We envision an inclusive and just society where women and girls are enabled to use Information Communications Technologies (ICTs) for sustainable development.
Are you an innovator dedicated to enhancing women's Freedom of Expression in Uganda?
WOUGNET's National Legal Empowerment Hackathon on Freedom of Expression is providing you with an opportunity to bring your ideas to life!
More details:
#HerRightToKnow
📣ANNOUNCEMENT📣
We would like to wish our outgoing Executive Director,
@PeaceOlive1
all the best and warmly welcome our incoming Executive Director,
@sandraaceng
who will continue to advance WOUGNET’s work in Uganda and beyond.
🤔Did you know that policies on Freedom of Expression & Access to Information hinder
#WomensRightsOnline
?
📣Join
@wougnet
today in a Tweet Chat as we explore some of these laws & how they affect women’s participation online.
📆28th March 2024
⏱️2:00 PM EAT
#HerRightToKnow
🎺Let’s bridge the gap in women’s Freedom of Expression & Access to Information together!
Join our Twitter chat this Friday as we explore the challenges and draft strategies for an inclusive online space.
⏰ 2:00PM EAT
📅 17th May, 2024
#HerRightToKnow
@commonwealthorg
What strategies can be put in place to ensure that new policies and laws do not infringe on women’s Freedom of Expression & Access to Information?
#HerRightToKnow
🤔How can we ensure that policies on rights of Freedom of Expression & Access to Information are inclusive & representative?
Join our X chat this FRIDAY as we explore strategies for inclusive policy making processes for a gender inclusive online environment.
#HerRightToKnow
@commonwealthorg
What are the risks and challenges associated with implementing laws on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information on women and Women Human Rights Defenders?
#HerRightToKnow
@commonwealthorg
How can policy makers be effectively engaged to understand issues impacting women’s Freedom of Expression & Access to Information?
#HerRightToKnow
When leaked, sexually explicit intimate images interfere with victims' reputation & career (Anne 👇) or lead to criminal prosecution (Rita👇),victims suffer twice. NCII aren't pornography: let's not stigmatize / criminalize the victims. Let's
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
#16DaysOfActivism
During
@sandraaceng
’s remarks, she recognized unique challenges that WHRDs face offline & online. “Today we’ll delve into physical security measures, digital security best practices & strategies for ensuring safety in your pursuit of justice”, she added.
#OurVoicesOurFutures
📣Join us tomorrow from 2:00-3:30pm for a crucial Tweet Chat on Countering Online Backlash in the Civic Space.
Let’s discuss the challenges, share solutions and work towards a more inclusive civic space
#CounteringBacklash
📢 Join us on Nov 9th at 11:30AM EAT for a panel discussion on "A Feminist Internet: In pursuit of an Enabling Internet Environment for Women in Media" during Uganda Media Week 2023. We'll delve into issues of online safety, and more.
#FeministInternet
#UgandaMediaWeek
📌The exciting Uganda Internet Governance Forum 2023 is a stone's throw away.
⚡️Join our E.D
@sandraaceng
in an expert discussion on the topic: 'Innovation Hubs as Centers of Excellence in advancing Digital Rights and Transformation in Uganda'.
☑️Don't miss out!
#UIGF2023
WOUGNET under the
#OurVoicesOurFutures
is glad to convene a direct engagement meeting with Women’s Human Rights in Uganda to forge a way on the ensuring gender inclusive and best practices governing online spaces in Uganda, especially women’s rights online.
Google is undoubtedly the most popular search engine.
Today WOUGNET and it's network will learn Google's wide range of applications to create, edit, share documents and collaborate while working online.
#PromotingMeaningfullConnectivity
@APC_News
Today, under
#OurVoicesOurFutures
project, we are conducting a capacity-building training workshop in Kampala, Uganda, designed to empower Women Human Rights Defenders with knowledge/skills needed to navigate the challenges of both physical/digital security & safety.
