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2019:Thriving in Safety/Redefining Safety: Addressing the unregistered concerns

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Thriving in Safety/Redefining Safety: Addressing the unregistered concerns
Gbowee · Saturday 12:15 - 13:00

Please have a look at the topics that people want to see in this space before making a submission and describe how your submission connects with those topics.

Description

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The Trust and Safety policies have been implemented for long, still there are many instances where the guidelines fail to provide a safe space for the people involved. Despite of having different committees and resources Foundation has developed for online and offline safety of the users, and a mandate to follow them, there are many instances that go unreported because they haven't been listed in the policy document thus making people ignorant towards them.

Along with this, creating a safe space for people to share their issues and find assistance to deal with them.

Relationship to the theme

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This session will address the conference theme — Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals — in the following manner:

This session will be in line with the Sustainable development goals of- Good Health and Well being, decent work and economic growth and reduced inequalities. A safe space helps people work freely and a free mind is the most creative and productive mind.

Session outcomes

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At the end of the session, the following will have been achieved:

We will all be able to discuss the unaddressed issues of safety, their impact on the people involved and movement as a whole. Probable ways to counter such issues.

Session leader(s)

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Manavpreet Kaur

Session type

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Each Space at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The program design prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:

  • Workshop to identify and try to solve problem
  • Other

Requirements

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The session will work best with these conditions:

  • Room (Please be aware that the main room available will be a 30 person board room. We can try and arrange for other rooms, but cannot guarantee success No specific requirements):
  • Audience: Interested participants
  • Recording:


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