[kictanet] Online violence in times of Covid-19

[Twahir Hussein Kassim]

I think the rule of thumb should be "that which you can't do offline should
not be done online"

On Fri, May 29, 2020, 5:09 PM David Indeje via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Dear Listers,
>
> We hope everyone has had a great week, zooming, Facebooking, Googling,
> Skyping, Meeting among other great digital tools that have enabled us keep
> in touch with each other.
>
> However, how many of us are aware of the flip side of embracing all these
> useful tools which is online violence against women and girls?
>
> Ms. Cecilia Maundu, in our weekend read, describes: Online violence as "a
> global virus"  "that is threatening the “digital citizenship” of women
> making it extremely hard towards efforts being made in closing the digital
> gender divide.."
>
> https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=41704
>
> Happy Weekend, and Happy Madaraka Day!!!!
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