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Credits
Last Updated 2017-06To close out the training on an energizing note, you will lead participants through a dynamic grand rally adventure to review the digital safety knowledge they have learned.
This session was developed for, and should be attributed to, the Institute for War & Peace Reporting resource “Cyberwomen: Holistic Digital Security Training Curriculum for Women Human Rights Defenders” under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International CC BY-SA 4.0 License
Step 1 | Before you begin, decide how many stations and cases your rally will have – for the purposes of demonstration, these instructions are based on a rally with five stations (one case each). Don’t forget to include instructions in each case indicating to which station groups should proceed next upon solving it.
Step 2 | Distribute the five stations evenly throughout the space you have available, they can all be in the same room (or in different rooms if you have you have access) - this exercise works best if stations are in different spaces, as it makes the rally more dynamic and competitive. If possible, try to find location for the rally that is outside the training venue where you and the participants have been working – this will be provide a welcome change of scene.
Step 3 | Each of the stations will feature a case that participants must solve using what they’ve learned from the training, in addition to any toolkit you provide them (see below). The rally is best done in groups, with each group sent through the course via a different route so that the response time varies and to avoid overcrowding the stations. Here below are the resources you will need to set the rally up:
A filmmaker has just completed a documentary about forced disappearances in Mexico. One evening, she leaves her office after a late work meeting, intending to go home and send the documentary to her collaborators and relatives, as well as victims and specialists interviewed for the film. Upon arriving home though, she discovers that her apartment has been raided – worst of all, she realizes that the laptop containing the finished documentary footage is missing (with no backup available). What would you advise in this situation?
Tool to Use (from the Toolkit):
Recommendations:
Olga is an activist – soon, she will begin working with a group of other women activists to document feminicides in Mexico. They will need to share documents online and discuss sensitive information over the phone, and some of the women will be commissioned to travel to certain cities for interviews with families. What do you recommend?
Tool to Use (from the Toolkit):
Recommendations:
Nelly is the coordinator of a project dedicated to the delivery of justice for women in her country. She was invited to give a presentation abroad, being in the airport discovers that she has remained her plan without data and has decided not to buy more balance or minutes since she will leave her country. While waiting for the plane she wants to check her mail by connecting to the airport’s wi-fi network, what should she do?
Tool to Use (from the Toolkit):
Ariadna is an Ecuadorian journalist who is working on the investigation of a case of diversion of funds. To this end, she is making a requests for information to its government. What would you advise her to use to make the request securely?
Tool to Use (from the Toolkit):
A feminist collective that defends women’s right to decide has been harassed for a week on social networks, what could they do to protect themselves?
Tool to Use (from the Toolkit):
Recommendations:
Step 4 | Divide the participants into teams depending on the size of the group – so that everyone can participate and contribute equally, it is not recommended for group sizes to exceed 5 participants. Remember to let each team choose a fun, creative name for themselves!
Step 5 | Now that the teams finalized and the stations are set up, explain the rules of DigiSec Rally to participants:
Once both teams have completed the entire rally course, hold a closing circle. In the circle, each team should explain their responses for each case, explaining the process by which they determined each of their solutions. Provide active feedback to teams as they explain their recommendations for each case.