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| style="background: #c0e590;" |<big>'''Name of Organization'''</big>
| style="background: #c0e590;" |'''<big>Booth Number</big>'''
| style="background: #c0e590;" | '''<big>Description</big>'''
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://www.whattofix.tech/ '''WHAT TO FIX''']
|24
|WHAT TO FIX is a global accelerator of evidence-based tech accountability advocacy, working to move the conversation beyond problems and onto actionable diagnosis and solutions. Our current work looks at the unregulated growth of social media monetization programs and platforms' role in incentivizing and subsidizing the global disinformation crisis.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://x.com/DigitalcivicUg '''Mshauri Initiative for Digital and Civic Literacy''']
|25
|We promote Digital security to marginalized people (women, girls, LGBTQ+, and others). We promote accountability and transparency in our community by promoting access to information. We train digital literacy.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://keywatchghana.org/ '''Key Watch Ghana''']
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|Key Watch Ghana is a non-governmental organization founded in 2015, in Ghana and duly registered and certified to operate as a non-profit organization by the Registrar General of Ghana on the 26th of July 2017. We are also Social Welfare and Non-Profit Organizations Association certified. We provides the services of socioeconomic empowerment, human rights education and advocacy, reproductive health, and sexual safety, with emphasis on Intersex, and gender-diverse persons.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://equalit.ie '''eQualitie''']
|27
|eQualitie creates decentralized internet services in support of a more equal and equitable network. Our solutions are open source, battle proven and developed in mind of our values. Every day, they serve million of people, enabling secure platform hosting, censorship resilient content delivery and surveillance free communications.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://digitalwitnesslab.org/ '''Digital Witness Lab''']
|28
|We build privacy-respecting tools to access hard-to-reach data and empower public-interest investigations. We work in close collaboration with journalists, researchers, and community partners to ensure the resources we create are contextualized and useful to their needs. We help draw attention to timely issues and the stories that really matter to our partners.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://digitalrightsfoundation.pk/ '''Digital Rights Foundation''']
|29
|Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) strengthens protections for human rights defenders (HRDs), with a focus on women's rights, in digital spaces through policy advocacy & digital security awareness-raising. One of DRF's core focus is the protection of women from work and cyber-harassment that they have to deal with through out their lives, while also making them aware of their rights.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://numun.fund '''Numun Fund''']
|30
|Numun Fund is the first dedicated fund for feminist tech in, and for the Larger World. Our aim is to seed and sustain feminist technology infrastructure for movement organising, and we understand digital technologies to be an important part of movement infrastructure. This fund will seed and resource a growing ecosystem of feminist engagement with technology in order to understand digital technologies to be an important part of movement infrastructure.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://rwdconsulting.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2qrg8m2snbi '''DRL Internet Freedom''']
|31
|We are the Internet Freedom Team at the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and we are looking for a new contractor Program Officer. Talk to us to learn more!
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://www.article19.org/ '''Article19''']
|32
| ARTICLE 19 works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination.
We do this by working on two interlocking freedoms: the Freedom to Speak, and the Freedom to Know.
When either of these freedoms come under threat, ARTICLE 19 speaks with one voice.
==Welcome to the 2025 Global Gathering!==
|-
'''When:''' September 8 - 10, 2025
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" | [https://apc.org '''APC''']
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'''Where:''' Estoril, Portugal
|The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a membership-based network of organisations and activists. It was founded in 1990 to empower individuals, organisations and social movements to use information and communications technologies (ICTs) to build strategic communities to contribute to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability.
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" | [https://www.calyxinstitute.org/ '''Calyx Institute''']
|'''<big>[https://gathering.digitalrights.community Apply to the Global Gathering]</big>'''
| 46
|The Calyx Institute's mission is to educate the public about privacy in digital communications and to develop tools that anyone can use. One of our featured tools is CalyxOS, an Android mobile operating system that puts privacy and security into the hands of everyday users.
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://guardianproject.info '''Guardian Project''']
|47
|Guardian Project creates easy to use secure apps, open-source software libraries, and customized solutions that can be used around the world by any person looking to protect their communications and personal data from unjust intrusion, interception and monitoring.
