Power Up: Addressing Gender-based Violence and Safeguarding Freedom of Expression

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and the stifling of freedom of expression online are prevalent issues that disproportionately affect women and girls. For this project, the Foundation for Media Alternatives has created a policy brief reviewing the implementation of Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act, Safe Spaces Act, Data Privacy Act and E-VAWC bills filed in Congress. This research is complemented with capacity-building and awareness-raising sessions on TFGBV with women from civil society and local government units.

Digital Security for At-Risk Communities

With the support of partner organizations, the Gender program of the Foundation for Media Alternatives has been able to conduct digital security training with at-risk communities such as human rights defenders and womens’ rights groups.

The gender program has held digital security workshops across the country and organized fora with other groups to discuss best practices in the evolving landscape of digital security.

Feminist Internet and Migration Rights in South East Asia

The overall objective of the project is to expand and strengthen the network of actors in Southeast Asia engaging in feminist politics of the internet through collaborations, networking, and support to intersectional feminist movement building work in the digital age.

In this regard, the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) has supported efforts in the region aimed at building a stronger Southeast Asia feminist internet movement, especially among women migrant groups and movements. For this project, FMA has improved the existing feminist online resource hub and conducted two workshops for women migrant workers and their families on the issue of digital rights.