<div dir="auto">Hi David,<div dir="auto">I believe gender integration is about eliminating any form bias especially where one gender was initially advantaged over the other.</div><div dir="auto">Creating safe spaces in online games, can be achieved through setting some restrictions where every gender is treated the same (and guarding against </div><div dir="auto">any form of bullying).However its also upon the users to adhere to the set guidelines which basically begins offline.</div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">R.Ojino</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jul 14, 2018, 12:47 David Indeje via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Listers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">There are these common word terminologies - Gender mainstreaming and Gender Integration.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">What do they mean when creating safe spaces for wo(men) when it comes to TAVAW especially for different stakeholders - be it in policy making,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">empowerment programs, at our workplaces and any space where both genders interact? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-460680325059476275gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt"></span></b></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Kind Regards,</b></font><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt">David Indeje </span></b></font></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:15px;margin:0px 0px 5px"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-phone.png" alt="" border="0" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> +254 (0) 711 385 945| +254 (0) 734 024 856 <img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-web.png" alt="" border="0" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> <a href="http://bit.ly/2eJF9B4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Khusoko</a></p><p style="line-height:15px;margin:15px 0px 5px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DavidIndeje/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/facebook-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/David_Indeje" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:10px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/twitter-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> </a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/david-indeje/17/7b9/647" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:10px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/linkedin-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"></a> <font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#666666"><span style="font-size:13px">Skype: david.indeje </span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 at 11:12, David Indeje <<a href="mailto:davidindeje@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">davidindeje@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">It is interesting to note that when persons who have been abused online when they speak up, they end up being respected more unlike those who remain<div class="gmail_default">silenced or silent. In this case, more initiatives need to be in place that encourages women especially to raise their voices. In return, there is a ripple effect.</div><div class="gmail_default">Moreover, we have witnessed many lawyers who emerge to support those affected in a probono way. It is time more support lent to them courtesy of representing such cases.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Finally, Kenyan policymakers and other stakeholders must tackle the challenges that do not enhance access to tech tools especially for women, the prevalence of harassment and abuse confronting young women in their online lives the extension of patriarchal norms in the digital arena; and the continuing silencing of women in public life.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-460680325059476275m_-3586833494950465224gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt"></span></b></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Kind Regards,</b></font><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt">David Indeje </span></b></font></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:15px;margin:0px 0px 5px"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-phone.png" alt="" border="0" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> +254 (0) 711 385 945| +254 (0) 734 024 856 <img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-web.png" alt="" border="0" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> <a href="http://bit.ly/2eJF9B4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Khusoko</a></p><p style="line-height:15px;margin:15px 0px 5px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DavidIndeje/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/facebook-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/David_Indeje" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:10px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/twitter-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> </a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/david-indeje/17/7b9/647" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:10px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/linkedin-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"></a> <font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#666666"><span style="font-size:13px">Skype: david.indeje </span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 at 10:38, David Indeje <<a href="mailto:davidindeje@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">davidindeje@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Listers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">I am supporting @Cecilia on this topic.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">First, in 2015, The U.N. Broadband Commission<a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/cyber-violence-report-press-release" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> reported</a> that one in five young women has been sexually harassed online. Amnesty International ’s <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/toxic-twitter-online-abuse-and-violence-against-women/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">report</a> suggested that over three-quarters of women and girls expected violence and abuse if they expressed an opinion online. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">The need to end gender-based violence against women continue to be the subject of global discourse. This is an issue in Kenya too. Case in point, Technology-assisted Violence Against Women (TAVAW). For instance, recent cases: </div><div class="gmail_default"><ol><li><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Radio Jambo Presenter <a href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/07/11/annitah-raey-cyberbullied-for-talking-about-rape_c1784561" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Annitah Raey ‘cyberbullied’ for talking about rape</a> via @TheStarKenya <br></font></li><li><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Today in the East African, Nerima Wako, ED, Siasa Place writes that "Twitter is a safe space for insecure men with fake handles and no volume control" <br>she says "When you defend yourself online as a woman, people judge you for how you speak because apparently, women have to behave in a certain way. They should not curse or yell, otherwise they will be seen as having no class. But men have no rules."<br><br></font></li></ol><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">I am not defending men in this case, but it should be noted that women are attacked more than men online.</font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Some of the measures that have been proposed before, borrowing a leaf from<a href="https://icj-kenya.org/jdownloads/Publications/ICJ%20Kenya%20Policy%20Brief%20on%20ETAVAW.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> Hivos and ICJ Kenya</a>:</font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><div><img src="cid:ii_jjl3m1jn0" alt="image.png" width="425" height="472"><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_jjl3n8l21" alt="image.png" width="450" height="131"><br></div><div>Is this enough? in addressing this issue amicably? </div><br></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Kind Regards,</b><br></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-460680325059476275m_-3586833494950465224m_7134817364423750338gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt">David Indeje </span></b></font></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:15px;margin:0px 0px 5px"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-phone.png" alt="" border="0" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> +254 (0) 711 385 945| +254 (0) 734 024 856 <img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-web.png" alt="" border="0" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> <a href="http://bit.ly/2eJF9B4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Khusoko</a></p><p style="line-height:15px;margin:15px 0px 5px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DavidIndeje/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/facebook-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/David_Indeje" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:10px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/twitter-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"> </a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/david-indeje/17/7b9/647" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:10px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/linkedin-ico.png" alt="" style="max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"></a> <font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#666666"><span style="font-size:13px">Skype: david.indeje </span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 at 10:18, cmaundu--- via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:1">Hello Listers </p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:1"><br></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:1"><br></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:1"><br></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:1">The Internet and mobile technologies have created new ways to connect, share resources and experiences, and build communities. However despite<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> the internet offering great solutions and innovations to how people access information, online violence has been on the rise especially against women but remains a silent epidemic in Kenya. These </span>digital spaces have provided tools and platforms for the replication and continuation of the perpetration of violence against women.”</p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:1;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span></p><ul class="m_-460680325059476275m_-3586833494950465224m_7134817364423750338m_1527296616667166903lst-kix_vc0qh0awmo0c-0 m_-460680325059476275m_-3586833494950465224m_7134817364423750338m_1527296616667166903start" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px"><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;text-align:left"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">1. How is it a problem for Kenya?</span></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;text-align:left"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;text-align:left"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">2. How should it be addressed?</span></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;text-align:left"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;text-align:left"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">3. Is enough being done at the moment?</span></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;text-align:left"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> What are the measures that need to be </span></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;text-align:left"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> taken to create safe spaces for women </span></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;text-align:left"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> online? </span></li></ul><br><div>Let’s engage </div><div><br></div><div>Cecilia Maundu </div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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