Digital Care Citizenship and Ethics: workshops for digital equality and prevention of online violence
Client: Citizen Participation Unit of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria
Execution date: March – April 2026
Service: Training
Description:
During March and April 2026, a series of training workshops are developed for families, teachers and professionals working in educational and social contexts. This training is linked to the work we have been carrying out with the project “Care-ful Citizenship and Digital Ethics: New Ways of Being, Engaging, and Participating in the Online World,” and its objective was to promote a critical, responsible, and care-centered digital citizenship, especially among young people and the adults who support them.
The three sessions, structured in complementary modules, provide practical tools to understand digital environments, support young people, and prevent digital violence from a cyber-equality perspective.
Workshop 1: Digital citizenship and online participation in action
This first workshop focuses on the foundations of critical and active digital citizenship. It addresses digital rights and responsibilities, responsible use of technology and risks in online environments. Moreover, it explored how algorithms, artificial intelligence and misinformation shape opinions, beliefs and behaviors.
Participants can examine different levels of online participation: from passive consumption to active engagement, and reflected on phenomena such as clicktivism. The session also provides educational strategies to support young people in developing critical thinking, autonomy and responsible digital behavior, as well as tools for digital self-care and time management.
Workshop 2: Identity and self-esteem in the age of the “like”
The second workshop explores the impact of social media on identity, self-esteem and relationships. It addressed dynamics such as “like culture”, the need for external validation, FOMO (fear of missing out) and online social pressure.
Furthermore, it is examined how gender stereotypes, beauty standards, influencers, filters and artificial intelligence affect body image and emotional well-being and the consequences of constant exposure and social comparison were discussed in depth.
Participants are provided with practical tools to strengthen their self-esteem, personal leadership skills and conscious digital participation, integrating self-care, cybersecurity and the promotion of respectful online interactions.
Workshop 3: Digital equality, care and online conviviality
The last workshop of this series focuses on preventing digital violence from a gender, human rights and care-centered perspective. It addressed stereotypes and biases in digital environments, anonymity culture and content virality, as well as the differences between conflict, harmful behavior and criminal acts.
Furthermore, different forms of digital violence, such as cyberbullying, controlling behaviors, aesthetic violence, sextortion and hate speech, were analyzed, including their impacts and early warning signs. Eventually, practical tools for detection, prevention and intervention were provided for family, educational and professional contexts.
Methodology and takeaways:
The methodology we apply in all sessions is practical, experiential and participatory, based on real-life cases and everyday situations. Hence, the workshops create safe spaces for open dialogue, where participants can share real concerns, experiences and challenges related to technology use in their daily lives.
This approach makes it possible to address common issues such as mobile phone use, conflicts on social media, privacy exposure, supporting minors and managing risk situations, fostering collective learning and practical solutions.
This work proves especially relevant and essential in today’s context, where inequalities, stereotypes and violence are also reproduced in digital environments. Supporting young people and the adults around them in developing critical and ethical digital skills is key to building safer, more equal and respectful online spaces.
Promoting digital equality and care-centered citizenship not only helps prevent online violence, but also strengthens active, aware and socially responsible citizenship.