Localized Digital Security Guides

Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Surveillance Self-Defense Guides

EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) guides help users all over the world secure their digital lives. They include tutorials and step-by-step information for using a number of different digital security tools and Internet freedom resources. The SSD guides are currently available in 10 different languages on the SSD website and with help from Localization Lab contributors, we are increasing the number of localized guides available for communities around the globe here on the Localization Lab website. If you are interested in having the SSD guides in your language, reach out to us at info@localizationlab.org for more information.

SSD Guides are available in Amharic, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese on the official website.

Digital Security Guidelines for Human Rights Workers and Journalists in Ethiopia

Human rights defenders and journalists have been targeted by authorities in Ethiopia simply for expressing themselves freely and for standing for their beliefs. Many reports show that authoritarian governments hire international hacking companies to target human rights defenders. Ethiopia is one of those countries. This digital security guideline, developed in three languages - Afaan Oromo, Amharic and English - aims to empower human rights defenders with the skills to protect their presence online.

SAFE SISTERS: A COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO DIGITAL SAFETY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Safe Sister is a common sense guide for women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them stay safe online.

AYETA DIGITAL RIGHTS TOOLKIT

Localization Lab facilitated the localization of the Paradigm Initiative’s Ayeta Digital Rights toolkit with contributors from the Akan language group. Other languages that are to be worked on include; Ewe, Ga, Igbo, and Yoruba.

This toolkit is designed with the overarching aim of addressing the growing need to safeguard digital rights defenders, journalists, whistle blowers, and others working with sensitive information in the global South. Paradigm Initiative (PIN) is dedicated to making the toolkit user friendly and ensuring it remains a living resource by making newer versions available. We rely on your feedback – comments, ideas, criticism, and stories to achieve this. Please send feedback to hello@ayeta.africa

TABLE-TOP EXERCISE SCENARIOS AND FACILITATION GUIDES for internews’ journalist security fellowsHIP (jsf)

Localization Lab facilitated the localization of table-top exercise scenarios and facilitation guides for participants of Internews’ Journalist Security Fellowship (JSF). The table-top exercises were developed by the JSF fellows themselves to evaluate their organization’s readiness in responding to emergencies and other incidents.

*NOTICE: Trainers and teachers all around the world have independently localized and translated content from EFF’s Security Education Companion and Surveillance Self-Defense. Please note that EFF has not reviewed or checked this work, and cannot vouch for its accuracy or whether it is up to date. However, we are including these links in case it’s helpful to your teaching practice. In case of doubt, always compare them with the latest version on EFF's own websites, at https://ssd.eff.org/ and https://sec.eff.org/.