Take Back the Tech! is a call to everyone to take control of technology to end online gender-based violence. It is a global, collaborative campaign project that highlights the problem of technology-related gender-based violence, together with research and solutions from around the world.
Take Back the Tech! was initiated in 2006 by the APC Women's Rights Programme and has grown into a diverse movement of individuals, organisations, collectives and communities. It is the result of research papers published in 2005 that looked at the connection between ICT and online gender-based violence, an issue that received little attention or discussion at that time. After sharing the findings with women's rights and communication rights advocates in different spaces, APC found this to be a critical issue that compelled further attention and deeper engagement.
