Team
We are cross-regional multicultural team working to support human rights defenders.
Cross-regional
Frerieke
PROGRAMME
MANAGER
Frerieke has over 10 years of experience in coordinating international projects and teams within the NGO sector, focused mostly on ICT, media, and training. She enjoys going out with her (wind)surfboard or playing around with her three children.
MANAGER
Allan
TECH
OFFICER
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OFFICER
Laila
PROJECT
ASSISTANT
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ASSISTANT
Sophie
OPERATIONS
MANAGER
Sophie is an all-round project manager, dedicated specifically to human rights, peace and gender justice work. Currently responsible for smooth operations within the DDP team, Sophie loves the challenge of setting up a procedural, administrative and financial framework that supports the impact of DDPs work.
MANAGER
Aumarh
TECH
OFFICER
Aumarh is a digital activist, community organizer and holistic security trainer with extensive experience working in digital rights, women’s rights, LGBTIQ+ rights, social justice, movement building, and issues that intersect with privacy, security, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
OFFICER
Leila
DMEAL OFFICER
Leila has a background in democratic governance, International Relations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), civil society capacity building and Policy Analysis with a focus on the Middle East North Africa region.
Alex
COMMUNITY BUILDING OFFICER
Alexandra holds a master degree in sociology and a PhD in economics. She has undertaken a postdoctoral position for the Institute for Prospective Technologies Studies (European commission). She is a cyberfeminist working in the area of gender and tech, and the editor of two volumes about the panorama of technological sovereignty initiatives. She enjoys doing holistic security and speculative fiction workshops.
Björk
PROJECT OFFICER
GRANTS
Björk is a Berlin-based producer and organiser drawing from a long experience in transfeminist, anti-globalisation and environmental movements, with a strong footing in subcultural contexts and autonomous spaces and infrastructures at the community level. She has worked with various leading organisations and is currently co-curating the annual Radical Networks conference.
GRANTS
Mati
FINANCIAL
OFFICER
Mati holds a Master’s degree in accounting and control from The Netherlands and a BSc degree from the US. She is a Certified Public Accountant and has over 10 years of experience in accounting and finance. In her free time, she loves doing yoga and enjoys spending time with her family.
OFFICER
Ana
PROJECT
ASSISTANT
Ana is a Project Assistant.
ASSISTANT
Inés
COMMS & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT OFFICER
Inés is a hackfeminist activist with a background in community radio. She is also a researcher interested in the political economy of information and communication technologies and social movements.
Peter
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT FACILITATOR
Peter is a holistic security trainer with a focus on digital security and emotional care. Weaving activism and art together for solidarity and nonviolent resistance, Peter enjoys the intensity of community living, authentic encounters and musical moments.
Anglophone Africa
Xeenarh
REGIONAL PROJECT MANAGER
Xeenarh Regional Project Manager for Africa.
Mamu
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
Mamu is a Digital Protection Facilitator.
Chipo
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
Chipo is a Digital Protection Facilitator.
Natasha
DIGITAL PROTECTION
LEAD
Natasha is a Digital Protection Lead.
LEAD
Christine
PROJECT OFFICER
GRANTS
Christine is a Human Rights activist and a feminist advocate based in Kenia. She supports activists fighting oppression in responding to the attacks they face. She believes in fairness and putting the rights holders’ views at the forefront.
GRANTS
Ruth
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
Ruth is a technologist, a digital activist, and a holistic security trainer based in Uganda. She has eight years of practice translating technology to non-technical audiences to enhance their resilience online and offline, specifically in East African civic spaces..
John
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
John is a Tanzania-based security specialist with almost a decade of experience in the digital space. His drive toward working with Human Rights defenders came from working with the non-profit community as a volunteer and a full-time IT officer, where he witnessed the gaps in Human Right Defenders’ sensitive line of work.
Francophone Africa
Gnagna
REGIONAL PROJECT MANAGER
Gnagna is Francophone Africa Regional Project Manager.
Stella
PROJECT OFFICER
GRANTS
Stella is passionate about helping vulnerable groups use technology to stay safe online and have a stronger voice.
GRANTS
Blaise
DIGITAL PROTECTION
LEAD
Blaise is a panafricanist, blogger and web activist. Husband, father and lover of good music. He campaigns for peace and justice in Africa and around the world.
LEAD
Asia
Afra
REGIONAL PROJECT MANAGER
Afra is Regional Project Manager for Asia.
Resa
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
Resa is a Digital Protection Facilitator.
Clara
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
Clara is a Digital Protection Facilitator.
Tel
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
Tes is a Digital Protection Facilitator.
Fani
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
Fani is a Digital Protection Facilitator.
Lintang
PROJECT OFFICER
GRANTS
Fani is a Project Officer.
GRANTS
Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
Altynay
REGIONAL PROJECT MANAGER
Altynay is a queer decolonial feminist. Previously she worked with queer feminist initiatives in Kazakhstan and wider post-Soviet region on building and amplifying movements based on decolonial and care-centered principles. Aside from work, Altynay is doing her doctoral research on decolonizing donor-grantee relations in the development area.
Ruslana
PROJECT OFFICER
GRANTS
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GRANTS
Latin America and the Caribbean
March
REGIONAL PROJECT MANAGER
March is Regional Project Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Gema
PROJECT OFFICER
GRANTS
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GRANTS
Carl
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
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Jacobo
DIGITAL PROTECTION FACILITATOR
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Fernanda
DIGITAL PROTECTION
LEAD
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LEAD
