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==Session Outputs==
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The session started with a question to the audience, to name types of
feminist practices, with the responses including:

Listen to yourself and to others, listen to learn, active listening
To express myself freely
Solidarity
Open and comprehensive communication
Equality and inclusion
Community support
Sisterhood
Making spaces safe for others
Non violent and open communication
Concentration on a person's ability to chose
Empowerment
Sharing stories and knowledge of everyone equally
Collective wisdom

Then IWPR went on to share some of its learnings from focus groups with
women human rights defenders that have received training in the LAC
region, including:

- Women sometimes can’t identify the types of online violence they have
experienced. Receiving threats and attacks on their social media has
been so normalized for them that many don’t even perceive it as
violence. By making them aware, you can empower them to take a stand.

- Respect people’s choices and their autonomy: We don't want to obligate
them. What we try to do is give them all the information they need to
make their own choices. We don't need to install things that they don't
want. We shouldn’t take their computers out of their hands to save time,
and install an app without them understanding what we are doing to their
devices. They can perceive that as a violation. They need to take the
tool and download the apps they feel they need- and if you empower them
to do it themselves, with the full understanding of why they are
downloading it and what it will help them with, it is far more likely
that they will use it.

- When we talk about DS we also need to talk about self care, and
physical security. To talk about our minds and our bodies...This is what
we call the triad. Digital threats are usually only a part of the
threats women face, and they usually have emotional and physical
repercussions on the individuals in any case.

- Even with major time constraints, don’t try to fit a full day’s worth
of training into 15 minutes. Your pace should only be as fast as your
trainees can learn. Do not provide masses of advice and information that
will never be digested and never be used, just to tick the box that you
completed the training. It will be totally counterproductive to your aim
to empower women to use digital security tools.

- Female DS trainers need to beware of mansplaining and the tendency of
men to think they know more about technologies than women.

The group then went on to share some of its recommendations for training
with a feminist perspective:

1. Feminist approach should get rid of the idea that one size fits all.
There is a lot of DS trainers who will just show the same
presentation... but they need to dedicate time to gather experience of
our trainees and adapt training to them
2. (From a trainee) We have to know the trainers... we can not just
accept anyone, and to trust them. And we need to know have feminist
perspective, and they won't make homophobic or racist comments
3. Assess group needs, tailor session with the group you work with.
Group people as they prefer, no labels
4. Create safe spaces
5. Women can do it, stop!
6. Don't assume people are starting from zero
7. No self-effacing
8. Work towards empowering rather than scaring
9. There is no such thing as DS, but it is resilience and strategies
that we are training
10. Don't touch trainee’s devices, let them make the changes.
11. Have trainees share their experiences
12. Create a code of conduct, to make sure the workshop is an inclusive
and open space
13. Explain things to make them relevant to the context they work in...
do a needs assessment. Do they even need the DS training? Make a toolkit
for dummies, as many don't even understand a word of the basics.
14. Share stories in local spaces
15. Create a safe fun environment... A lot of people talk about creating
safe spaces, but we need to define what that means... Let the
participants self-identify what a safe space is for them!
16. Use appropriate and sustainable technologies
17. Understand local culture, and use local examples.
18. Pay attention! Active listening- trainers need to actively listen to
others, don't assume because you are giving training you have power over
people, or necessarily know more
19. Threat modeling: Listen to the others, give chance to understand the
issue that is important to them.
20. Put some tech on your phone
21. Be aware about your bodies
22. You don't have to demonstrate yourself as an expert... the others
also know a lot, so listen to them.
23. Listening to participants before - adapt tools and language. Be open
to change what you do. After training be open to feedback, and even
after the training make sure you follow up with them actively.
24. Be mindful of confidentiality
25. Also include strategies for all trainees to participate more equitably.

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