Novel to Newsroom: Four Iraqi Students Explore the World of Digital Harm
How four Iraqi students transformed youth fiction about online life into published media commentary on digital identity, memory, beauty and violence.
How Women Across MENA Pioneered a Regional Response to Digital Violence
What began seven years ago as an effort to understand digital violence against women has evolved into a region-spanning community of researchers, practitioners, and organizations driving lasting change.
Page to Stage: Youth Novel About Digital Dangers Inspires Theatre and Debate
At Jordan's Jubilee Institute, a novel about online identity, pressure, and harm inspired a rich student-led day of theatre, debate, and dialogue.
Empowering Jordan’s Next Generation to Respond to Digital Violence Against Women
From teaching guides to moot courts and podcasts, a pilot project in Jordan is testing how universities can help future professionals understand, document, argue, report on, and respond to digital violence against women.
Moot Court, Real Stakes: Jordan’s Future Lawyers Tackle Digital Violence Against Women and Girls
For two days in April, law students from 10 Jordanian universities argued the same fictional case of digital GBV — and the Ministry of Justice was watching.
Digital Shadows: Testing a Novel Approach to Digital Safety for Girls Across MENA
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Meriem Noumeur's novel is opening conversations with girls about online identity, pressure, trust, manipulation — and learning to stay safe.
Synergy in Action: Strengthening Jordan’s Response to Digital Violence Against Women
When a group of institutions stopped working in silos and started coordinating as a national community, they helped women reach safer, more consistent support—faster.
Patchwork To Pathways: Learning to Support Iraqi Women Facing Digital Violence
With digital violence against women surging, an Iraqi organization worked with partners to build a durable response—intake, documentation, referrals, and outreach—so survivors can get the support they need.
Myanmar’s Digital Resistance: Ingenuity Under Repression
Even as Myanmar’s military tries to control online space, people on the ground keep adapting. Five studies map the creative resilience behind their organizing, fundraising, and survival.
MENA Team Embraces 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
During this year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, our Salam@ MENA team advanced the global fight by celebrating research advances, co-launching two books and helping to amplify women's voices.