres, construirão uma internet melhor para todos. Vocês têm os meios para fazê-lo, agora mostrem ao mundo que também desejam fazê-lo.
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Diane Abbott, Member of Parliament, UK House of Commons
Betty Achana, Executive Secretary, National Union Of Women with Disabilities Of Uganda (NUWODU)
Lillian Achom, Director and Founder, AccessPlus
Nidzara Ahmetasevic, Journalist & researcher
Hilda Ajeilat, Co-founder, Jordan Transparency Center
Seyi Akiwowo, Founder & Executive Director, Glitch
Rhonda Alexander, Board Advisor, Ethical Social Group, and CEO, Fluttr
Shahira Amin, Al Monitor Correspondent (Egypt)
Rebecca Amsellem, Feminist activist, economist and founder of feminist newsletter Les Glorieuses
Fleur Anderson, Member of Parliament, UK House of Commons
Gillian Anderson OBE, Actor and activist
Dr Carolina Are, Online moderation researcher, activist and blogger at bloggeronpole.com
Htaike Htaike Aung, Executive Director, Myanmar ICT for Development
Arda Awais, Co-creator, Identity 2.0
Michelle Bachelet Jeria, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Godha Bapuji, Founder, Strategy and Mission Director, Cyber, Human and International Security, Women in Crisis (WiCR)
Tupou’tuah Baravilala, Permanent Secretary to ICT Minister, Fiji
Laura Bates, Founder, Everyday Sexism Project
Tatiana Bazzichelli, Founder & Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab
Wafa Ben-Hassine, Human Rights Lawyer
Jacqui Berrell, Owner and Manager, Inform Public Relations
Amanda Berry OBE, CEO, BAFTA
Lauren Beukes, Author
R Vaishno Bharati, Project Associate, IT for Change
Kristina Blahnik, Chief Executive Officer, Manolo Blahnik
Marcia Blenko, Board Member, World Wide Web Foundation
Donna Lee Bowen, Professor Emerita of Political Science and Middle East Studies, Brigham Young University
Dr Nechama Brodie, Writer and academic
Edith Brou, Activist & Blogger
Alison Brysk, Distinguished Mellichamp Professor of Global Governance at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Elena Calistru, President and Co-founder, Funky Citizens
Kemly Camacho, General Coordinator, Cooeprativa Sulá Batsú
Mary Caprioli, Associate professor of political science, University of Minnesota—Duluth, Head of the Department of Political Science and Director of the International Relations Program
Sopheap Chak, Executive Director, Cambodian Centre for Human Rights
Nandini Chami, Deputy Director, IT for Change
Gemma Chan, Actor
Maggie Chapman, Member of the Scottish Parliament
Soraya Chemaly
Asma Cherfi, CEO, African Leader Nexus
Amrita Chowdhury, Director, CCAOI
Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former UNDP Administrator
Lily Cole, Actor, model, social entrepreneur
Sasha Costanza-Chock, Faculty Associate, Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Nicola Coughlan, Actor
Bea Covington, Global Partnership Director, AMPLIO
Lana Cuthbertson, CEO & Founder, Areto Labs
Catherine D’Ignazio, Assistant Professor of Urban Science & Planning Director, Data + Feminism Lab, Department of Urban Studies & Planning, MIT
Amali de Alwis MBE, Tech and Startups
Sagra Maceira de Rosen, Managing Director, SIO Global, Co-Chair Vital Voices Europe
Andrea den Boer, Lecturer in international politics, University of Kent
Bhagyashri Dengle, Executive Director Asia-Pacific Region, Plan International
Jessica Dheere, Director, Ranking Digital Rights
Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer
AnneDunn-Baleilevuka, Commissioner for the Online Safety Commission, Fiji
Sarah Elago, Activist, youth sector representative, and Philippine lawmaker
Monica Emiru, Executive Director, National Association of Women’s Organizations in Uganda (NAWOU)
Alice Eve, Actor
Paloma Faith, Music Artist
Rebecca Firth, Director, Transformation and Community, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Deborah Frances-White, Comedian and activist
Paula Fray, Journalist, media trainer, and CEO, frayintermedia
Mei Lin Fung, Chairman of the Board, co-founder with Vint Cerf, People Centered Internet
Pam Garside, Partner at Newhealth; Fellow of the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Anja Gengo, Executive Officer, Internet Governance Secretariat
