Women Lawyers Combating Digital Violence Raise Digital Rights Awareness Among 200 Women Across Four Governorates
From Building Lawyers’ Capacities to Empowering Women… Turning Knowledge into Protection
200 Women… Awareness of Rights, Knowledge of Protection, and a Step Towards a Safer Digital Space for Women
As part of its efforts to strengthen the protection of women from the risks of digital violence, the Network of Women Lawyers to Address Digital Violence against Women continued implementing its awareness-raising campaign, launched by the Waee Center for Human Rights Training under the slogan “Towards a Safe Digital Space for Women.” The campaign included a series of awareness-raising sessions targeting women in local communities across the governorates of Amman, Irbid, Mafraq, and Zarqa.
Approximately 200 women benefited from the awareness-raising sessions on digital rights and digital literacy. The sessions focused on enhancing women’s knowledge of their rights in the digital space, empowering them to use technology safely, strengthening their capacity to prevent and address the risks of digital violence, and increasing their awareness of available protection measures, response mechanisms, and reporting procedures.
The awareness-raising sessions were delivered by women lawyers and members of the Network, Susan Al-Tahan, Maram Maghalsa, Taghreed Breizat, and Sura Yameen. This step reflects the Network’s transition from building the capacities of women lawyers to applying those capacities in service of the community and transferring legal and technical knowledge to women.
Lawyer Taghreed Al-Daghmi, founder of the Network of Women Lawyers to Address Digital Violence against Women, emphasized that the role of a lawyer is not limited to defending women before the courts after violence has occurred, but also extends to prevention, awareness-raising, and empowerment. She noted that lawyers have an important role to play within the community by promoting legal and digital awareness and strengthening women’s ability to protect and exercise their rights.
Al-Daghmi added that the “Women Lawyers against Digital Violence” initiative is part of efforts to respond to the recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights concerning combating violence against women, by raising community awareness, building the capacities of women lawyers, and supporting women’s access to justice.
For her part, Ms. Kholoud Shakakhwa, Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Jordan, explained that the previous phase of the project focused on building the capacities of women lawyers in the areas of digital empowerment, digital security and safety, as well as advocacy and litigation skills in cases of digital violence. This contributed to equipping women lawyers with the knowledge and skills necessary to address such cases.
Shakakhwa affirmed that the Network of Women Lawyers represents a distinctive and unique experience in the region, through investing in the capacities of women lawyers and transferring knowledge and expertise to women and local communities.
Mr. Karol Lemondin, the Danish Institute for Human Rights’ representative for the Middle East and North Africa region, attended the launch of the campaign as part of the Institute’s support for efforts to strengthen the protection of women from digital violence and raise awareness of digital rights, as well as prevention and protection measures.
These sessions are part of the Network’s efforts to expand its community impact and transform legal and technical knowledge into practical tools for prevention and protection. This is achieved by transferring the expertise acquired by women lawyers to women across different governorates, thereby contributing to building a safer digital space and strengthening women’s ability to protect their rights and address the risks of digital violence with awareness and confidence.
