This project educates refugee and multicultural communities about how technology can be used in domestic and family violence. It provides practical knowledge on identifying and protecting against spyware, tracking apps, cache information, and passcodes that perpetrators may use to harm women and their children.

SSI successfully tendered for funding through the Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program (funded by the eSafety Commissioner).  This program contributes to the Federal Government’s National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-32 (the National Plan). Fundamental to the success of the National Plan is understanding and addressing tech-facilitated abuse of women and children.

We developed educational short story-based videos to spark conversations and reflections among community groups and individuals. We also created a training package to support these conversations through a community education program.

The videos focused on four areas of technology-based abuse that can be watched in multiple languages including Dari, Arabic, Chinese and English.

• Image-based abuse
• Impersonation
• Use of children’s devices
• Tracking

These resources help facilitators and participants discuss and understand the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women affected by technology-based abuse.

For more information about the project, please contact us on info@ssi.org.au.