Event:Wikimania/Day Zero Child Safety Training
Day Zero Child Safety Training
Wikimedia Europe, supported by the The Global Advocacy team, is organising a Child Safety Training for active project editors the day before Wikimania - 5 August 2025 in Nairobi.
Trainer
This training will be lead a very experienced professional - Andrew Briercliffe - who has a decades-long experience in online harms, trust & safety and online child protection for both law enforcement authorities and online platforms.
Agenda
The exact agenda is to be confirmed, but we will go through three main points:
- Basics of child safety online
- Threats to be aware of on Wikimedia platforms
- Assessing situations & how to react
Background
Child protection is an important task and challenge for our movement. On the projects the task is handled by both, the Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety team and volunteer editors. And while the Trust & Safety team has professional tools, procedures and experience, volunteers might struggle when confronted serious and stressful situation, however rare or unlikely this is.
Such a training is also one of the recommendations of the Child Rights Impact Assessment, commissioned by the Wikimedia Movement.
Additionally, during a session on child safety online at Wikimania 2024 in Katowice one of the agreed goals by the group was to offer our volunteers assistance and training on this issue.
Practical information
- Date: Tuesday, 5 August, 2025
- Time: 15:00h - 17:00h (local time)
- Venue: Nyeri (Meeting Room 6) in Trademark Hotel
- Refreshments: Basic Tea/Coffee will be available throughout, as well as some snacks.
Interested Participants
Reminder: This training is intended for active volunteer editors.
- Dimi_z
- Mehman
- Islahaddow
- Dadrik
- Janina Abrams