TOOLKIT: Contributions from social justice to the digital justice ecosystem
Digital justice recognises that technology is not neutral. It can reinforce existing and intersecting forms of oppression. Most social justice work already has a digital dimension, whether we see it immediately or not.
This toolkit, developed by ENAR, is a starting point for social justice organisations across Europe who want to explore how to engage with digital and tech issues. It is not a comprehensive guide, but an invitation: to connect racial, economic, climate, migrant, queer and trans-feminist justice work to the growing digital justice ecosystem.
Drawing on interviews with organisations who have navigated this path, the toolkit explores:
- What digital justice is and how the ecosystem functions.
- Why meaningful participation requires invitation, accessibility, and real power.
- The concrete strengths social justice organisations already bring, including lived experience, trust within communities, raising underexposed issues, and translating policy into real-life impact.
- Practical strategies to connect, from joining networks to documenting digital harms and building strategic partnerships.
It also maps key actors in the field, including European Digital Rights (EDRi), Access Now, Algorithm Watch, Amnesty Tech and Weaving Liberation, alongside initiatives working on digital policing, migration surveillance, platform governance, and climate justice.
In a political climate where social justice is under pressure, collaboration is not optional. Social justice and digital justice need each other.
If your organisation works for equality and justice, your perspective is not an add-on to digital debates. It is essential.
Read the toolkit below and take the first step into the digital justice ecosystem.
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