Pyrou Chung, East West Management Institute – ODI (EWMI-ODI)
Elizabeth Imti, Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)

Does a woman sharing information about her failed riverside crops, destroyed by unseasonal release of flows from an upstream hydropower infrastructure project, count as a security threat? The ODI and partners across the Mekong region are linking technology experts with women environmental defenders to co-create safe spaces.Co-creating these safe spaces involves the joining together and work of different stakeholders to assert more control over the product, in this case knowledge systems that are safe and secure and which capture value for the user. In this session we will hear from members of the steering committee on their experiences with the co-creation of these safe spaces.