@APC_News
Today,
@wougnet
under the
#FemTech
project held a training workshop for CSOs and WHRDs,seeking to strengthen advocacy strategies for women’s rights/privacy online and ensuring that women and girls are able to take legal actions against perpetrators of online violence.
@Internews
This week, under the
@CounterBacklash
project,we are hosting policy-mapping workshops focusing on shrinking civic space and feminists organizing online in Uganda, with an aim of understanding the nature of current backlash and erosion of
#gender
equality agenda in policy spaces.
#DRIF24
Day 2: in case you missed our session on Connect the Unconnected: Strengthening Women’s Access to Rural Broadband Connectivity in Africa this morning with friends from
@APC_News
@OFWAfrica
@Shetgh
@CommonCauseZam
. Follow key highlights: 👇🧵
Q2. What are some examples of discriminatory laws and policies that disproportionately affect women’s Freedom of Expression and Access to Information?
#HerRightToKnow
WOUGNET is at the
#GenderSocialNorms2023
hosted by
@CAREUganda
to discuss the how Digitalization and Technology can be used to impact on Social and Gender Norms especially for refugees, urban and rural women and girls
🗓️Next Week: Look out for our 🔐digital security🔏 training for 6 community volunteers who will later train 120 women politicians, journalists, artists, University students, & law enforcers from 5 districts to improve protection & response to OGBV in Uganda.
#SafetyForCommunity
It's 📢Next Week 📢 Join
@wougnet
's ED
@PeaceOlive1
for a press briefing on the concrete and practically agreed policy priorities that need to be implemented for promotion of online safety and digital security for women journalists in Uganda during
#MorningAtNTV
show
@ntvuganda
Empowering women isn’t just a movement; it's a revolution. Today we join
@uwonet
to continue to amplify voices, break barriers, and pave the way for equality. Let's march together, today and every day to make the womens movement stronger.
#WomensWeek2023
#30thcelebration
How do gender justice advocates & counter backlash actors navigate online spaces with the increasing online backlash?
Join
@wougnet
today in a Tweet chat as we explore the challenges & forge ways forward to
#CounteringBacklash
in online spaces.
📆18th April,2024
⏱️2:00 PM EAT
Largest ever global survey on online violence shows that 1 in 5 girls (19%) have left or significantly reduced use of a social media platform after being harassed, while another 1 in 10 (12%) have changed the way they express themselves. Read more👉
In an effort to promote women’s rights online, we held a National Engagement Dialogue with policy makers, implementers, journalists & women-led CSOs last week to assess the impact of laws on Freedom of Expression & Access to Information on Women’s rights online.
#HerRightToKnow
In our efforts to promote inclusive
#Internet
access in Northern Uganda, last week, in partnership with
@netLabsUG
, we expanded the Rural Broadband Connectivity Network with access points across major schools, hospitals, district offices & major centers.
#InternetForAll
🌐
NCII is defined as the distribution of sexually explicit images or videos that were initially shared with the expectation that they would remain private. Let’s speak up and
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
#16DaysOfActivism
Today we start
#16DaysOfActivism
to end gender-based violence (GBV). One of the most prevalent forms of online
#GBV
is sharing non-consensual intimate images (NCII), like Prisca had to experience. 👇
Let's end the stigma by making online GBV visible & let's
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
!
Earlier today, we convened gender justice advocates & counter backlash actors for a training workshop on Feminist Organising Online & Shrinking civic space. Participants delved into different forms of gender backlash, key actors & tactics on how to counter the backlash.🧵
WOUGNET is delighted to take part in a two-day training on data governance organised by
@PollicyOrg
. Day one of the training aims at equipping participants with knowledge on how data is governed and controlled, and highlight the existing approaches to data governance.
Today as we celebrate the bravery of the Uganda martyrs, let us be inspired by their unwavering devotion to stand firm in our beliefs and make the world a better and safer place for all.
#MartyrsDay24
📣Tomorrow 📣 we will conduct a digital literacy training for our members &beneficiaries on social media management.This prepares the organizations with tools needed to plan, execute, & effectively use social media platforms as an effective tool to engage audiences &drive impact.
