About

Get to know more about Maria d’Ajuda, the first digital security helpline made by Brazilian feminists focused on women, non-binary people, LGBTQIA+ and organizations in Latin America.

The helpline is born from a MariaLab desire of developing a systematized process to assist to emergencies in digital security and digital care, counting on a multidisciplinary team that uses a feminist methodology of welcoming and problem solving that, not only goes through technical and objective matters, but also active listening and encourages autonomy.

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Maria d'Ajuda is a free and safe service that provides emergency assistance for cases of digital threat in Latin America through a feminist methodology that welcomes and educates to develop autonomy.

The service is systematized and prioritizes the use of free software infrastructures.

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Digital care brings you well-being, greater emotional security and autonomy

How to ask for help

It is pretty simple!

You can just send an e-mail to sos@mariadajuda.org

with a brief contextualization of the request to open a ticket. Within 2 days you will receive a response and we will start the assistance.

If your request does not concern digital security, we will indicate other helplines.

Each service is unique and personalized.

About Marialab

We are a feminist organization that work to value care in digital media, seeking to make the spaces and debates about technology more plural, involving more women, trans and non-binary people, and promoting reflection and discussion that considers race, social class, gender identity, and sexuality in the design of technologies, whether digital or not.

more info at marialab.org

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Maria d'Ajuda

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You can help our helpline grow through your support. We accept donations through PIX or Transferwise.

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