3rd cycle of FIRN: Notes from First Inception Meeting
This report captures the key discussions and reflections raised during the two-day online inception meeting held on 19 and 22 March 2024, under the third cycle of FIRN.
FIRN held a two-day virtual workshop meeting that brought together various project partners working on issues of Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence (TFGBV) and Online Gender Based Violence (OGBV) using a feminist lens. Other participants present included FIRN peer advisors, donors, potential partners, old research partners and APC WRP staff.
The two-day convening consisted of panel discussions and presentations from various speakers, including FIRN’s previous project partners and current 2024-2025 research project partners. Topics addressed in the presentations included Internet Research, TFGBV experiences of women from marginalised communities, digital safety and security and digital resilience.
Focus of the inception meeting
The two-day convening took a deeper view of technology-facilitated violence with more focus on local, regional and global contexts, multiple identities, experiences, and the larger systems at play. Other than that, panellists and participants also explored the ethical practices, methods, and positionality that are central to the building of feminist research.