Online gender based abuse is a huge barrier that prevents women from participating fully in public life. Glitch was founded in 2017 by Seyi Akiwowo, after she faced horrendous online abuse when a video of her speech at the European Parliament went viral. Glitch wants to see an increase in digital citizenship for all, across all online platforms and to instil the beliefs: that our online community is as real as our offline one and we should all be working together to make it a better place. Glitch believe that online abuse, in all its forms, is a vehicle to divide society and spread fear. This is why Glitch believes it’s crucial that we work together to fix the glitch and eradicate online abuse. All work is upheld by three pillars: 1) Raising awareness, through campaigning and providing free information and resources, Gitch raise;s awareness of the scope of online abuse and its negative impact on individuals and society, particularly marginalised communities, and of how we can all help fix the glitch. 2) Advocacy work with social media companies on how to make their online platforms safer and to decision makers to ensure that rights are protected and access to justice is equal. Glitch has been praised in UK parliament twice and In 2018 and 2019 were invited by the UN Human Rights Council to advocate on behalf of those who have experienced online abuse, showcase our solutions and put pressure on governments to take action. 3) Action, Glitch’s programmatic work consists of Digital Citizenship Workshop and Digital Resilience Training. In just two years supporters like you have enabled Glitch to deliver Digital Citizenship Workshops. In one of these, 86% of the young people surveyed said they would behave differently online as a result of the information they learned from us. Glitch also delivers Digital Resilience training. These are tailored for one-to-one consultations and group workshops for women in all forms of public life.

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Yes. Glitch continues to train young diverse women in order to deliver resilience training to more women. The Fix The Glitch Toolkit is designed to help teachers, young adults, parents, employers, tech companies and political parties, host an informal conversation on online gender based violence. These conversations can take place anywhere, whether it’s at work, school, an organisation you belong to or online with other social media users.

Glitch has provided a Toolkit on how everyone can play their part in ending online gender based violence. Glitch wants to see an increase in digital citizenship for all, across all online platforms and to instil the beliefs: that our online community is as real as our offline one and we should all be working together to make it a better place. Glitch believe that online abuse, in all its forms, is a vehicle to divide society and spread fear. This is why Glitch believes it’s crucial that we work together to fix the glitch and eradicate online abuse.

• Access to public official information• Secure and reliable applications.• Transparency.• Disadvantaged and vulnerable groups• Gender• Preventing abusive uses of ICTs