Take Back The Tech!


Take Back The Tech is a collaborative global campaign that connects the issue of violence against women and information and communications technology (ICT). It aims to raise awareness on the way violence against women is occurring on ICT platforms such as the Internet and mobile phones, and to call for people to use ICT in activism to end violence against women.[1]

It was initiated by the Association for Progressive Communications, Women's Networking Support Programme, in 2006. Since then, the campaign has been taken up and organised by individuals, collectives and non-governmental organizations in at least 24 countries.[2]

The name Take Back The Tech! was inspired by the Take Back the Night (or Reclaim the Night) movement, an international feminist march and rally to take direct action against rape and other forms of violence against women.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Frequently Asked Questions". Take Back The Tech. 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  2. ^ "TakeBackTheTech". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2011-06-12.