Listers,
I am supporting @Cecilia on this topic.
First, in 2015, The U.N. Broadband Commission reported that one in five young women has been sexually harassed online. Amnesty International ’s report suggested that over three-quarters of women and girls expected violence and abuse if they expressed an opinion online.
The need to end gender-based violence against women continue to be the subject of global discourse. This is an issue in Kenya too. Case in point, Technology-assisted Violence Against Women (TAVAW). For instance, recent cases:
- Radio Jambo Presenter Annitah Raey ‘cyberbullied’ for talking about rape via @TheStarKenya
- Today in the East African, Nerima Wako, ED, Siasa Place writes that "Twitter is a safe space for insecure men with fake handles and no volume control"
she says "When you defend yourself online as a woman, people judge you for how you speak because apparently, women have to behave in a certain way. They should not curse or yell, otherwise they will be seen as having no class. But men have no rules."
I am not defending men in this case, but it should be noted that women are attacked more than men online.
Some of the measures that have been proposed before, borrowing a leaf from Hivos and ICJ Kenya:
Is this enough? in addressing this issue amicably?
Kind Regards,
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