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.
Gender as a Battleground in Post-Coup Myanmar: Six Studies
In post-coup Myanmar, gender is a battleground, and digital space is one of its fiercest fronts. Six studies expose the harms and offer ways forward toward safety and justice.
Myanmar’s Brutalizing Scam Sector: What it Will Take to Turn the Tide
A look inside Myanmar’s fast-growing scam economy, where trafficking, online manipulation and everyday fraud thrive amid crisis. Three new studies show why only international action can turn the tide.
MENA Women: From Online Harm to Hopeful Responses
One of our most trusted partners and funders recently profiled our joint efforts to combat online gender-based violence across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Local Voices, Global Impact: Our Myanmar Researchers at GDC 2025
Three contributors to our Myanmar Digital Research series are taking the stage at this year's Global Development Conference 2025, showing how researchers from fragile contexts are ready to shape global conversations about digital inclusion and power.
Strengthening Digital Resilience for Jordanian Women Leaders
Building on our recent research and frontline work, a new initiative will counter online abuse and support women’s full and safe participation in Jordan’s upcoming municipal elections.
Fandom for Freedom: How Myanmar Youth are Fueling the Resistance
Two young Myanmar researchers show how K-pop fans became unlikely engines of resistance after the coup. Now their work is breaking into Southeast Asia’s cultural conversation.
From Project to Movement: How Karak Sparked Jordan’s DVAW Response
From community centres and classrooms all the way to parliament, the Karak Castle Center is igniting Jordan’s response to digital violence against women (DVAW)—and showing how local action can drive national change.
Inside Myanmar’s Cyber-Scam Compounds
How do Myanmar’s cyber-scam compounds trap thousands in cycles of fear and coercion? Journalist "Ying" spent two years investigating, and we've been pleased to support her work.
Silenced with a Click
Women who ran in Jordan’s 2024 parliamentary elections faced online abuse meant to silence them. A new study reveals how—and what needs to change before the country votes again in 2026.
Digital Violence Against Women in MENA Conflict Zones
A growing body of research is uncovering how digital violence is used to shame, silence, and endanger women in conflict zones across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Digital Repression and Resistance in Myanmar: Fresh Insight
Four years after the military coup, repression and conflict remain daily realities for people in Myanmar. Six new Foundation-supported research studies explore how digital life intersects with repression, identity and activism.