The ABC of our community

Second Semester 2025

During the second semester of 2025, TEDIC continued coming together to learn, converse, resist, and defend our rights. In a context where technology advances rapidly, we focus on creating accessible and collective spaces to discuss privacy, digital security, mental health, free culture, and innovation with a human rights perspective.

This month-by-month journey summarizes what we did and why it matters, from and for the community.

August: Collective Care Practices
As part of our commitment to the community, in August we focused on creating training spaces around our expertise: digital security and care in both online and offline environments. Through in-person workshops, we shared practical tools so that more people could protect their information, accounts, and digital connections, understanding security not only as a technical issue but as a daily practice of self-care and collective care.

Launch of the Mapping of Free and Inclusive Spaces

This month we launched the Mapping of Free and Inclusive Spaces, a participatory initiative with members of the TLGBIQ+ community to identify and highlight safe spaces across the country. Through a collaborative workshop, we used open mapping tools and exchange dynamics to collectively reflect on what makes a space inclusive of diverse communities.

The mapping aims to serve as a practical, living resource, built from the experiences of city dwellers, to share useful information, strengthen care networks, and confront violence and discrimination that still exist in physical spaces.
The map is available [here].

Digital Security for Everyone

We held an open workshop, Digital Security for todes, designed to provide clear, accessible, and approachable basic digital security tools. We worked on secure passwords, two-factor authentication, and personal account protection, sharing common experiences and questions. The workshop reinforced the idea that taking care of ourselves online is part of caring for each other as a community.

Workshop at Uninorte
In the university setting, we conducted a digital security workshop at Uninorte for students and faculty. The session addressed topics such as privacy, surveillance, personal data management, and best practices in academic and professional environments, fostering a critical view of technology use and potential risks in university and work life.

September: Memory, Digital Activism, and Community Gathering

September, TLGBI Memory Month, was a particularly meaningful time for collective reflection, critical knowledge production, and building shared care around rights, technology, and community. In addition to supporting community and activist spaces, the month featured training sessions that deepened debates on digital violence, disinformation, and technology’s role in social life, informed by situated perspectives and concrete experiences.

Ctrl + Alt + Resist

On September 8, we held Ctrl+Alt+Resist, a day where we presented research, articles, and collective proposals on technological trends and phenomena impacting digital rights in Paraguay, such as mass surveillance, disinformation, personal data protection, and artificial intelligence. More than 100 people attended at the CAF Integration House, including Ministry of Women authorities, social organizations, students, collaborators, and the authors of the presented works.

Beyond presentations, Ctrl+Alt+Resist was a community gathering for the TEDIC and allied network. We shared drinks, conversations, and laughter, celebrating the intersection of critical thinking and collective affection. The event featured drag queen Menta Green, who animated the opening and closing, and DJs Hijas de Púa, whose vinyl music created a festive, relaxed, and communal atmosphere. This shared moment reinforced the idea that defending digital rights is also built through care, closeness, and the joy of gathering, strengthening bonds that sustain collective work throughout the year.

Mercadito Cívico
We participated in the Mercadito Cívico, a gathering of civil society organizations and citizens organized by Alma Cívica, where we shared our initiatives, materials, and work lines. This participation strengthened networks with other collectives and opened conversations on digital rights in an approachable and accessible format.

Callecultura Fair 2025
We joined the Callecultura 2025 Fair, an open cultural day bringing together various urban collectives and community initiatives. TEDIC shared materials, engaged with attendees, and reflected on everyday technology use, its impacts on daily life, and the importance of adopting a critical, situated digital perspective in cultural spaces.

Digital Security Workshops and Critical Reflection
Throughout the month, we conducted various workshops addressing digital security from complementary approaches. At the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Art (FADA), we held a Gender Perspective Digital Security Workshop for women and gender-diverse participants, tackling issues like digital harassment, non-consensual content sharing, and hate speech, while incorporating practical self-care tools and collective response strategies.

In the same month, we held a workshop at UNIDA for students and faculty on privacy, surveillance, personal data protection, and best practices in academic and professional environments, focusing on the challenges posed by everyday technology use in educational spaces.

Finally, as part of the exhibition All That Is Solid Melts Into Air at the Juan de Salazar Cultural Center, we ran a workshop exploring the intersection of contemporary art and digital issues. Through artistic experiences, we collectively reflected on disinformation, content circulation, and the effects of digital platforms on meaning-making and public opinion.

Picnic 108: Memories in the Sun

This month we co-organized Picnic 108: Memories in the Sun, a day of remembrance, gathering, and celebration in Plaza Italia for TLGBIQ+ Memory Month. The picnic honored “Case 108,” an episode of historical persecution and violence against TLGBIQ+ people in Paraguay, transforming memory into community and shared enjoyment. Various organizations addressed themes like digital security from a positive perspective, fighting fake news, hate speech, and the importance of safe spaces. TEDIC contributed digital security resources and knowledge, highlighting their importance for protecting identities, privacy, and online connections. The picnic also served as a space for building affective and political networks, strengthening community bonds among participants.

22nd TLGBI+ March

We joined the 22nd TLGBI+ March, organized by the TLGBI+ Coalition of Paraguay, which takes place in Asunción every September 30 to demand respect for TLGBIQ+ rights. Carrying the rainbow flag and TEDIC’s Free and Safe campaign resources, our team marched to make demands visible, celebrate diversity, and affirm that the fight for digital rights is intrinsically linked to the broader struggle for human rights.