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://www.torproject.org/ '''The Tor Project''']
| 48
|The Tor Project mission is to advance human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |'''Gazzetta'''
|49
|Gazzetta is just starting out as an organization providing media strategy assistance to exile and underground media in restricted environments.
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://en.greatfire.org/ '''GreatFire''']
|50
|We are an anonymous organization based in China. We launched our first project in 2011 in an effort to help bring transparency to online censorship in China. Now we focus on helping Chinese to freely access information.
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://www.gisa.media/ '''Gisa Group''']
|51
|Gisa Group is an Sudanese/International NGO registered in the US with offices in Sudan and Kenya and a 10-year track record running complex projects in difficult contexts with the world’s leading foundations and donor organizations. Our mission is to power communities of change in Sudan by building platforms, tools, and projects to:<br>
*Inspire civic engagement;<br>
*Promote justice and accountability; and<br>
*Create and promote access to trusted information.
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://www.globaleaks.org/ '''GlobaLeaks''']
|52
|GlobaLeaks is a project developing and promoting a free, open-source software enabling anyone to easily set up and maintain a secure whistleblowing platform.
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" | [https://wearehorizontal.org '''Horizontal''']
|53
|Horizontal supports frontline defenders, activists and journalists through digital security and tool development. We are a remote, distributed team on 5 continents.
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://bordercenter.net/ '''Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers''']
|54
|The Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (BCJB) promotes transparency, accountability, human rights and freedom of expression by empowering journalists through training, mentoring and the adoption of digital technologies.
|-
| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://www.openbriefing.org/ '''Open Briefing''']
|55
|Open Briefing builds resistance and resilience among the people and communities challenging power. Last year, our team provided over 4,600 hours of holistic security support to activists and organisations under threat of physical, digital, and psychological harm across 93 countries. We are a team of specialists of various backgrounds working together to provide responsive support, accompaniment, and other support and guidance to help people and communities take the right risks, well.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" | [https://operatorfoundation.org/ '''Operator Foundation''']
|56
| The Operator Foundation was founded in 2014 in Austin, Texas. Our purpose is to promote internet freedom, open communication, and global internet security through technology development, deployment, and education. We develop technologies to facilitate access to credible and relevant information and open communication around the world.
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| style="background: #e8f5d6;" |[https://safesisters.org/ '''Safe Sisters''']
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| We are a community of activists, technologists and digital safety trainers. We are not a registered organisation but rather a fellowship program co-founded by a coalition of partners. The programming is adaptable and program activities are funded and run directly by organisatons.
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The 2025 iteration of the Global Gathering (GG) will bring together diverse individuals from 144+ countries for three days of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and networking. The event focuses on issues related to digital rights, online security for civil society, and other challenges at the intersection of human rights and technology.
The idyllic outdoor venue in Estoril, Portugal provides participants with the ambience and space to rejuvenate, and the event’s celebrated safety and security measures allow for authentic trust-building across regions and disciplines.
Please note that in response to current funding freezes, this year we are changing the format to provide organizations and networks with more space to host their own public and private events. If you are interested in learning more, please email [email protected].
== Global Gathering Platform ==
Head over to the [https://gathering.digitalrights.community/ Global Gathering Platform] where you will be able to:
* Apply to join the 2025 Global Gathering
* View your Global Gathering application status
* Update your Global Gathering application
== Global Gathering Overview ==
This year, we are going back to our roots, embracing a self-organized model to ensure conversations are driven by participants’ most pressing needs and challenges. Programming activities include:
::'''Meetups & Circles'''<br>
::While Team CommUNITY will be coordinating a select number of topical and regional networking meetups, participants will be provided with tools to coordinate self-organized “Circles” or collaborative discussions. Note: Instructions will be shared after participants have been verified and accepted.<br>
::'''Villages and Private Events'''<br>
::Partners will be provided with space to host their own public and/or private events via more robust Village areas. If you are interested in this option, please reach out to us as soon as possible by emailing [email protected]. Additionally, we will be working with trusted community nodes to coordinate regional villages, where participants can host more locally-focused discussions.<br>
::'''Booths:'''<br>
::Projects will have the opportunity to host a booth in one of the numerous permanent structures available at the venue. Booths are great for showcasing work, demoing a tool, running a skillshare, or having one-to-one conversations with participants.<br>
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More details about how to submit Booth proposals and Self-Organized Circles will be shared soon!
