The digital world shapes our future but too many girls & women are left behind. Mentorship changes that. Through our programs, we are empowering women and girls across tech, online safety, civic leadership, and human rights to grow their skills, confidence, and voices.
#GiveToGain #IWD2026
Digital spaces shape how workers learn, earn, connect & stay safe.
From WhatsApp job networks to TikTok businesses, domestic workers navigate opportunity & risk with resilience and collective support. @cdeunibe.bsky.social
Read more: bit.ly/4aWULut
Data privacy is about control. Who collects your personal data, how it’s used, and why.
As we mark Day 1 of #DataPrivacyWeek, we’re starting with the basics. Because understanding privacy is the first step to defending it.
#DataPrivacy #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters
In episode 9 of #ResistPersistReimagine, we speak with Bonnita Nyamwire, Head of Research in our partner organization @pollicy.bsky.social, about the systemic barriers women face in politics; from online spaces to parliaments.
🎬🐝 Watch, subscribe and share!
What if #data wasn’t distant or extractive but something you could walk through and touch ?
Our second Afrofeminist Data Museum at #DFA2025 was curated as a journey: from memory & archives, to play & possibility, to collective imagining.
datafest.africa/wp-content/u...
Starting 2026 by asking a question that stays with us:
how do we make data felt, not just seen?
At #DataFestAfrica2025, REDATA by our Game Design Fellow Kamogelo Makhoba, turned #TFGBV data into motion and story centering lived experiences, care, and resistance.
Read more: bit.ly/3YCcZMc
We’re signing off for the holidays✨
Our offices will be closed from 19th December 2025 and will re-open on 7th January 2026 as we take time to rest and recharge.
Thank you to our community and partners for an impactful 2025.
See you in 2026!
#HappyHolidays
From accounts to devices, from malware to online presence, journalists at #UgandaMediaWeek2025 are getting practical, hands-on digital security support.
Shoutout to our Data Products Assistant Rashid, for leading antivirus & VPN installs & reminding us: your data must remain yours.
Human rights belong to ALL of us.
This #HumanRightsDay, lets rise together for a world where freedom, justice, hope and equality for ALL prevail.✊🏾
Prevention of violence against women and girls is possible! Invest in it.
#16DaysOfActivism
#FeministFutures
#EndOnlineViolence
🚫No one should feel threatened or silenced on the internet!
📱Report incidents of #OGBV through our portal for legal, digital & psycho-social support!
🔗 ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
Can digital safety legislation be developed without relying on surveillance-heavy solutions?
Annex from @pollicy.bsky.social says: "Digital safety regulations are important [but] we recommend government bodies to employ a gender lens in [forming] these regulations." #16Days #NoTechForWar @apc.org
Yesterday, we joined some partners to kick off #16DaysofActivism against Digital Violence towards Women & Girls.
We discussed how online abuse affects women and girls and why it’s so important for different sectors to work together and push for gender-responsive laws.
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
This #16DaysOfActivism, we’re digging into the growing crisis of #TFGBV in Uganda.
From algorithmic bias to online harassment & real-world harm, women & marginalized groups deserve safer digital spaces.
Monday, 1 Dec 2025 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM EAT
Register: bit.ly/4pbMcle
#HerSafeNet #16Days
Still buzzing from the energy at the first #DataFestAfrica2025 pre-event in Nairobi with Aga Khan University.
The discussions were a powerful reminder that #Africa has the creativity, knowledge & power to reclaim its own data futures, building systems that serve people, not extract from them.
‼️REGISTER FOR DATAFEST AFRICA 2025‼️
Registration for #DFA2025 is now OPEN! (30-31 October)
Whether you’re a creative, community organiser, policymaker, activist, technologist, or data enthusiast, this space is for YOU.
Register here: datafest.africa
The countdown is real! We are only 30 days away to #DataFestAfrica2025!
We’re gearing up for two days of transformative dialogue, powerful connections, and a bold vision for Africa’s data future.
