Sanda Sandu
For the past 3 years, Sanda has been part of the Human Rights Team at the Wikimedia Foundation, currently serving as a Human Rights Specialist. The work focused on protecting community members and ensuring their safety.
Over 10 years of experience in the field of civil society and international organizations on human rights, human security and security sector governance. Researcher and coordinator of studies, author of articles on topics related to information security, identification of corruption risks, analysis of the security and defense sector, coordination of external assistance, drafting a methodology for assessing threats, risks and vulnerabilities towards the security of the state.
Interventions
The objective of the session is to raise awareness about the human rights risks associated with the volunteer work and contribution on Wiki projects and provide recommendations to maintain a safe and secure environment.
The session will contain a brief overview of what human rights entail with a focus on freedom of expression, privacy, right to access information. Human Rights Team will explore the specific human rights risks faced by Wikimedia volunteers, such as cyberbullying, doxxing, harassment, and arrest, etc.
We will present examples of our work, recommendations and resources on how to be safe.