Building Inclusive Community Based Digital Security Programs

[ UUID ] 4fc509f5-12bc-491a-b360-b502fa4bcaa2

[ Session Name ] Building Inclusive Community Based Digital Security Programs [ Primary Space ] Privacy and Security [ Secondary Space ] Openness

[ Submitter's Name ] Sarah Aoun [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Mozilla Open Web Fellow 2017-2018

[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Nasma Ahmed

[ Other Facilitator 2's Name ] Meghan McDermott

What will happen in your session?

The will be an interactive workshop encouraging people to think critically about the kinds of digital security support that works for them, meets their needs and their communities.

Many of us agree that digital security support is broken. Traditionally, it’s been focused on parachuting (mostly Western) trainers into contexts they know nothing about, to focusing on short-term fixes. What have we been doing about it? And what can we learn from each other? The workshop will include various case study based activities, as a way of helping people build out an inclusive program design.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

We’ll use the case studies to introduce key findings from research conducted over the past year on what healthy digital security support looks like. The session will encourage participants to think through the steps involved in building holistic and inclusive digital security programs.

Time needed

60 mins