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UN Women UK and Code Coven are launching a game jam to promote the creation of safe spaces using gaming.
Safe Spaces Now is Code Coven’s first ever game jam and will run from 20-27 August.
Participants in the game jam will be invited to create new solutions to prevent violence rooted in misogyny, including using gamification to promote empathy, understanding the issue, and equip people to better prevent violent behaviour.
Women, girls and people of marginalised genders experience harassment and discrimination worldwide, both online and offline. More than one in three women worldwide experience abuse, but over 95 per cent of women don’t report it, according to UN Women UK stats.
Sexism is particularly prevalent in gaming spaces, with female gamers receiving constant harassment on platforms like Twitch.
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