Love letter to myself

• Objective(s): To provide space and time for women human right defenders to think about themselves, their concerns, and the actions they can take to relieve the pressures they face.
• Length: 20 minutes
• Format: Exercise
• Skill level: Basic
• Required knowledge:
  • None required
• Related sessions/exercises:
  • None
• Needed materials:
  • Paper and Pens
  • Projector and laptop/computer (to show the sentences below)
  • Optional: if you would prefer not to have a projector for this session, you can write out the sentences below on a large piece of flipchart or poster board.
• Recommendations: Self-care is an essential part of a holistic digital security practice, and is important to consistently reinforce and encourage – it is highly recommended that you distribute exercises from this module throughout your training. depending on the group you are working with (and the amount of time you have for this exercise) consider closing this with a reflection on self-care and why it is important. ask participants - when was the last time they asked themselves how they felt? is their activism having an impact in their health? how are they taking care of the most important resources they have for their activism work (themselves)?