CREATING SAFE ONLINE SPACES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

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Online Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls

Digitization is gaining momentum in East Africa and opening up unprecedented opportunities for women to express themselves and take part in social and developmental debates. Online violence against women and girls has dramatically increased and most women in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya. The majority of women and girls who are active on social media have ever experienced some form of online gender-based violence

As a result, women often censor themselves or withdraw from social media. Lacking are strategies and functioning legal regulations to protect women on the Internet.

We joined the Women@Web project to empower women and girls through advocacy, research, carrying out digital literacy and security training

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Tosilika

Tosilika is a Luganda word meaning 'Don’t be silent'. In our context, the word means; don’t be silent about online violence against women and girls. The intended objective of the whole campaign is, don’t be silent encourage the target audience to report and speak up against those perpetrating the vice of online violence against women and children.

Technology-related violence is just as damaging to women and girls as physical violence and it is estimated that 73% of women have endured cyber violence, with women being 27 times more likely than men to be harassed online. Women and girls should be aware of the options available to them in case they have been violated online.
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Capacity Building for Police Officers

In discussing women’s access to legal recourse, we must also acknowledge the role police play as women’s first contact with the criminal justice system. Therefore, any legal approach to make online spaces safer for women must include policies to build police’s capacity in the field of online violence and police’s ability to keep up with the advancement in technology.

This campaign aims at building the capacity of Police officers in Uganda about forms of online gender-based violence and how they can be handled. Additionally, officers are equipped with digital security skills that they can share with victims and survivors of online gender-based violence.



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