See the full lineup here: datafest.africa/agenda/
Strong passwords = stronger protection. 🔑
Every step and safeguard helps women stay visible, safe & powerful online.
Play our Digital SafeTea Game today and level up your digital resilience. www.digitalsafetea.com
#HerSafeNet #DigitalSafety
With support from the Austrian Development Agency, we’re strengthening the digital resilience of women journalists, WHRDs & women leaders against #TFGBV during elections in Uganda.
Last week, we met Safe Places Uganda, who will join our referral pathway & offer subsidized counselling for survivors.
When one woman is silenced, we all lose a voice.
With Defenders Protection Initiative, we’re working to:
✨ Equip women leaders with digital safety skills
✨ Empower WHRDs to stand strong against #TFGBV
✨ Build networks of solidarity
Because the internet should never be a battlefield.
#HerSafeNet
#TFGBV is violence and must be treated as a crime. is violence and must be treated as a crime.
We're calling for #TFGBV to be included in Uganda’s 2024 Sexual Offences Bill, because every woman deserves legal protection from online harms.
Read more → pollicy.org/resource/tfg...
#HerSafeNet
A safe & joyful internet is one where women, girls and marginalised communities can participate without fear.” – Bonaventure, Pollicy
As we continue to roll out our Strategic Plan 2024–2027, we’re sharing team reflections on what it means in practice.
Listen in👇🏾
#DigitalSafety #HerSafeNet
This week, we are hosting the first #DataLadies Training aimed at empowering girls (15–18 yrs) with STEM skills through mentorship & hands-on learning.
Today Marked #Day1 and the participants explored Digital Safety & Security + Intro to Python.
#Digitalsafety #STEMeducation
🇨🇲 What does Cameroon’s new Law 2024/017 mean for personal data protection?
From consent to cross-border data flows, we break down the key features of this legislation—and what it signals for digital rights in Central Africa.
🔍 Dive into the blog:
pollicy.medium.com/key-features...
📢Want to help bring #DataFestAfrica2025 to life? We’re looking for:
✔️ Rapporteurs
✔️ Event Onsite Ticketing & Registration
✔️ Branding & printing
✔️ Video Coverage & Photography
✔️ Language Interpreters
📅 Deadline: August 18th 2025
Apply here 👉🏾 forms.gle/SGWqxmmVDZSj...
📢 Our new Strategic Plan (2024–2027) is here!
Bold. Feminist. Data-powered. Africa-first. 🌍
For the next three years, we’re doubling down on our feminist tech, digital rights, and justice-driven data work across Africa like never before.
👉🏾 Dive in: bit.ly/PollicyStrateg…
Ep. 9 of Resist, Persist & Reimagine podcast by @colmenafund.bsky.social is LIVE!
Our Director of Research, Bonnita Nyamwire talks about how #TFGBV is pushing women out of politics, and what civil society must do to fight back.
Listen in👇🏾
open.spotify.com/episode/4pSz...
🚀 Our 2024 Annual Report is here!
From research to partnerships, events, and transformative impact across Africa’s #data landscape, 2024 was anything but ordinary.
Dive into the reflections & feminist data future we’re building.
➡️ bit.ly/PollicyAnnualR…
#PollicyAnnualReport #FeministTech
📢Calling all change-makers, creatives & community builders!
Pollicy’s 2025 Fellowship applications are OPEN! We're looking for 3 dynamic fellows to join us.
✔️ Francophone Community Engagement Fellow
✔️ Grants & Growth Fellow
✔️ Games Design Fellow
Apply here 👉🏾 pollicy.org/wp-content/u...
📢#DataFestAfrica2025 Call for Sessions is NOW OPEN!
Have a bold idea that challenges extractive tech and inspires change in communities?
We’re inviting YOU to submit bold and powerful sessions at #DFA2025.
Submit your proposal today 👉🏾 bit.ly/CallForSessi...
