WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) are combining networks and expertise to create an equal online space for all.

Join the two global organizations on 12 September for the launch of a toolkit and social media monitoring initiative to stop tech-facilitated gender-based violence.

The toolkit is part of the joint initiative “Taking Action for Gender Justice Online” that aims to build a global gender-focussed observatory of social media.

Piloted at a workshop for young leaders in December 2023, the initiative provides the skills to understand and challenge gender-biased media practices, “read” media critically, raise gender sensitivity, and respond to harassment and abuse online.

The toolkit “Taking Action Against Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence” enables community groups to become social media watchers who monitor platform content for misogyny and microaggressions which increasingly fuel online and offline violence, particularly targeting women in the public sphere.

The one-hour, online launch event will look at the prevalence of online abuse, discuss how the toolkit can be used, and show how awareness raising and evidence collected can be used in national and global advocacy.

Participants are asked to register in advance.