October: Collective Cybersecurity and Community Action
October, Cybersecurity Month, was an opportunity to deepen training and reflection on digital security from various approaches and territories. Throughout the month, we conducted workshops and dialogue sessions addressing digital protection not just as a technical issue, but as a practice of care, participation, and rights exercise in diverse contexts.

Digital Security for Protests

We held a workshop specifically for Generation Z participants involved in a civic demonstration in Asunción, sharing tools and strategies to protect privacy and security in mobilizations, reinforcing that activism can and should be combined with digital care practices.

Digital Security Across Cities

In October, we conducted digital security workshops in various academic and community spaces across the country, including EXPOTEC at the National University of Canindeyú, universities in San Estanislao and Salto del Guairá, and Hacktoberfest 2025 at the Polytechnic University. We addressed privacy, account protection, social media risks, and good digital practices, adapting content to local realities and promoting digital literacy as a tool for autonomy and collective care.

Cerrito Forum

At Cerrito Forum, we shared Paraguay’s perspective on digital rights in a regional exchange, discussing current challenges in security, surveillance, and digital technologies, while strengthening ties with other academic and community actors and promoting a critical, situated perspective on technology use.

Encartech 2025

We participated in Encartech 2025, a space for discussion on artificial intelligence, automation, and technological decision-making. TEDIC contributed a social-impact-centered perspective, emphasizing the need for human rights, transparency, and accountability principles in technology development and application.

November: Mental Health, Digital Care, and Community
November focused on a central question: How are technologies affecting our mental health, and what can we do to take better care of ourselves? For World Mental Health Day, TEDIC deepened the work of our Mind Online campaign, creating reflection, training, and gathering spaces focused on digital well-being, everyday care, and the importance of open, situated, collective conversation.

Mind Online: Talks on Technology and Well-Being
We conducted two workshops on the impact of technology on mental health in partnership with Psicofem and the Paraguayan Society of Psychiatry, as part of Mind Online. We shared fanzines on techno-stress, digital detox, and life on screens, and presented new material on online child privacy, expanding the conversation on digital care across life stages.

At Fundación Teletón, the workshop targeted therapists, families, and caregivers, focusing on supporting children and adolescents in their relationship with technology, recognizing warning signs, and practical tools to foster healthier digital interactions. At La Perrera, the session was relaxed and accessible for adults, discussing digital fatigue, anxiety, and how technology shapes routines, emotions, and connections, emphasizing how to set boundaries.

Halloween at Goldie: Costumes and Online Care
We joined Goldie’s Halloween, bringing digital care discussions into a festive, pop, and costume-filled space. Amid drinks and music, we talked about secure passwords, social media privacy, and small self-care gestures that make a difference. Protecting your phone with a strong password can also be emotional care and privacy protection!

“Write for Rights” Tour: Activism on the Move
We concluded November with the Write for Rights tour by Amnesty International, traveling to Pedro Juan Caballero and Concepción to connect with local activists, strengthen ties, and support community mobilization. This reinforced the importance of leaving Asunción, listening to other realities, and building territory-based activism. Defense of rights, including digital, is stronger when networked, mobile, and collectively sustained.

December: Human Rights, Community, and Year-End
December, the closing month, focused on human rights defense and community gathering. Around International Human Rights Day, we participated in spaces to share learnings, engage with activists, and celebrate collective work that sustained much of the year’s actions. Fairs, cultural events, and volunteer recognition marked the close of a rich, community-centered year.

CODEHUPY Fair and Digital Human Rights
As part of the launch of the Annual Report on Human Rights in Paraguay by CODEHUPY, we participated in the commemorative fair. TEDIC contributed the article on technology and digital rights, addressing Paraguay’s situation and current challenges in freedoms, regulation, and rights access in digital spaces. Discussions focused on technology as a tool of control, autonomous weapons, and integrating human rights into tech debates.

Gran Feria Robusta: Technology, Feminism, and Gathering
We also joined the Gran Feria Robusta at Club Touch, a creative and community space featuring illustration, art, and cultural experiences. TEDIC hosted a table sharing materials, resources, and merch, presenting campaigns like Feminist Cyborg and Free and Safe, fostering exchange and celebration with other collectives.

Volunteer Day: Recognizing What Sustains Us

For National Volunteer Day, TEDIC dedicated a space to recognize and thank volunteers for their year-long support. Through a social media carousel, we celebrated the commitment, energy, and time volunteers contributed to workshops, marches, fairs, and campaigns. Volunteers are a fundamental pillar and a concrete form of participation and collective construction of digital rights.

A Year of Collective Work and Rights in Motion
2025 was full of learning, collaboration, and challenges. Over these months, we continued defending digital rights from a feminist, community-based, and situated perspective, focusing on training, advocacy, cultural activism, and territorial engagement. Each workshop, fair, march, and conversation reaffirmed the importance of building technology with care, autonomy, and social justice.

We close the year with the conviction that collective work makes these struggles possible and look forward to 2026, strengthening networks, deepening debates, and creating new ways to inhabit digital spaces more justly and humanely.