Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TGBV), or tech abuse, is a problem of planetary proportions. All around the world, abuse and violence is being perpetrated through technology, and new forms of TGBV are continuously emerging. The scale and depth of the problem, and the resulting harm to women and people of marginalised genders, requires urgent action.

Over the past 18 months, Chayn and End Cyber Abuse have been on a journey to understand the nature of TGBV and how we can address it. The result is Orbits: a new guide on how we can design interventions to tech abuse which are intersectional, survivor-centred and trauma-informed. Co-created with thinkers, practitioners and survivors from around the world, the guide focuses on three areas which are vital for effectively tackling tech abuse: technology, research and policy. It explores how systems are failing survivors and how we can design interventions that leave no survivor behind.

Orbits includes an overview of what TGBV is and how it impacts survivors, analysis of how existing responses from technology, research and policy are lacking, and suggestions for how we can design better systems in these three areas. It proposes a set of design principles as the basis of an intersectional, survivor-centred and trauma-informed approach, and provides examples of what they look like in practice. It showcases work being done to tackle tech abuse through case studies. And, finally, it offers practical tools for applying the principles to your own work and context.

Join us for this launch event to be the first to learn about the Orbits guide. The event will be a mix of presentations and discussion, and there’ll be opportunities to connect with global changemakers working to end TGBV.

Who is this event for?

This event is open to everyone interested in tackling tech abuse. It will be particularly relevant to people working in the three sectors explored in the guide: technology, research and policy.

About Chayn

Chayn is a global non-profit that creates digital, multilingual resources to support the healing of survivors of gender-based violence. Our focus is on empowering women and other marginalised genders who have experienced domestic, sexual or tech-based abuse. So far, we’ve helped 400,000 survivors around the world. And – with a mission to make technology a tool for health, not harm – we reach more every day.

About End Cyber Abuse

End Cyber Abuse is a global collective of lawyers and human rights activists working to tackle technology-facilitated gender-based violence by raising awareness of rights, advocating for survivor-centred systems of justice, and advancing equitable design of technology to prevent gendered harms.

Further questions?

If you have any questions about this event, get in touch by emailing naomi@chayn.co