📌This month, we are conducting a campaign against
#Online
Gender Based Violence with a main focus of raising awareness about the issue and ultimately creating a safer
#Digital
sphere for women and girls
➡️
#Follow
on our platforms
📢Spread the
#Word
#FeministTech
@Internews
Access to information is a human right that serves the entire public. It can empower women to fully participate in social events & to contribute to sustainable development. As we celebrate this day, we demand for an open and accessible information to bridge gender digital divide
This is Day 6 of the
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
.
We continue to examine and discuss how women are continuously marginalized & disproportionately targeted through online gender based violence hence silencing their voices in society!
#OrangeTheWorld
#16Days
#16DaysOfActivism
This month, under the Rural Voices project, we conducted a community capacity-building workshop and digital literacy training in Apac District. This initiative aims to strengthen women’s access to enhanced Rural Broadband Connectivity in Northern Uganda.
@waccglobal
@APC_News
Distribution of intimate images without consent from the women involved has been a prevalent issue in Uganda and yet little to no measures have been taken to end it. What do you think constitutes Sexually Explicit Images or videos?
#AskforConsent
Welcome to Day 14 of the
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
campaign where we call upon both State & Non-State Actors to form strategic partnerships that will strive towards ending online violence against women as well commemorate the
#16DaysOfActivism
.
#OrangeTheWorld
#16Days
Join us at
#RightsCon
Online (July 27 - 31, 2020) for our session --Not "revenge porn":NCII and new trends in non consensual intimate imagery in Uganda and the role of digital security on July 28 at (4:45 UTC-4)
@dhrlab
@rightscon
🤔How is spyware shaping the civic space & feminist organizing online in Uganda?
Join
@wougnet
&
@article19org
at the
#DataFestAfrica24
in an engaging session as they explore the impact of spyware on the civic space & provide strategies for digital resilience.
@PollicyOrg
Our Thursday is blissful🥳as we celebrate Esther Nyapendi, our Assistant Technical support Officer.
@NyapendiEsther
we wish you a lifetime of happiness and good health. May God bless your entire life fulfilling your every birthday wish. Happy birthday!🎂
As we celebrate International Data Privacy Day today. Here is a kind reminder to women to always Update their Privacy Settings to keep safe online. Visit link(: ) to update your privacy settings on popular devices & online services.
#OwnYourPrivacy
🔉 MEDIA ALERT 📻
This March-April,
@wougnet
with support from the
@commonwealthorg
is carrying out a nationwide campaign on Women’s Freedom of Expression & Access to Information. Join us and listen in as we amplify and advocate for
#WomenFoE
&A2I
📢📢Earlier today, we were at the
@Parliament_Ug
& had a roundtable discussion with the ICT committee members to present our research findings on online GBV including specific policy recommendations on promoting women’s rights online & identifying possible areas of collaboration.
📍Last week on Friday 28th October, we held the Gender Internet Governance Exchange (GIGX) at Sheraton Kampala Hotel.This exchange created the scope for women’s rights, internet rights activists to discuss the r/ship btn gender, women’s rights & internet governance.
#GIGXUganda
The
@webfoundation
in partnership with
@UCC_Official
@ForCfma
has been working together to
improve the status of women online in Uganda -specifically to ensure
women's rights online are protected, upheld &promoted in digital
space just as it should be in the offline environment.
🔔Excited to kick off Day 1 of the
@ICT4DConference
in Accra Ghana! Today, our ED
@sandraaceng
joined a panel discussion to discuss the role of locally-led digital transformations & strategies to ensure an inclusive digital space.Stay tuned for more updates from the conference!
As we come closure to the end of
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
campaign to commemorate
#16DaysofActivism2020
. We have organised a digital security Capacity Building workshop for female victims/survivors of online GBV, to register kindly use contacts on the flyer (👇)
#16Days
📢 Media Alert📢
This month, we are conducting radio awareness campaigns on the depth of violence that women face online, impacts and protection mechanisms against Online Gender-Based Violence.
