TY - GEN
T1 - Aiding Intimate Violence Survivors in Lockdown
AU - Slupska, Julia
AU - Brown, Megan Lindsay
N1 - Funding Information:
Special thanks to Nancy Glass (Principal Investigator), Amber Clough (Project Manager).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Owner/Author.
PY - 2022/4/27
Y1 - 2022/4/27
N2 - The global pandemic and associated lockdown measures created new and severe forms of vulnerability for people living in the context of intimate partner violence and coercive control, including being trapped in their homes with abusers and struggling to access advocates as services moved online. This paper outlines innovations used by victim advocates and service providers in reaching survivors in often impossible circumstances, and summarizes lessons from the design of a safety-planning application named "myPlan". We propose digital security guidelines for products and services which may be used by survivors cohabiting with abusers or using devices which may be under surveillance. We conclude with reflections on whether technology design leads to empowerment: although we cannot overstate the importance of digital security design which is sensitive to the unique vulnerabilities of marginalized people, true empowerment requires a greater commitment to funding accessible housing, mental health support, and advocacy.
AB - The global pandemic and associated lockdown measures created new and severe forms of vulnerability for people living in the context of intimate partner violence and coercive control, including being trapped in their homes with abusers and struggling to access advocates as services moved online. This paper outlines innovations used by victim advocates and service providers in reaching survivors in often impossible circumstances, and summarizes lessons from the design of a safety-planning application named "myPlan". We propose digital security guidelines for products and services which may be used by survivors cohabiting with abusers or using devices which may be under surveillance. We conclude with reflections on whether technology design leads to empowerment: although we cannot overstate the importance of digital security design which is sensitive to the unique vulnerabilities of marginalized people, true empowerment requires a greater commitment to funding accessible housing, mental health support, and advocacy.
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U2 - 10.1145/3491101.3503548
DO - 10.1145/3491101.3503548
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85129749247
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2022 - Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2022
Y2 - 30 April 2022 through 5 May 2022
ER -