Save the Children and Goethe-Institut against Online Violence
View(s):The pandemic changed our way of communicating. Online platforms became a trend and replaced traditional way of meeting up and communicating. On one side this brings along many advantages, however, the youth is also exposed to new forms of danger.
The Online Violence Campaign project organised by Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka and Save the Children Sri Lanka with youths from Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan was focused on how to protect yourself online and what to do if you become a victim of violence. It was conducted as a series of online discussions via Digital Hangouts, on the opinion of the youth on online violence.
During the Digital Hangouts, youth from all three countries identified online violence as an escalating issue affecting children.
They also expressed their interest to campaign against this issue collectively to benefit their peers/ youth in the three countries. As a result, the Web Fighter Guide was created with the opinions of the youth, for the youth as a survival kit. As Instagram is widely used among the youth at present, the campaign is mainly run through the Instagram account @cybersafetysquad which is solely dedicated to raise awareness on the subject.
If young people across Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan are aware that the online world can be dangerous they will access the ‘Webfighter Guide’ in order to stay safe online.