Arzu Geybulla, Journalist, Azerbaijan Internet Watch
Julia Gillard, 27th Prime Minister of Australia, Chair, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
Tabitha Goldstaub, Co-founder, CogX and Chair, UK Gov AI Council
Miriam González, Co-Founder, GeoChicas
Dorothy Gordon, Chair, Information for All Programme, UNESCO
JulieInman Grant, Australian eSafety Commissioner
Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for Change
Ferial Haffajee, Editor and journalist
Professor Dame Wendy Hall, University of Southampton
Swee Leng Harris, Luminate
Yasmeen Hassan, Global Executive Director, Equality Now
Caroline Haworth, Chief Executive, Womankind Worldwide
Leila Hessini, Vice President, Global Fund for Women
Laura SL Herman, Global Gender Equity Practice, Dalberg
Marianne Diaz Hernández, Researcher and activist
Risa Hontiveros, Philippine Senator, women and children’s rights advocate, activist
Valerie Hudson, University Distinguished Professor and George H.W. Bush Chair at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University
Hera Hussain, CEO, CHAYN
DrAnne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Co-Founder and CEO, Stemettes
Judicaelle Irakoze, Executive Director, Choose Yourself
Barbara Iyayi, Founding Partner & CEO, Unicorn Growth Capital and Board Member, World Wide Web Foundation
Céline Jacquin, Co-Founder, GeoChicas
Fatou Jagne Senghore, Regional Director (outgoing), ARTICLE 19 West Africa
Kate James, Chair of the Board, Vital Voices Global Partnership
Nina Jankowicz, Author and Global Fellow, The Wilson Center
Shruthi Jayaram, Co-Lead, Global Gender Equity, Dalberg Advisors
Aranya Johar, Poet
Lysa John, CIVICUS Secretary-General
DrOmobola Johnson, Senior Partner, TLcom Capital LLP
Sonia Jorge, Executive Director, Alliance for Affordable Internet
Ashley Judd, Actor and activist
Ellen Judson, Senior Researcher, CASM, Demos
Gypsy Guillén Kaiser, Advocacy and communications director, Committee to Protect Journalists
Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, UNFPA
Dame Jude Kelly, Theatre director
Sonia Khan, CEO, SBK Tech Ventures
Nikita Khanna, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator, Restless Development
Baroness Beeban Kidron, Founder, 5Rights Foundation
Jane Kihungi, Director, Women Challenged to Challenge
Billie Jean King, Founder, Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative
Lauren Klein, Associate Professor of English and Quantitative Theory & Methods, Emory University
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO & Founder, Women@theTable
Jacqueline Lampe, CEO, RNW Media
Jensine Larsen, Founder & CEO, World Pulse
Dame Twiggy Lawson DBE,
Kim Leadbeater, Candidate for UK Parliament
Rosemary Leith, Co-founder, World Wide Web Foundation
Claudia Leitte, Music Artist
Annie Lennox OBE, Founder, The Circle
Heather Leson, Technologist
Helena Leurent, Director General, Consumers International
Angela Oduor Lungati, Executive Director, Ushahidi
Graça Machel
Rebecca MacKinnon, Co-founder, Global Voices and Founder, Ranking Digital Rights
M.Ester Maestro, European Projects Coordinator, Fundación Cibervoluntarios
Ian Mangenga, Founder, Digital Girl Africa
Nathalie Margi, Senior Advocacy Officer, Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
Angelica Mari, Journalist
Rebecca Masisak, CEO, TechSoup
Rose McDermott, The David and Mariana Fisher University Professor of International Relations at Brown University and a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr Claire Melamed, CEO, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Debbie Millman, Designer, writer, podcaster
Pat Mitchell, Co-Founder, Connected Women Leaders
Fikile Moeti (Fix), Broadcaster and social entrepreneur
Shyleen Momanyi, Co-Executive Director, Young Women’s Leadership Institute
JoMorfee, Co-founder, InnovateHer
Françoise Moudouthe, CEO, African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF)
Immaculate Mukasa, Executive Director, Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women (MEMPROW)
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Author
Tina Musuya, Executive Director, Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP)
