Technology is not neutral. Behind every algorithm, platform, or artificial intelligence system, there are human decisions, economic interests, and power disputes that directly impact our rights. This intersection between technology and human rights currently holds a fundamental influence over the present and future of our democracies.
In this context, TEDIC, together with Amnesty International Paraguay, is launching the 2026 edition of the Bootcamp on Human Rights and Technology: a virtual space for collective training aimed at activists and human rights defenders across the country who wish to strengthen their capacities, engage in critical debate, and produce knowledge from a situated, feminist, and intersectional perspective.
The Bootcamp proposes an intensive journey through some of the most urgent debates in today’s digital ecosystem: how platforms and the “network of networks” function, what it means to talk about privacy and personal data protection, the limits and tensions of freedom of expression in environments mediated by algorithms, and the ways in which artificial intelligence reproduces—and sometimes deepens—structural inequalities. A central axis will also be technology-facilitated gender-based violence, an issue that increasingly affects the digital experience of women and LGBTQ+ individuals.
Throughout the training process, selected participants will attend virtual classes with specialists from leading organizations in the region and our country, combining theory, critical analysis, and practical tools for activism. The Bootcamp is committed to the exchange of knowledge, the generation of critical thinking, and the construction of alternative narratives from multiple, diverse, and person-centered perspectives.
As part of the closing phase, each participant will receive personalized tutoring to develop a final essay. These texts will be published on TEDIC’s platforms with the goal of amplifying local voices, experiences, and analyses of technology and human rights. As an organization, we believe that producing knowledge is also a way of contesting meaning.
The Bootcamp 2026 has a capacity for 20 people, and the call for applications will remain open until January 28, 2026. Participation is free of charge, and the selection process will prioritize territorial diversity, as well as a variety of backgrounds and activist experiences.
Thinking about technology from a human rights perspective is an urgent political necessity. Faced with a digital future that is often presented as chaotic and inevitable, this Bootcamp proposes a counter-response: to pause, understand, question, and re-imagine.
👉 More information and registration: https://i.tedic.org/bootcamp2026
This activity has been funded by the European Union. Its content is the sole responsibility of TEDIC and Amnesty International Paraguay and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
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