What guides us

At FemBloc we want everyone who approaches us to feel safe and respected. Here are some key points that outline how we work:

  • Gender-based violence is structural and we do not individualize the violence outside of us. There is no justification for assault or abuse, and responsibility must lie with the aggressor.
  • FemBloc's approach is based on intersectionality. We address problems, experiences, or situations taking into account their relationship with various systems of oppression.
  • We want to facilitate processes of empowerment and autonomy both digitally and analogically. We want to be a support and a guide in the process of the affected person, allowing them to decide how they want to follow their own path without being judged.

Our Ethics and Deontology

  • We guarantee the confidentiality of both the data and the stories shared by people who contact Fembloc to address digital gender-based violence.
  • We are committed to providing information about digital gender-based violence as well as resources and tools to confront it.
  • We commit to being honest about our own limitations when accompanying processes.

Feminist principles that guide us

Social Justice

We believe in a fairer society that does not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, race, (dis)ability, origin, age and/or social class.

Restorative and Repearing View

We act based on people's needs and focus on their empowerment. We understand violence as a structural and systemic phenomenon that must be addressed from the social and structural perspective of the problem.

Caring view

Putting vulnerabilities at the center and taking care of each other to build new ways of relating to one another that are healthier and more respectful.

Intersectionality

Entendemos la complejidad de las opresiones y cómo estas se interseccionan según las experiencias, identidades y contexto de cada persona.

Digital as an Extension of the Offline

We recognize that digital gender-based violence is an extension of violence outside the technological environment. We define these violations as acts perpetrated, instigated or aggravated, in part or in whole, by a relationship that uses information and communication technologies (ICT).

Networking

We understand the complexity of oppressions and how they intersect according to each person's experiences, identities, and context.

At FemBloc we work with an ethical and feminist approach, always committed to building a safer, fairer and more equitable world.

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