== Partners and Satellite Events ==
'''Consider becoming a partner for the 2025 Global Gathering!''' Receive a myriad of benefits from hosting a Village or a private event to free tickets for approved colleagues to a guaranteed booth to showcase your organization! Funds collected from partnerships will support our Equity Fund. Reach out to us to learn what services and support we can provide. Email [mailto:[email protected][email protected]].
==Planning Your Trip & Navigating Estoril==
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'''[[Planning Your Trip|<big>Planning Your Trip</big>]]'''<br>Learn about recommended hotels in the area, how you can get to Estoril from the airport, as well as hospitals, pharmacies and other healthcare information.[[File:Map.png|frameless|88x88px|left]]
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'''[[Navigating Estoril|<big>Navigating Estoril</big>]]'''<br>We have compiled a list of day trips you can take from Estoril, a list of ATMs and Banks near the venue, general information about public transportation, and some Portuguese language tips, including how to order coffee!
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==Visa and Equity Fund Support==
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<big>'''Equity Fund Support'''</big><br>
Due to the ongoing impact of the foreign aid freeze, Team CommUNITY will not have an open application process for travel support. This is to ensure that critical visa, security, and well-being support remain available for 2025 event attendees. We remain committed to helping all participants explore alternative funding options.
<big>'''Visa Support'''</big><br>
The '''[[Visa and Equity Fund Support|Visa Support]]''' page has all the information you need regarding:
* Obtaining a Schengen visa for Portugal
* Applying for ETIAS Travel Authorization
* Ongoing support TCU can offer during your visa process
==Community, Security & Health Policies==
'''Stay tuned! All of our community and security policies will be updated for 2025.'''
|'''<big>[[Submitting a Proposal|Submit a Proposal]]</big>'''
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''Welcome!''' This wiki contains community tools designed to help '''bring together and support digital rights defenders''' from around the world.
==[[Calendar of Events|Upcoming Virtual Events]]==
Our [[Calendar of Events]] has a complete list of upcoming virtual events being hosted by the IFF. '''[[Calendar of Events|Every day]]''' Community Checkin at 10am est! '''[[Calendar of Events|Every Thursday]]''' Glitter Meetup at 9am EST! Both happening on [[IFF Mattermost|IFF's Mattermost]]. '''[[Calendar of Events|Special workshops]]''' being planned! [[Calendar of Events|See full list of events]]..
======[[Community_Notes|'''Analog Knowledge: Community Notes''']]======
Can't attend any of our virtual events? Don't worry [[Community_Notes|we keep notes]] from our weekly gatherings [[Community_Updates|here]]. This includes everything from current updates shared by community members, to interviews with community experts. [[Community_Notes|Make it a habit to read the notes every week to stay abreast]]
Whether you are looking for job or candidate, we can help you out! Check out our amazing [[Job Board]]! We have jobs from all over the world! And our community are some of the best, most multi-talented people out there!
Find amazing awards, fellowships and funds on our [[Fundraising Opportunities]] page or post yours! Besides the open calls, we are gathering a list of organizations that announce different opportunities throughout the year.
These [[Reports and Articles]] were created synthesizing information collected during both Glitter Meetups and CKS workshops, and showcase general consensus in a specific IFF community.
*[[Community Knowledge Share|What are CKS Workshops?]]
