16 Days of Activism 2025 – A Call to Action Against Technology Facilitated Gender based Violence
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. This year, RoLAC is using the campaign to spotlight the rising threat of technology being used to harm, shame and silence women and girls. Working with the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, RoLAC will convene the 11th Network Conference of Sexual Assault Referral Centers, bringing together justice actors, SARC teams, civil society and technology practitioners to rethink how protection and accountability must adapt in a digital world. The plan for this period is to deepen understanding of how online spaces enable abuse, strengthen partnerships, and push for policies and practices that safeguard rights both online and offline, while building the knowledge and tools needed to prevent and respond to technology facilitated gender based violence in Nigeria. Want to Learn More about Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence?
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GUARDIANS OF THE GRID CAMPAIGN
Every day, people are stalked, intimidated, threatened, shamed and silenced through their phones, socialmedia and messaging apps. Screenshots become weapons, group chats turn into mob attacks, and a single post can unleash waves of abuse. Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) is real violence with real-life consequences. If we’re honest about how we may have been part of the problem,
This #16DaysOfActivism2025, you can join Her Story Our Story Nigeria; TechSocietal; TechHerNG and Dataphyte Foundation to make the internet a safer place.
Take Responsibility to ‘Guard the Grid’
Guard the Grid as a Digital Defender
- Speak up against non-consensual image sharing, online harassment, cyberstalking, sextortion and doxxing
- Don’t spread online abuse. Interrupt it.
- Don’t look away. Call out perpetrators of online abuse immediately
- Report it
Guard the Grid as a Safe Space Builder
- Don’t judge, blame or shame victims of online gender-based violence
- Don’t be silent. Stand up for those who are being harassed and intimidated online
- Refer victims of online abuse to organisations who can provide support
Don’t Stay Silent When You Can Use Your Power to Prevent and Protect
Log on. Stand up. Guard the Grid.
Join the campaign, download the badge and the pledge and post to your online / social profiles (Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Whatsapp etc).
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Tuesday 2nd – Wednesday 3rd December, 2025
11th Network Conference of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs)
Theme: A Call To Action Against Technology-Facilitated Gender Based Violence
Venue: Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja
Time: 9.00am – 4.00pm
To register and participate online: Click Here