Revisit to resist: Histories of the movement to end gender-based violence/ Take Back the Tech!

We are exci­ted to announce the Take Back the Tech! theme for this year’s 16 Days of Action Against Gender-Based Violence –

Revi­sit to resist: Histo­ries of the move­ment to end gender-based violence

Last year Take Back the Tech! cele­bra­ted our tenth anni­ver­sary, which got us thin­king about the move­ment to end gender-based violence (GBV), from its begin­nings in the early 90s with the start of 16 Days of Action Against Gender-Based Violence and the UN’s Decla­ra­tion on the Elimi­na­tion

of Violence Against Women to today’s emer­ging and ener­ge­tic move­ment around online GBV. What does that time­line look like? Who are the

agita­tors? What are the key moments? Who has not been recog­ni­sed?

Get curi­ous about your femi­nist history – and share it!

What does the move­ment against gender-based violence look like from your pers­pec­tive? What’s missing from the mains­tream narra­tive? What hidden strug­gles, stories and victo­ries need to surface? Who has been leading work on violence against trans people, sex workers, people with

disa­bi­li­ties and more? Who has been working in crea­tive, subver­sive and radi­cal ways?

Find your history by collec­ting old posters and pamph­lets, buttons and badges, videos, songs and mani­fes­tos – all the exci­ting parap­her­na­lia you’ve collec­ted over the years. We’ll let you know soon how to share it with us so we can display this beau­ti­ful collage of rage and joy for this year’s 16 Days of Acti­vism Against Gender-Based Violence (25 Novem­ber – 10 Decem­ber).

In the mean­time, reflect on the move­ment and share your thoughts. When did people start talking about GBV in your country? How did you first learn about it? What role has the inter­net played? What lessons should be preser­ved? How would you like to recog­nise the pione­e­ring, forgot­ten or anony­mous leaders in your commu­nity? Share your thoughts with the mailing list or write to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbre­vi­a­ted" href="sara [ punto ] bakerapcwo­men [ punto ] org (mailto:sara[dot]baker[at]apcwo­men[dot]org)">sara [ punto ] bakerapcwo­men [ punto ] org (sara[dot]baker[at]apcwo­men[dot]org)</a>. (Note: I am trave­ling so may be slow to respond the next two weeks.)

We are femi­nists, queer folks, artists, teachers, visi­o­na­ries in the margins, and though corpo­ra­ti­ons and insti­tu­ti­ons may try to co-opt our

work, this is our move­ment and we’re owning it. Let’s look back at how far we’ve come to better unders­tand how to move forward. We’ll cele­brate our collec­tive power by carving our names in the scaf­fol­ding and buil­ding steps for new gene­ra­ti­ons.