Annual Report 2021
Adolescent Girls matter
In 2021, we continue our work with Adolescent Girls in Tunis and Beni Khalled to build trust and mutual understanding of their needs.
In 2021, we were able to safely host three in person activities and a continuous online discussion. After the pandemic disruption, we were able to provide the Girls with tablets to stay informed and in partnership with Association Lina Ben Mhenni and Instagrammer Amal.Books we delivered more than 300 books in Arabic, English and French to the Public Library of Beni Khalled. More to come in 2022!
Muhal - the regional observatory of Freedom of Expression online
In partnership with SMEX, we mounted a research team to study the State of Freedom of Expression in Tunisia in the last decade.
Initial findings were communicated to the press in October 2021.
For more about this project, you can visit our page and to review the cases, you can visit the Muhal platform.
To know more about the Muhal project you can email us at: contact@dco-tn.org
Tweet to influence
Part of our continuous support to journalists and in partnership with SNJT and Twitter MENA, we organized two days training for Tunisian journalists to optimize their professional use of Twitter.
Digital Citizenship Helpdesk
In support to journalists and adolescent girls, we have initiated a new service to assist them in their online issues. For inquiries and reporting cases, you can email us at: helpdesk@dco-tn.org.
16 days of activism
As part of countering violence against women and in the frame of the 16 days of activism campaign, Digital Citizenship ran an online campaign to counter “online violence against women and girls”.
The campaign's aim was to understand the different types of online violence, what women and girls should do to avoid that, and where they should go to report it.
16 days conference - Karama
The role and use of traditional media and online space in perpetuating and
validating violence against women and girls, and the power of these media to
challenge cultures of violence.
Stockholm Internet Forum - Development aid, security cooperation, and the global right to privacy
Major donors of development aid and governmental agencies which engage in security capacity-building are increasingly engaging in projects which pose a threat to people’s right to privacy. From the funding of biometric databases to contain Covid-19, to the training of security officials for migration management, such engagement poses serious legal, strategic and ethical questions. But what do we know about these programmes, and what threats do they pose?
Wannadata fellowship
Mentorship of Women Wikipedians in Residence in Cameroon and Senegal to add more content about the COVID-19 outbreak in French Wikipedia.
Karama CSW65 Conference
Lessons from the drafting committees - the experience of constitutional reform
Reflecting on the ten years since the uprisings and the attempts to reshape the political and legal landscapes across the region through national dialogues and constitutional reform, with input from those involved in the processes.
I include below the full outline for all the planned discussions. This programme has been put together to inform and shape our contribution to the work of the Generation Equality Forum, and Karama's membership of the Board of the Women, Peace and Security & Humanitarian Action Compact, to make sure that civil society can be part of this process.