The Usage of Digital Tools for Connecting and Empowering Girls and Women
There are several efforts being made toward improving gender equality. Today, basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) knowledge is one of the most desired […]
Identifying Theft on the Internet
The internet is a global network of billions of computers and other electronic devices. With the Internet, it’s possible to access almost any information, communicate with anyone […]
Gendered impact of COVID-19 on businesses: The case of women in the informal sector in Uganda
While the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on businesses varies depending on the industry, there’s one group that has been hit particularly hard in the world; women-owned small-scale businesses. […]
Together for a Better Internet: Safer Internet Day 2021
Internet penetration stood at 59.5% with 4.66 billion people using the Internet around the world. This is according to the Digital 2021 Global […]
The Impact of Online Gender-Based Violence on Women’s Mental Health in Uganda
While online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV) has become a norm in this 21st century where the internet is a part of our fate, its […]
Digital Empowerment and Computer Skills Training: Enhancing Response to COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence by WOUGNET Members in Uganda
We as Warm Hearts were very privileged to host Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) staff at our office. We are glad that we got an […]
Why ending Body-Shaming should be at the Top of Every Women’s right online activist’s Agenda
Background In 2013, Lindsey Kukunda the Founder of Her Empire (Not Your Body), a feminist organization in Uganda called out a popular […]
Women Rights Online Matters: Why it is important to close the Gender Digital Gap in Uganda
Introduction The global digital gender divide is keeping hundreds of millions of women and girls from fully participating and contributing online with almost half […]
Tackling Gender-Based Violence in the Cyber Space #StopOnlineGBVUG
Do you know about Online Gender-Based Violence? Well, for some this is hard to even imagine, for others, it awakens trauma that […]
Online Gender-Based Violence: How can we tackle the harm on victims/survivors in Uganda?
The line between online and offline Gender-Based Violence is so thin to the extent that the negative impact is most likely to cause […]
#AskforConsent Campaign: The Understanding of “Revenge Porn”
In early 2020, Women of Uganda Network joined other digital human rights defenders from different parts of Uganda through the Ttaala program by Defend Defenders. […]
Not ‘revenge porn’: Non-consensual intimate imagery in Uganda.
Non-consensual intimate images (NCII), more commonly known by the misnomer “revenge porn” refers to sexually explicit images and videos that are captured, […]