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Plus de 100 capsules courtes, accessibles et concrètes sur les VBG-FT, en français, en fon et en mina.
+100 capsules · 3 langues
Why DSS?
A safe digital spaceis a right.
Digital Safe Space helps women and girls in Benin understand, prevent and overcome technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Free of charge, in French, Fon and Mina.
100
video and audio capsules on digital violence
3 languages
FrançaisFonMina
100 %
free and accessible
Programme
FEA 2
February – December 2026
The situation
A fast-changing threat
With the rise of social media and digital platforms, technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TF-GBV) is spreading. It affects women’s safety, mental health, dignity and economic independence.
Women who use digital tools to run a business or study are on the front line.
Understanding TF-GBV- 01Digital blackmail
- 02Threats and intimidation
- 03Account hacking
- 04Cyberharassment
- 05Sextortion
- 06Identity theft
- 07Online financial scams
Our story
A long-term commitment
Digital Safe Space builds on the work begun with the Féministes en Action 1 programme.
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FEA 1 · Value'Her
The first foundations
Women EdTech develops Value'Her, a digital GBV prevention scheme: educational capsules, awareness tools and mobilisation of women content creators.
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Findings · 2023 – 2025
New forms of online violence
Cyberharassment, sextortion, hacking, scams, identity theft: digital violence is rising with the use of social media.
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FEA 2 · Feb – Dec 2026
Digital Safe Space
A new stage: content in local languages, a dedicated platform and stronger institutional partnerships for a lasting response.
Our mission
Strengthening women’s digital resilience
Giving women the skills to prevent, detect and reduce their exposure to TF-GBV.
Our vision
A digital space where women and girls can learn, do business and speak out without fear, with the tools to protect themselves and assert their rights.
What each participant learns
- Know the forms of TF-GBV and how to identify them
- Secure your accounts and protect your personal data
- Detect phishing, sextortion and scams
- Access resources and be directed to support services
- Know the national reporting mechanisms
What we are putting in place
Five complementary areas of action
An accessible, lasting scheme rooted in local realities.
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A dedicated platform
A safe space to learn, find resources and be directed to support services.
digitalsafespace.valueher.bj03
Online training
2-day practical sessions: securing your WhatsApp, Facebook and TikTok accounts and adopting the right reflexes against attacks.
2 days · Online04
Awareness campaigns
Local radio, social media and webinars, especially on 8 March and during the 16 Days of Activism.
1,000 to 10,000 people05
With national mechanisms
Capsules co-produced with the INF (114) and the CNIN (plaintes@cnin.bj), and referral of victims to existing remedies.
INF · CNIN
Expected results
A legacy that lasts beyond 2026
Concrete, measurable results designed to last beyond December 2026.
+100 capsules en plusieurs langues
A catalogue covering the most common forms of TF-GBV, in French, Fon and Mina.
Women who are independent online
Entrepreneurs, students and leaders able to secure their accounts and browse without fear.
A reference platform
A cornerstone for education on digital violence in Benin.
Well-known remedies
Participants know about 114 (INF) and plaintes@cnin.bj, and know how to contact them.
Breaking the silence
Campaigns that reduce self-censorship and encourage victims and witnesses to speak out without shame.
A lasting partnership
A collaboration between Women EdTech, INF, CNIN, CARE and AFD that is embedded in practice and can be replicated.
Who is behind the project
Organisations committed to equality
Designs the content and runs the platform, drawing on the Value’Her experience from the FEA 1 programme.
Coordinates the Féministes en Action 2 programme and ensures it is rooted in the communities.
The French Development Agency funds the programme and is committed to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Programme and partner institutions
Our commitment
A safe digital space is not a luxury. It is a right.
Every piece of content, every training session and every exchange on the platform gives women the means to take back control of their online lives.