UN Global IGF session: Open Data for Women and Persons with Disabilities
By Joan Katambi The open data movement in the area of access to public and other information is relatively new but very significant in the East African Region States namely (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan). Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) and Digital Literacy Initiative organized a session in order to raise awareness […]
CIPESA FIFA 2020: Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) was co-hosted by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and Paradigm Initiative.
Digital Literacy Initiative joined the seventh edition of the annual Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) was co-hosted by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and Paradigm Initiative (PIN), two organizations that seek to advance Digital Rights in Africa. Due to the Covid19 pandemic, FIFA 2020 was held […]
Digital Rights: Women digital rights are human rights
By Joan Katambi Digital Literacy Initiative presented a paper on Digital Inclusion at a training organized by AYDIA gender and Technology Initiative (AGTI) on Women digital rights are human rights. Since the founding of the United Nations, equality between men and women has been among the most fundamental guarantees of human rights. Adopted in 1945, […]
Arusha Women School of Internet Governance (ARUWSIG 2020): Women’s Digital Inclusion in East Africa
By Joan Katambi On behalf of Digital Literacy Initiative, Joan katambi participated in the Arusha Women School of Internet Governance (ARUWSIG 2020) as a Faculty member. The theme was Internet as a frontier for democracy and rights in elections. The capacity to access and use the internet excellently is central to Women’s digital inclusion. When […]
Policy Dialogue:A stakeholder’s workshop on the African Declaration on Internet Rights
By Innocent Adriko and Joan Katambi Digital Literacy Initiative participated in a stakeholder’s workshop organized by Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET).The Policy Dialogue gathered key stakeholders and policy influencers in promoting Women Rights in Uganda to discuss about the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedom Principles and WOUGNET Policy Paper on the Status of Women Rights Online to help reduce the gender […]
