Equal Power: Know Your Rights Online

Who’s this workshop for?

Are you a woman with political ambitions who finds herself held back by the fear of online abuse? Is the trolling on social media yet another barrier keeping you from your rightful space in the public sphere? Are you a woman needing support to set boundaries and make digital spaces better serve you and your political career ambitions? If so, this free online workshop is for you!

About this workshop

Evidence shows that women are more likely to be harassed online, and this is even worse for women of colour, disabled and LGBT+ women. It is not the responsibility of the victims of online abuse to protect themselves and deal with its lasting effects, and Glitch is doing everything it can do to hold decision-makers accountable and stop the problem at its core. In the meantime our workshops will equip participants to navigate the online landscape with confidence. We want to help women of all ages, backgrounds and political affiliations to overcome the barrier of online abuse, feel more confident to use online platforms in order to use their voices online.

There are a variety of laws to help protect digital citizens in online spaces. This module introduces learners to the legal rights and protections they have in online spaces and equips them with the knowledge to erase data, report abusive content and take legal action when needed.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

1. Identify 4 legal rights and protections for online safety

2. Recognise 3 approaches to escalate actions against online abuse

3. Explore limitations of the law in the UK

Please note: this workshop will not be recorded.

The impact of our workshops

In 2019, 100% of our workshop participants reported gaining skills to be safer and more resilient online compared to just 18% before the training.

93% left feeling safer expressing themselves online and 85% reported improved confidence levels using social media.

“The workshop definitely made me feel more confident in my interactions online and empowered to act”- Nina, 2019

The impact of our workshops

In 2019, 100% of our workshop participants reported gaining skills to be safer and more resilient online compared to just 18% before the training.

93% left feeling safer expressing themselves online and 85% reported improved confidence levels using social media.

“The workshop definitely made me feel more confident in my interactions online and empowered to act”- Nina, 2019

About Us

Glitch is an award-winning UK charity committed to ending online abuse by educating people on how we can engage positively, respectfully and justly in all digital spaces. Empowering everyone to advocate for others – especially those in marginalised communities. Through research and reports, toolkits and guides, workshops and training, we’re here to help make digital citizens of everyone. We can all play our part. It starts with us, now. Find out more on our website

How to join

This training workshop will be delivered on Zoom. Both our online code of conduct for participating and a Zoom link will be sent closer to the session.

Access

We are committed to ensuring that this training workshop accommodates the needs of all women and non-binary people, interested in participating.

All of our workshops have closed captions available and we use BSL interpretation. We will also provide post-workshop resources in plain text.

A session outline is available on request – please note these sessions do not have breaks but you are able to take a break as and when is needed.

Our workshops are interactive, however you can choose to interact in the manner that suits you or not at all.

If you want to ask any questions or require different needs, please email gwen@glitchcharity.co.uk to talk further about the support that you need.

Equal Power

Equal Power is a ground-breaking campaign to transform women’s representation at every level of politics. It’s time for Equal Power: equal representation for women in all our diversity. This three-year campaign, run by a coalition of women’s and civil society organisations, is funded by Comic Relief.