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Learn how to stay safe online

Learn how to stay safe online

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Learn how to stay safe online and help others develop crucial digital safety skills. From understanding privacy settings to recognising red flags, knowing how to stay safe online is essential in today’s interconnected world. But it’s not enough to just protect ourselves—we must share this knowledge, especially with those who may be at higher risk of online violence. By teaching others and learning together, we build a more resilient digital community. #EndOnlineViolence #16DaysOfActivism #JoinUs Soroptimist SIGBI

Online abuse
Online Safety Bill proposal to change to tackle online sexist abuse

Online Safety Bill proposal to change to tackle online sexist abuse

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By Emaan Warraich BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65610719 Social media companies must prevent online abuse against women and girls or face jail time and fines, under a proposed change to a government bill. Firms that did not remove abusive content and ban repeat offenders face fines up to 10% of global turnover. Tech bosses could be jailed for up to two years for persistent breaches. A government spokesperson said the Online Safety Bill tackled harmful illegal content which targeted women and girls. The amendment to the bill has been proposed by a group of peers led by Conservative peer Baroness Morgan. It has support from peers from many different parties, which means the government may face defeat if ministers try to block it. Changes to Online Safety Bill ‘not ruled out’ Sunak facing Tory revolt over internet safety law WhatsApp and messaging apps against ‘surveillance’ Former culture

Digital rights
Op-ed: Digital rights are women’s rights

Op-ed: Digital rights are women’s rights

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Gender equality—and long-term, sustainable economic recovery—cannot be achieved without first closing the gender digital divide. 5 MAY 2023 UN WOMEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SIMA BAHOUS  https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/op-ed/2023/05/op-ed-digital-rights-are-womens-rights How do we crack the barriers to economic recovery? A significant part of that answer lies in the equal role of women in the economy and what enables—or disables—their participation. In March this year, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women set out in its Agreed Conclusions multiple actions to be taken across society to manage innovation and technology for women’s economic, social, and political empowerment and to tackle the new and unique barriers presented by engagement in the digital space. It has become clear that we will not achieve gender equality without closing the gender digital divide. Digital rights are women’s rights, and both must be centre stage in all our plans for a digitalized society and a new economic

Smoke free UK
Ask your MP to pledge to help make the UK Smokefree

Ask your MP to pledge to help make the UK Smokefree

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Ask your MP to pledge to help make the UK Smokefree On 6 July 2022, campaigners from across the UK travelled to Westminster, asking politicians to become smokefree MPs. But they need your support! Will you ask your MP to support out new campaign and urge the Government to implement bold measures to end smoking for good? By asking your MP to champion a smokefree UK, you will play your part in taking us a step closer to a future where smoking in the UK is history. To save lives and create a smokefree future, bold action is critical to help millions people in the UK who currently smoke quit and prevent a new generation of smokers from starting. Your action today can make a  difference to the future. Millions of lives are in the UK Government’s hands – ask your MP to act now. https://action.cancerresearchuk.org/page/109023/-/1?locale=en-GB  

Climate Action
The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World

The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World

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End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change.  The Sustainable Development Goals are important, world-changing objectives that will require cooperation among governments, international organizations and world leaders. Change starts with you. Seriously. Every human on earth—even the most indifferent, laziest person among us—is part of the solution. Fortunately, there are some super easy things we can adopt into our routines that, if we all do it, will make a big difference. Have a look at just a few of the many things you can do to make an impact! Click here for a PDF download of some of the actions. THINGS YOU CAN DO FROM YOUR COUCH Save electricity by plugging appliances into a power strip and turning them off completely when not in use, including your computer. Stop paper bank statements and pay your bills online or via mobile. Share, don’t just like. If

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Men and boys are responsible for violence against women and girls, and they must be the ones to end it. 

Men and boys are responsible for violence against women and girls, and they must be the ones to end it. 

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22 March 2022 New York, USA – Men and boys are responsible for violence against women and girls, and they must be the ones to end it. This was the message shared by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres during a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Dialogue on the role and responsibility of men and boys in ending gender-based violence, ‘From perpetrators to allies’. “We must end violence against women and girls now – and it starts with changing the hearts and minds of men and boys. Men created this scourge, men must end it,” said Mr. Guterres. The high-level conversation was presented by the UN Group of Friends for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls and the Spotlight Initiative. It was moderated by UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming and featured EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen, Head of the EU Delegation