Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) threatens democracy in our region
85% of women who use the internet have witnessed or experienced online violence.
Foundation for Media Alternatives, 2024.
2 in 3 journalists and women human rights defenders experience online abuse; 41% face related physical attacks.
AP Press, 2025.
6 in 10 organizations supported experienced technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the past 2 years.
Alliance of Women’s and Feminist Funds from Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024.
41% of women who experience online abuse report related physical or offline harm.
UN Women, 2025.
The Net within the Net
Net-that-Works (NTW) is an initiative that brings together more than 130 organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean, supported by eight feminist and women's funds in the region.
The initiative reimagines the digital sphere, It challenges algorithms, creates new ways of building safe relationships, breaks isolation, and strengthens collective action in response to the erosion of democratic participation in online civic space.
Through local support and funding for organizations building strategies in their territories, Net-that-Works serves as an infrastructure for collective care and adaptable, replicable solutions, coordinated to ensure safe spaces free from violence both online and offline.
Direct funding
Rapid, flexible resources to withstand and confront digital attacks when they are needed most, together with tools and support to prevent, document and respond.
Regional reach
132 organizations working on women's rights and sexual and gender diversity, supported in 14 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Collective strategies
320 supported strategies led by civil society, including joint actions, targeting decision and policy makers.
Networked power from local to global
Collective coordinated responses to attacks across different territories, countries and regions of the Global South, totaling 65 multilevel collaborations (collective actions and joint advocacy).
Systemic change
A total of 13 changes driven by supported organizations in local, national and international laws, policies, regulations and practices to eradicate TGFBV.
Influence on key stakeholders
25 changes in the commitments, practices or work priorities of key stakeholders across the public, private and philanthropic sectors.
9 local studies and 1 regional study
Critical, collective knowledge production on how digital violence affects the lives of activists and their communities in Latin America.
Stories from the changemakers
Código Não-Binário (Brazil)
AI serving the community
In 2025, the Código Não-Binário Association, Brazil, developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that identifies and systematizes patterns of violence against LGBTQIA+ people on social media at scale.
This is the first open-access Portuguese-language AI model created to detect hate speech. It received an honorable mention in the Du Bois Prize in Istanbul, Türkiye, an award recognizing cooperative practices and research that contribute to inclusive and democratic digital environments.
“There is a saying that data is the new oil. We learned this firsthand: alongside the avalanche of hate we received, we trained our AI to transform that violence into data, and the data into ‘wealth’.”
— Veronyka Gimenes, Código Não Binário
CREAR ONG (Guatemala)
Youth transforming policy to curb digital violence
Through the “Posteo con Propósito” initiative, during 2025 and 2026 CREAR ONG strengthened the leadership of diverse young people through feminist training spaces. This enabled them to analyze the impact of digital violence on their lives, develop self-care tools, and coordinate awareness-raising actions aimed at their communities and local institutions.
The impact went beyond the workshops: the municipalities of Escuintla and Palín incorporated digital violence and cybercrime into their 2026–2029 Municipal Violence Prevention Policies, formally including them in their assessments, objectives, and lines of action.
“Thanks to the workshop, digital violence was incorporated into the policy. People are realizing that it is important to talk about these issues; we have shared what we are doing and encouraged other organizations to bring the digital dimension into their struggles.”
— Sandra, CREAR ONG facilitator
Key highlights and milestones
📣 16 Days of activism campaign: The Digital World is the Real World
As part of the 16 Days of Activism 2025, we launched Lo Digital es Real ("The Digital World is the Real World")
Rather than speaking to audiences already fluent in this conversation, Lo Digital es Real was designed to meet people where they scroll every day, using story-driven, native digital formats to introduce technology-facilitated gender-based violence to audiences who might otherwise never encounter this issue in these terms.
Lo Digital es Real (in english The Digital World is the Real World) partnered with content creators with strong, trusted engagement to reach 23K+ people, sparking 240K+ views, a 5.8% share rate, and 3.5% saves, proof the message broke beyond the usual audience.
The goal was never visibility alone. It was recognition, in places where this conversation rarely reaches.
Lo Digital es Real, a safe space with resources and information to break the isolation 💻 🫂
Beyond the campaign, Lo Digital es Real left behind a lasting resource: a bilingual landing page connecting women and gender-diverse people across Latin America and the Caribbean with trusted regional support — from Vita-Activa's confidential helplines to Sursiendo's digital care training and LatinasIA's rapid response for journalists. Alongside these organizations sit practical guides, security manuals, and FAQs on recognizing and responding to digital violence. A safe first step, always available, long after the 16 days end.
🔥Veronyka Gimenes was named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI 2026.
Co-founder of Código Não Binário, she built TybyrIA, an open-source model detecting anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech — turning it into evidence for a landmark lawsuit against major platforms, and a course now reaching 1,700+ people.
Stories like hers are why continued funding matters: platform accountability isn't a one-off win, it's how systemic change gets built.
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