Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm

Activist, Change Agent, Entrepreneur

Yvette is the Executive Director of WITNESS, a global network of human rights defenders whose mission it is to train and support activists and citizens to use visual media and participatory technologies, safely and effectively, to expose human rights abuse and fight for human rights change. WITNESS aims to make the act of 'witnessing' - of capturing, exposing, amplifying human rights abuses into second nature for us all. WITNESS equips ordinary citizens with the skills, tools, platforms, and networks to expose and address injustice in their communities. Yvette envisions a citizen-driven human rights movement and collaboration between media, technology and human rights to effect human rights change. She serves on the boards of: AccessNow.org, FoundationCenter.org, MideastYouth.com (now:Majal.org)

Turning millions of ordinary citizens into effective documenters to fight for human rights.// Democratising the fight for human rights.// The truth. // Live streaming and citizens who expose the truth.

The future of human rights advocacy is about live streaming and curation. How to turn your mobile video into a story you can trust: https://blog.witness.org/2015/12/new-mobile-app-camerav-helps-documenters-create-verifiable-media/ What the technology companies can do to change the future of human rights: Technology.Advocacy.Policy. : https://technology.witness.org/

advocacy, human rights, human rights media curation, innovative human rights tools, police violence and video, turning citizens into effective witnesses, vicarious trauma, video as evidence, visual media, WITNESS Media Lab

Visual media tactics to democratize the human rights movement and create a just world.