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This project explores how digital surveillance shapes emotional wellbeing, identity, and economic opportunity for youth.

Surveillance and the Self: Youth-Centered Frameworks for Resilience and Advocacy

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<h2 style="white-space:pre-line">Policy Report</h2>
<p>A policy report highlighting the human impact of digital surveillance and introducing the S.A.F.E.R Model to strengthen digital resilience and accountability.</p>

<h2 style="white-space:pre-line;text-align:center">The S.A.F.E.R Model</h2>
<p class="large" style="white-space:pre-line;text-align:center">Surveillance Awareness for Emotional &amp; Economic Resilience</p>
<p style="text-align:center">A human-centered framework that helps individuals understand, navigate, and respond to digital surveillance by strengthening awareness, protection, and resilience in online spaces.</p>

<h2 style="text-align:center">The Digital Self Under Surveillance</h2>
<p class="large" style="text-align:center">A Youth Toolkit on Digital Personas, Behavior, and Resilience</p>
<p style="text-align:center">A reflective, youth-centered toolkit that helps individuals understand how surveillance shapes their digital identity, behavior, and risk, while building awareness and safer online habits.</p>

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Empower Youth in Digital Rights

Digital Defense BluePrint Initiative

A youth-led digital rights initiative advancing freedom of expression, digital safety, and human-centered technology governance through research, creative storytelling, and policy advocacy in Southern Africa.