Illustration of two young Aboriginal women looking at their phones and smiling. Both have brown skin and brown hair and wear bright, colourful clothing.
'U Right Sis?' logo, which features the words within a colourful speech bubble and the letter 'U' has a line pattern within it.

U Right Sis? is a primary prevention program aimed at empowering communities to identify and respond to technology-facilitated abuse in Central Australia.

What is primary prevention?

Primary prevention focuses on addressing the root causes of violence to stop violence against women before it starts. This means promoting gender equality and anti-racism in society and addressing systemic barriers, disadvantage and discrimination. Primary prevention aims to create a safer and more equal environment for everyone.

Blue speech bubble: "Our resources aim to increase digital literacy so that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women can keep themselves safe online".

We work in ten locations in the nt (and counting)

Map of the NT: Arrernte Country 1 Mparntwe/Alice Springs 2 Amoonguna 3 Ltyentye Apurte/Santa Teresa 4 Ntaria/Hermannsburg; Luritja Country 5 Papaya; Warumungu Country 6 Jurnkkurakurr/Tennant Creek; Warlpiri Country 7 Nyirripi; Anmatyerre Country
Green speech bubble with the text "Everybody deserves to use technology freely, creatively, and without harm!"
Illustration of lightning marks.
What is technology-facilitated abuse?
Purple speech bubble: "When someone uses technology - like social media or their phone - to threaten, harass, impersonate, stalk, monitor, or otherwise abuse another person."

The four most common technology-facilitated abusive behaviours are:

Harassment

Icon of a phone with 136 missed calls, ringing loudly.

Can look like non-stop texting, calling someone at their workplace until they get in trouble, or constantly messaging on different platforms.

Impersonation

Icon of a phone with a profile picture called "copycat" and a few speech bubbles saying "hey! that's me!".

Involves the creation of fake profiles with the intention of humiliating, threatening, controlling or causing harm to another person.

Monitoring / stalking

Icon of a phone with a map, showing a red dot moving, and lots of exclamation marks.

Can include the use of spyware or apps to track someone, or using a new platform or profile to contact someone after being blocked.

Threats

Icon of a phone with a red angry message and lots of vibration noises.

Can include threats to harm or kill directed either at the victim-survivor, or at children, partners, pets, and/or property.

1 in 4 Australians said they had engaged in at least one form of technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetime (Source: Powell, Flynn and Hindes, 2022).
Illustration of a pink lightning bolt.

U right sis? focuses on building digital literacy for aboriginal women so they can stay safe online

Speech bubble: "We collaborate with local Indigenous communities to deliver in-person workshops where we talk about technology-facilitated abuse, promote healthy relationships, and co-create resources with workshop participants in local languages".
Front cover of the 'U Right Sis? Staying Safe Online Evidence Brief'.

Evidence brief

Front cover of the 'U Right Sis? Staying safe online Facilitator's Guide'.

Facilitator’s guide

Poster of an illustration young Aboriginal girl with speech bubbles around her "Who is sharing my private photo?"; "Who has my password and is taking my money?".

Community poster

Illustration of a cartoon woman thinking "I'm going to get some help" and saying "why are they sending me nasty messages?" - she is looking at her phone.
It's illegal to share private photos without asking! Illustration of a hand clicking a 'report' button on a phone, with the text "Let's work together as one".
Good stuff on social media. Photo of a hand holding a phone with the following green flags written on it "celebrating natural beauty"; "celebrating all genders"; "being kind and accepting" and "representing all body types".

Instagram

Get in touch with us

Support is always available:

Kunga Stopping violence

@KungaProgram16

WoSSCA: available 24/7

Phone: (08) 8952 6075
www.wossca.org.au