The APC Women’s Rights Programme held a Writing Sprint in August in Cape Town to develop a beta version of FTX: Safety Reboot, a “living” resource for trainers who work with women’s rights and sexual rights activists for safe, creative and strategic use of the internet. It is a feminist contribution to the global response to digital security capacity building that brings APC WRP’s methodology and approach, called Feminist Tech Exchanges (FTX), into the work.

The curriculum aims to enable trainers to build awareness within communities on how to respond to online violence against women and build confidence and skills to be safe and effective in online spaces. Beta modules explore areas such as online gender-based violence, movement-building in a digital age, and the feminist practice and principles of the internet.

To watch out for: In 2017, a network will carry out the testing and sharing of the modules of the FTX: Safety Reboot curriculum. Watch this space as we develop more and more modules!