The Safe Sisters Blog

For Lourdes Walusala, a radio journalist at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and member of the Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK), the pursuit of further education was not only a desire but also a dream. She dared to imagine that one day she would not only study her masters in a field related to her career […]

Safe Sister Cecilia Maundu is a Kenyan journalist, teacher of journalism, gender specialist, and digital security trainer. Cecilia shared with us these updates from the 2019 Internet Freedom Forum where she hosted a session with Localization Lab. It was quite interesting. My most notable thing was that, terms used in technology especially in this part of […]

The Digital Security Trainer’s Assistant, is a guide for new and experienced digital security trainers, who want a friendly, easy-to-follow guide that they can keep with them as they learn and train. Written by digital security trainer, Natasha Msonza, the guide draws from her experiences learning and training others on digital security. It may be […]

Tumeandika kitabu hiki kiweze kuwasaidia wasichana waweze kusoma juu ya matatizo ambayo wanaweza kukutana nayo katika wavuti (kama picha kuvuja au kuibiwa, virusi, na ulaghai) jinsi tunavyoweza kufanya maamuzi sahihi kila siku ili kujilinda wenyewe na kufanya wavuti iwe mahali salama kwa ajili yetu wenyewe, familia zetu, na wanawake wote. Lengo letu ni kufanya usalama […]

Zaituni Njovu’s friend seemed to have everything to live for. Smart, affluent and well-educated, she worked with Njovu at a bank in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. But then an old boyfriend set out to ruin her reputation. He cobbled together suggestive photos of her into a video and posted it online. As the photos spread, […]

ይህ መመሪያ የተዘጋጀው ሴቶች በይነመረብን(ኢንተርኔት) ሲጠቀሙ የሚደርስባቸውን ችግር (ለምሳሌ የተለቀቁ ወይም የተሰረቁ ፎቶዎች፣ቫይረሶች እና የማጭበርበሪያ መልዕክቶች(ስካሞች) እና የመሳሰሉትን እንዲገነዘቡት ለማስተማርነው። ከነዚህ በይነመረብን(ኢንተርኔትን) ተመስርተው ከሚፈፀሙ ጥቃቶች ራሳችንን ለመጠበቅየሚያስችለንን ትክክለኛውን ውሳኔ እንዴት እንወስናለን? እንዲሁም ኢንተርኔትን ለግል ጥቅማችን፣ለቤተሰቦቻችን ብሎም ለሁሉም ሴቶች ከጥቃት የተጠበቀ ቦታ እንዴት ማድረግ እንችላለን?የሚለውን ጠቅለል ያለ ምላሽ ለመስጠት ታስቦ የተዘጋጀ መመሪያ ነው።

We are excited to announce the launch of #SafeSisters, a digital security guideline for women and girls in Sri Lanka! This guideline will arm women with skills and knowledge to protect themselves online! Check it out in English, Sinhala and Tamil on the Resources page! ‘සුරැකි සොයුරියෝ’ – ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කාන්තාවන් සහ ගැහැනු ළමුන් සදහා ඩිජිටල්  ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳ මාර්ගෝපදේශය එළිදැක්වීම දන්වා […]

Originally posted at The Bachchao Project The Bachchao Project conducted a training of trainers for women, trans* and queer individuals, and those belonging to the LGBTQIA+ spaces. The people for the training were chosen from a closed call spread in various underrepresented communities. Nine trainees were initially chosen, out of which six trainees completed their […]