by Mwendwa Kivuva | Apr 14, 2021 | Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By RIva Jalipa. This is a background to the “safer web for Women comic strip” that was produced by KICTANet. Most women will attest to being sexualised long before they knew they were women – or being treated less, long before they ever considered...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jul 29, 2020 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
If I died today, I would probably have a pretty long eulogy with no pictures of my childhood, teenage life, or even my youth to back it up. Does a beautiful story with no proof, rings a bell? I can barely remember the last time I had high self-esteem when it comes to...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jul 22, 2020 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Jeridah Adayi. My sister called me and went like, you what have you done on Facebook?” Not suspecting anything unusual, I answered casually with a chuckle, “Now what? I told you to stop stalking me online.” When I post something on social media, my sister will...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jul 22, 2020 | Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Mwenda Tevin Gitonga. Â If there is an African country that prides itself as being the centre of innovation and technological developments in Africa, it is Kenya. We have come to be known as the Silicon Savannah due to our ability to innovate and adapt to...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jul 6, 2020 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Catherine Amayi, If you think that online bullying is a preserve of the rich and famous and that the average internet user is immune to cyberbullying, you better think again. I learned the hard way about how wrong I was on this particular subject the day I fell...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Apr 29, 2020 | Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
by Grace Mutung’u. In 2019, Kenya underwent its third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). UPR is a UN mechanism through which countries are analysed for their human rights record. Kenya’s last UPR was in 2015. During that review, some of the...
