CIPESA: Uganda’s social media tax undermining COVID-19 fight
In Uganda, social media is one of the avenues for disseminating information on COVID-19 to citizens. however, the effectiveness has been undermined by the social media tax, which requires telecom...
View ArticleWomen face internet access challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
This article analyses the challenge of internet access faced by women and other marginalised groups such as persons with disabilities in Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleReflections on COVID-19 policy responses in Uganda and the relevance of the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown why the protection of human rights online is more important now than ever before. The internet has been a gateway for access to critical information, services and...
View ArticleWOUGNET at RightsCon: Not "revenge porn" - Non-consensual sharing of intimate...
During RightsCon 2020, the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) hosted a session on non-consensual sharing of intimate images (NCII), a form of online violence that is on the rise in Uganda and other...
View ArticleExamining women’s access to digital platforms: A case of mobile broadband...
This policy brief presents the findings from an evidence-based study that examines the gendered aspects to women’s internet access on mobile broadband connections in Uganda.
View ArticleTechnology and elections in Uganda: New policy brief highlights digital rights
As Uganda heads to presidential and parliamentary elections in January 2021, digital communications have taken centre-stage and are playing a crucial role in how candidates and parties engage with...
View ArticleUganda 2021 general elections: The internet shutdown and its ripple effects
On Wednesday 13 January 2021, the eve of Uganda’s general elections, Uganda’s communications regulator UCC ordered telecoms operators and internet service providers in the country to suspend all...
View ArticleNew report on Uganda’s digital ID system: A cocktail of discrimination
This new preliminary report presents findings of a study that sought to establish the impact of a national identity card system in Uganda (commonly known as “Ndaga Muntu”) on people’s economic, social...
View ArticleAmplified Abuse: Report on Online Violence Against Women in the 2021 Uganda...
The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of online violence against women in politics in Uganda and determine how it might impact their use of digital solutions and social media...
View ArticlePromoting Smart Policy Options in Closing the Gender Digital Divide in Uganda
This policy brief highlights what the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) and the Centre for Multilateral Affairs have been doing over the past two years in closing the gender digital divide in Uganda,...
View ArticleSeeding Change: Uganda-based organisation Unwanted Witness on promoting...
Uganda's new digital ID system has increased exclusion among the most vulnerable. To better understand what this entails and how to address it, we talked to Unwanted Witness on human rights online in...
View ArticleExamining the Effect of Shrinking Civic Space on Feminist Organizing Online,...
This report highlights the findings of a research study that was carried out by the Women of Uganda Network together with the Association for Progressive Communications under the Our Voices, Our...
View ArticleDigital Security Manual for Structurally Silenced Women
This manual is a curation of different digital security tips and best practices for all women, especially structurally silenced women. It was developed based on the findings from research conducted by...
View ArticleLGBTQIA+ rights are not a political plaything
Despite pushback from around the world, Uganda has passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which puts the safety of LGBTQIA+ folks at risk by institutionalising discrimination against them. This piece...
View ArticleDo you love thy neighbour as you love thyself? Uganda’s homophobic law seeds...
Uganda passed one of the world's strictest anti-homosexuality bills this year, raising a legal spectre that goes back a decade in the making. This law weaponises hatred fueled by digital misinformation...
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