Online Human Trafficking and the Digital Exploitation of Women and Girls
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
The digital world has become the new terrain on which old forms of violence mutate and thrive. As societies spend more time online—working, learning, aspiring, connecting—the same spaces have become fertile ground for criminal networks that prey on the vulnerabilities of women and girls. On this Day 11 of...
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MEDIA (DTM) URGES STRONGER ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AS KENYA MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END VAWG
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Tuesday, 25 November 2025
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MEDIA (DTM) URGES STRONGER ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AS KENYA MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END VAWG
Development Through Media (DTM) joins Kenya and the global community in marking the International Day to End Violence Against Women and Girls, which also launches the 16 Days...
Women, Marginalisation, and Digital Violence
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
The digital sphere has become an indispensable space for communication, self-expression, and political participation. Yet for many women across the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, this space is fraught with danger. Digital violence—manifesting through targeted cyberattacks, harassment, disinformation, and hate speech—mirrors and amplifies offline inequalities. It is a contemporary...
Understanding Violence Against Women and Girls in Kenya: Why the 16 Days Still Matter — and Why Media Must Lead
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
Every year on 25th November, the world marks the International Day to End Violence Against Women and Girls, launching the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. In Kenya, this period comes against a backdrop of rising femicide, high levels of intimate partner violence, and an increasingly hostile environment—both...
Women With Disabilities Face Rising Digital Threats Amid Widening Accessibility Gaps
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
Women with disabilities in Kenya are facing a growing wave of digital threats, including online scams, abuse, and exploitation. This is an emerging crisis that experts warn is being intensified by persistent barriers in digital accessibility.
While the Internet has become central to communication, economic activity, and social engagement, women...
Femicide and Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya: Unpacking the Numbers and the Crisis we Cannot Ignore
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
Kenya is witnessing an alarming rise in femicide and intimate partner violence (IPV), and the data—though fragmented—draws a painful and urgent picture. Civil society, journalists, and health facilities estimate that the country records more than 500 femicide cases each year. Between 2016 and 2024 alone, over 1,000 women were...
The Mental Health Impact of Online Violence
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
Research across the world consistently shows that digital violence is closely linked to mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and suicidal behaviour. A 2024 systematic review on cyberbullying and mental health, for instance, found high levels of depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidal behaviour among victims of online abuse. ...
Reclaiming the Digital Space: Ending Online Violence Against Women and Girls
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
As Kenya deepens its digital transformation, a darker reality shadows our progress: the alarming rise of online violence against women and girls. What was once seen as a fringe problem is now a widespread crisis affecting schoolgirls, content creators, women in politics, journalists, and ordinary citizens navigating an increasingly...