An Interview with Sandra Aceng, program officer of Women of Uganda Network and Global Voices contributor. She is also the coordinator of WIAG, a coalition that advocates for integration of gender perspectives in ICT policy. You can follow her work on https://wougnet.org/
In this episode we explore:
✨What’s the status of freedom of expression in #Uganda? How has the pandemic increased online violence?
✨What is the role of the State in surveillance, protecting and prosecuting crimes? What happened in the 2019 social media attacks?
✨How difficult or easy has it been for female journalists to have access to open data with gender perspectives and continue reporting in this pandemic?
✨What are some of the Stop Social Bullying campaign’s findings and how did the #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatters movements were seen?
✨Race as an issue in Uganda, how racism is being reported? What are some racial discrimination and violent practices (including child racial killings)?
✨What are some of the ways WOUGNET is addressing women’s internet access, safety and rights protection?
✨ Why is it important the approach: empower the woman to empower the child?
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