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...
Building Digital Resilience — Tools, Skills and Community Interventions
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
As Kenya’s digital footprint rapidly expands through social media, mobile banking, E-learning, E-commerce, and online civic engagement, the digital space has become both a site of opportunity and a terrain of profound risk. For women and girls in particular, this space is increasingly marked by online Gender-Based Violence (GBV),...
Audio Brief By Boaz Waruku – KNIT Member
The Kenya National Interface Team (KNIT) has since 2015 been holding sessions aimed at addressing issues that have set Kenya on a challenging political and social trajectory since independence. The weakening of governance and social institutions that have resulted from this, threatens the very core of Kenya’s unity and peaceful...
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...
Audio Brief By Josiah Omotto – KNIT Member
The Kenya National Interface Team (KNIT) has since 2015 been holding sessions aimed at addressing issues that have set Kenya on a challenging political and social trajectory since independence. The weakening of governance and social institutions that have resulted from this, threatens the very core of Kenya’s unity and peaceful...
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...
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...
Non Legislative Actions To End Violence Against Women
Non Legislative Actions To End Violence Against Women