Racheal Nakitare, Assistant TV Programmes Manager, International Association of Women in Radio and Television
Juliet Nanfuka, CIPESA (Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa)
Farah Nazeer, CEO, Women’s Aid
Alyse Nelson, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership
Sophie Nelson, Advocacy Champion, The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Thandiwe Newton, Actor and activist
Achia Nila, Founder, CEO, Women in Digital
Carole Njoya, Founder & Managing Director/CEO, Alcees
Bulanda Nkhowani, Program Officer, Paradigm Initiative
Monica Nthiga, Regional Director – East Africa, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Nnenna Nwakanma, Chief Web Advocate, World Wide Web Foundation
Rita Nyampinga, Director, Female Prisoners Support Trust (FEMPRIST)
Tope Ogundipe, Director, Tech Societal
Femi Oke, Journalist and Broadcaster
Scheaffer Okore, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Women Political Leaders
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ghana
Trisha Pande, Research Associate, Centre for Policy Research
Pooja Pant, Director, Voices of Women Media
Melody Patry, Advocacy Director, Access Now
Nnenna Paul-Ugochukwu, Chief Operating Officer, Paradigm Initiative
Sandra Pepera, Director, Gender, Women and Democracy, National Democratic Institute
Jess Phillips, Member of Parliament, UK House of Commons
Emilie Pradichit, Founder, Manushya Foundation
Angela Quintal, Africa program coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists
Dame Heather Rabbatts, Chair, Times Up UK
Courtney Radsch, Fellow, Center for Media, Data and Society (Central European University)
Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, Director of Africa Regional Programme, International Commission of Jurists
Maria Ressa, Journalist and CEO, Rappler
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Joanna Rubinstein, Dr, Council Member, Expert, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Ester Borges Santos, Minas Programam
Tanya Selvaratnam, Senior Advisor on Gender Justice Narratives, Pop Culture Collaborative
Anasuya Sengupta, Co-Director, Whose Knowledge?
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Bafana Khumalo
July 1, 2021
Companies must-have responsibility for their platforms not to be used to abuse and disrespect womxn. Violence against womxn is very high already. IT companies can contribute positively by ensuring that all are treated with respect on their platforms. Do no harm
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Nadine TWAGIRAYEZU
July 1, 2021
Non aux abus faites aux femmes et filles.
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Thipapedi Rampou
July 1, 2021
“We live in a country where our young ladies who have recently attained the age of puberty cannot afford sanitary pads, but our men and women in public offices have ipads which they do not even know how to use.” ~ Prof Patric Loch Otieno Lumumba of Kenya.
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CHIGBU NJIKE
July 2, 2021
We as human beings are duty bound to protect the rights of women. women represent the completeness of humanity and creation, hence, they have every right to live and exist happily. The world will experience a great void if they are forced to go extinct by uncivilized mechanization of men both offline and online. let all help to realize this lofty goal of protecting the rights of the woman online. It is noble and right.
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Bukola Adeleye
July 2, 2021
There must be gender equality, women and girls must be treated equally as men and boys in the society.
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Red Godfrey-Sagoo
July 3, 2021
Having escaped their traffickers, our women survivors of human trafficking are now thrust into an online world where further abuse and violence has to be dealt with. The most vulnerable are being targeted in a digital space where accountability must be a priority.
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Nawra Mehrin
July 9, 2021
Create safe spaces for women
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