Introduction and learning objectives

This module is about facilitating learning and building capacity on creating safe online spaces, specifically for at-risk groups and individuals. Through this module you can explore, through activities and discussions, the factors that affect the ability to create spaces where feminist and sexual rights activists and their communities can feel safe. We explore the meaning of such spaces for feminist and sexual rights activists.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, the participants will:

• Define what they mean by safe/private online space.
• Come up with some strategies to create safe online spaces for themselves and their networks.
• Develop an understanding of privacy issues, and how privacy affects women and their lives.
• Gain an understanding of the privacy limitations of most social media.