@pollicy.bsky.social
Working at the intersection of Data, Design and Technology #DataFeminism #CivicTech #DigitalRights
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...
This year, we're taking back the narrative and “Reclaiming our Data Futures”.
Get ready for bold conversations, ideas around data, tech and everything in between!
#DFA2025
Stay tuned for updates.
This week, the Pollicy team is taking a mindful pause for Mental Health Week.
We're resting, recharging, and prioritising wellness so we can keep showing up boldly in the work we do. 💛
See you on the other side, refreshed and ready! 🌿
📢Africa, it’s TIME! The biggest #data event is back!
Save the date!
October 30 -31, in Kampala, Uganda!
More updates to come!
#DFA25 #DataFestAfrica2025
Earlier this month, the #ILC2025 set the stage for a new global standard on decent work in the #platformeconomy
We're bring the conversation closer to home. Join our webinar as we reflect, realign, & take action on regional priorities
Register: shorturl.at/SZqYQ
🗓️ 3rd July | 🕑 2PM EAT |
#ILO113
Only 4 more days left till the survey closes!
Be the voice that helps shape gendered #datagovernance policy in Africa.
Take the survey:
🔗 EN: bit.ly/GenderedPoli...
🔗 FR: bit.ly/EnqueteGenre
The survey closes on Monday 30th June 2025!
Schedule for "Day 3 - Thursday, 26 June" the IGF, listing four sessions: "ITU call for inputs on the WSIS+20 review" Time: 10:00 - 10:45 local / 8:00 - 8:45 UTC Location: Workshop Room 6 APC speaking "The impact of the IGF in the information society" Time: 11:30 - 13:00 local / 9:30 - 11:00 UTC Location: Plenary Hall APC speaking "Local AI: Policy pathways for sustainable digital economies" Time: 12:00 - 13:00 local / 10:00 - 11:00 UTC Location: Conference Hall APC and APC partner IT for Change speaking "Tower of Babel chaos" Time: 12:30 - 13:00 local / 10:30 - 11:00 UTC Location: Open Stage APC member KICTANet speaking
Continuation of the IGF schedule for "Day 3 - Thursday, 26 June," listing three sessions and one side event: "Securing access to the internet and protecting core internet resources in contexts of conflict and crisis" Time: 14:00 - 15:15 local / 12:00 - 13:15 UTC Location: Conference Hall APC and APC member 7amleh co-organising, APC facilitating "Financing self-sustaining community connectivity solutions" Time: 15:45 - 17:00 local / 13:45 - 15:00 UTC Location: Workshop Room 4 APC co-organising and speaking Side event: "Growing a movement for feminist and intersectional digital governance" Time: 17:30 - 19:00 local / 15:30 - 17:00 UTC Location: Thon Hotel Opera (registration required) Description: Roundtable with diverse stakeholders on advocacy and gender equality in digital governance, hosted by AUDRi with Equality Now, Women Leading in AI, POLLICY, and APC. APC and APC member Pollicy co-organising.
Are you at the #IGF2025?
Join our sessions on #WSIS20, #communitynetworks, #digitalgovernance #DigitalJusticeNow and more 👇
www.apc.org/en/apc-igf-2...
- with @pollicy.bsky.social @7amleh.bsky.social @itforchange.bsky.social and more:
Our Rethinking Digitisation Toolkit is shifting how policymakers in Kenya & beyond approach #digitaltransformation.
We must centre equity, inclusion, & feminist values. #Digitalgovernance only works when everyone can log in.
Read more👇🏾
www.opengovpartnership.org/stories/five...
When women are pushed offline, they’re excluded from civic spaces, especially during elections.
We are advocating to make digital spaces safer so women can speak, lead, and participate fully.
#OnlineSafety #DigitalRights
Yesterday marked day 0 at #IGF2025 & our founder Neema Iyer shared research from Pollicy on #TFGBV against women in Africa.
✔️ 1 in 3 women face #TFGBV & many delete their accounts, not because they want to, but because they feel they have to.
@thesvri.bsky.social @dgateway.bsky.social
🚀 We’re #IGF2025 bound!
Catch us in Oslo, Norway from 23–27 June for a week of action-packed insights on AI, digital governance, digital safety & cooperation, under the overarching theme “Building Digital Governance Together”. 💪🏾
📍Attending? Be sure to explore our sessions and see you there.
🗣️ We want to hear from you!
The Gendered Data Governance Survey is now available in French!
Your voice will help shape a regional model handbook and toolkit to support AU Member States.
📅 Open till 30 June
🔗 EN: bit.ly/GenderedPolicy…
🔗 FR: bit.ly/EnqueteGenre
#GenderData #DataGovernance
Attending #IGFNorway2025? Say hi to DG’s Deputy Director of Programs, Tom Orell, & join us on June 23, from 4pm-5:30pm (GMT+2) on the Open Stage for our networking event co-hosted with @thesvri.bsky.social & @pollicy.bsky.social! The session focuses on strengthening global online safety communities.
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🎙️ #CounteringHateSpeech Day is a reminder that hate speech results not only in direct violence and harassment, but also in self-censorship and trauma.
We dug more into this in our 'Alternate Realities, Alternate Internets' report. 👉 pollicy.org/research/alter…
#EndHateSpeech #DigitalRights #OGBV
In a recent Radio One feature from the #FairDigitalKazi Breakfast Dialogue, Bonnita Nyamwire highlights the urgent need to recognise and protect Uganda’s platform workers.
Listen In 👇🏾