#FeministTech
@Internews
For more details, tune in👇
📢Do you have expertise in physical & digital security/safety? .
@wougnet
invites you to submit your proposals to provide consultancy services for capacity building workshops that aim to enhance physical security & safety for women human rights defenders.
📣📣Join us on 25th October, 2023 at 8:00PM for a Twitter Space as we shed light on “The Voices and Futures of Structurally Silenced Women in Uganda”
#OurVoicesOurFutures
🤔Are you aware that machine learning/utilization enhances civic awareness?
🗓️This month,we shall host a series of nationwide workshops aimed at promoting civic awareness among CSOs,delving deeper into machine learning uses/challenges & data
➡️Keep track on all our platforms
“A feminist internet is one that entails the realities that women face while accessing the internet. It presents the views of women in accessing information and the internet,” Our E.D
@sandraaceng
noted in a panel discussion during the Annual Media Week
#UgandaMediaWeek2023
Earlier today,
@wougnet
was honored to attend a Roundtable discussion with different stakeholders to advocate for inclusion of Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence offenses into the Sexual Offences Bill 2022.
#JoinHandsToEndSexualAndGenderBasedViolence
📢Today, at Fairway hotel, is the
@wougnet
training workshop, focusing on equipping marginalized women & WHRDs in Uganda with knowledge/skills on digital security/storytelling, online campaigning, and using digital
#Tech
for effective advocacy.
#OurVoicesOurFutures
@APC_News
Happy International Women's Day.
Today, we would like to recognize the efforts and contributions made by women to challenge the bias, stereotypes and discrimination that exist in the
#Online
&
#offline
space. A feminist Internet is for
#ALL
Let's
#BreakTheBiasinTech
#IWD2022
Q8. What resources or tools can individuals and organisations utilize to educate others about the impact of discriminatory laws on women’s rights to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information?
#HerRightToKnow
Did you know that young people who experience cyberbullying are at a greater risk for both self harm & suicidal behaviour than those who don’t? (Source: )
Cyberbullying is an issue that can be solved if we proactively
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
#16DaysOfActivism
One single act by a perpetrator can feature more than one form of online GBV like Suzan whose Ex-Boyfriend impersonated her & even went ahead to use her explicit images without her consent as the profile picture of the fake account.
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
#16DaysOfActivism
As we gear up for the 16 Days of Activism, we sadly note the number of women using the internet globally is 48% compared to 58% of men hence creating a 17% Internet user gap! (Source: )
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
The internet has provided opportunities for women and gender-diverse groups to disrupt discriminatory social norms, access information, freely express their views and opinions, participate in public engagement & debates, etc. Read the full playbook here:👉
Embracing
#policies
that are geared at bridging the global digital divide is equally important to embracing policies aimed at narrowing the digital gender gap in
#Uganda
The internet & online violence experienced by women is a plausible act in UG which in most cases is ignored at personal, societal & policy levels yet it causes real and more harm & attacks, threats and intimidation to women than the offline GBV.
This is Day 13 of our
#SayNoToOnlineGBV
campaign. A good day for us to think of ways how one can ensure that a perpetrator of online GBV based in another Country and not the victim's country may be brought to book!
#OrangeTheWorld
#16DaysOfActivism
#16Days
Wishing our exceptional Executive Director an extraordinary birthday🥳
Your leadership and vision inspires us everyday. May your year ahead be remarkable as you are!🎉🎂
"Securing digital communication involves implementing measures and technologies to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of information transmitted over digital channels. It is crucial to ensure that sensitive data remains private during transmission"
#OVOF
Of all the forms of GBV, the ones that are most committed online in Uganda include psychological/ emotional violence (51%).This is followed by sexual violence at 36%, socio-economic violence at 4%, & other forms represented by 8%. Full report here 👉
📣Calling out all girls interested in web development!
Join us for the second edition of
#IntroductionToWebDevelopment
as we continue to empower girls with essential digital skills & close the gender digital gap. Thanks to the partnership with
@MaendeleoUganda
&
@equals
.