*[[Calendar of Events|Upcoming Workshops]]
*[[CKS_Notes|Notes from Past Events]]
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'''Workshop:''' Identity 2.0: Exploring Digital Identities Through Art
'''Who:'''Arda and Savena, Identity 2.0
'''Date:'''Wednesday, August 19th
'''Time:'''1:00pm EST / 5:00pm UTC+0 (Other times below)
'''What:'''
Artists and techies aren't worlds apart. Both are trying to shape the future using the tools they have to hand. Creators of Identity 2.0, an art project which empowers people to explore their digital identity, will be joining us to share their story of how they started, what they've discovered and their artistic process. Using exhibitions, videos and memes, the artists are opening up the conversation about the data we give away to exist online.
| style="text-align: center; font-size:12px; width: 50%;" |<br> Glitter Meetups are weekly town halls where digital rights defenders from all over the world connect, share updates in their regions or projects, ask questions and seek advice.
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| style="text-align: center; font-size:12px; width: 50%;" |<br> CKS workshops are lead by community leaders, and cover an area of topics. They are usually capped at 25 people, and run from 1-2 hours.
| style="text-align: center; font-size:12px;" |Read articles and reports that synthesize feedback and information shared by the community on a variety of topics.
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| style="text-align: center; font-size:12px;" |Find all the knowledge and resources shared during villages and special events with the IF Community.
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| style="text-align: center; font-size:12px;" |A summary of the Digital Rights Defenders needs tackled during different IFF gatherings.
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==Community Notes==
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| style="width:70%" |CKS workshops are lead by community leaders, and cover an area of topics. They are usually capped at 25 people, and run from 1-2 hours.
The 2025 iteration of the Global Gathering (GG) will bring together diverse individuals from 144+ countries for three days of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and networking. The event focuses on issues related to digital rights, online security for civil society, and other challenges at the intersection of human rights and technology.
The idyllic outdoor venue in Estoril, Portugal provides participants with the ambience and space to rejuvenate, and the event’s celebrated safety and security measures allow for authentic trust-building across regions and disciplines.
Please note that in response to current funding freezes, this year we are changing the format to provide organizations and networks with more space to host their own public and private events. If you are interested in learning more, please email [email protected].
This year, we are going back to our roots, embracing a self-organized model to ensure conversations are driven by participants’ most pressing needs and challenges. Programming activities include:
Meetups & Circles
While Team CommUNITY will be coordinating a select number of topical and regional networking meetups, participants will be provided with tools to coordinate self-organized “Circles” or collaborative discussions. Note: Instructions will be shared after participants have been verified and accepted.
Villages and Private Events
Partners will be provided with space to host their own public and/or private events via more robust Village areas. If you are interested in this option, please reach out to us as soon as possible by emailing [email protected]. Additionally, we will be working with trusted community nodes to coordinate regional villages, where participants can host more locally-focused discussions.
Booths:
Projects will have the opportunity to host a booth in one of the numerous permanent structures available at the venue. Booths are great for showcasing work, demoing a tool, running a skillshare, or having one-to-one conversations with participants.
More details about how to submit Booth proposals and Self-Organized Circles will be shared soon!
Partners and Satellite Events
Consider becoming a partner for the 2025 Global Gathering! Receive a myriad of benefits from hosting a Village or a private event to free tickets for approved colleagues to a guaranteed booth to showcase your organization! Funds collected from partnerships will support our Equity Fund. Reach out to us to learn what services and support we can provide. Email [email protected].
Planning Your Trip & Navigating Estoril
Planning Your Trip Learn about recommended hotels in the area, how you can get to Estoril from the airport, as well as hospitals, pharmacies and other healthcare information.
Navigating Estoril We have compiled a list of day trips you can take from Estoril, a list of ATMs and Banks near the venue, general information about public transportation, and some Portuguese language tips, including how to order coffee!
Visa and Equity Fund Support
Equity Fund Support
Due to the ongoing impact of the foreign aid freeze, Team CommUNITY will not have an open application process for travel support. This is to ensure that critical visa, security, and well-being support remain available for 2025 event attendees. We remain committed to helping all participants explore alternative funding options.
Visa Support
The Visa Support page has all the information you need regarding:
Obtaining a Schengen visa for Portugal
Applying for ETIAS Travel Authorization
Ongoing support TCU can offer during your visa process
Community, Security & Health Policies
Stay tuned! All of our community and security policies will be updated for 2025.
