#MakeITSafe: Our Health, Our Rights, Our Future!
As digital health technologies transform the way we access health information and care, young people around the world are rising to demand a future where digital health protects human rights and prevents online harm – not undermines them.
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Join the movement to ensure that digital spaces are safe, inclusive and empowering for everyone.
Find out more.Join #MakeITSafe, a global campaign to spotlight the lived digital experiences of young people Ghana, Kenya, Colombia, and Vietnam— and to amplify similar realities faced by youth worldwide. Grounded in new research from the Digital Health and Rights Project (DHRP), this campaign urges young people, communities, governments, funders and tech companies to confront digital inequality and ensure youth are protected, empowered, and meaningfully included in shaping digital health. It’s a call to co-create safer, more inclusive online spaces with and for young people.
Why now?
Global decision makers, from UN agencies to national governments, are shaping the future of digital health governance, yet youth voices, especially from marginalised communities, remain underrepresented in conversations that directly impact them.
With decision makers gathering at key events like the 2025 World Health Assembly, this is a once in a generation moment to amplify youth voices and reshape digital health governance. We are calling for action to ensure digital health that prioritises access and affordability, privacy and data protection, tackling online stigma, digital literacy, and ensuring youth voices shape global digital health and governance.
It is essential that access to health services is not exclusively reliant on digital access, to avoid locking out those who lack access.
What research tells us
- Many young people lack the digital literacy to recognise misinformation or protect themselves online.
- Digital exclusion remains a major barrier, particularly in rural areas and low resource communities.
- Stigma and discrimination persist in digital spaces, especially for LGBTQI+ youth, people living with HIV, and sex workers.
- Privacy risks from surveillance to data exploitation are harming trust and deterring people from accessing online health services.
But young people are not just victims of these systems, they are change makers ready to lead!
Join the movement to #MakeITSafe!
Our campaign will launch globally on 21st May, 2025 at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Expect bold conversations with WHO, UNDP, OHCHR, and youth leaders.
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Join the movement to ensure that digital spaces are safe, inclusive and empowering for everyone.
Find out more.Explore the Digital Health and Rights Project
