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This week, our team is in Addis Ababa for the Eastern Africa Regional Convening on Reimagining the Future of Human Rights in Africa, a regional dialogue on emerging threats to human rights and priorities for protection and accountability.
Our colleagues joined a panel on human rights in the digital age, discussing AI, surveillance, online hate and #TFGBV.
One point stood out: we can't hold AI accountable if we don't understand how it works.
The discussions also raised questions about who benefits from African #data, who is responsible when women are harmed online, and whether African-built technologies are held to the same human rights standards as Big Tech.
At Pollicy, these questions are central to our work on a #SafeAndJoyfulInternet and more accountable data and technology governance.
#DigitalRights
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The conversations on data protection are underway at @Makerere!
The @pdpoUG team is participating in the Makerere University Data Protection Dialogue, exploring Uganda’s legal and regulatory landscape, compliance realities, enforcement gaps and students’ rights as data subjects.
We are joining other stakeholders to reflect on how we can strengthen data protection, promote accountability and safeguard people’s rights in Uganda’s increasingly digital space.
📍 Lower Auditorium, School of Law, Makerere University
Protecting personal data is a shared responsibility. These conversations are an important step towards building a digital environment where privacy is respected and trust is strengthened.
#DataProtection #PrivacyMatters #PersonalDataisPrivate
📍Happening Now
Our Program Coordinator @AnnexKemanzi will be joining this important dialogue on Strengthening Data Protection in Uganda's Digital Space.
@Makerere @privacycentreea @pdpoUG
#dataprotection #digitalrights
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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮’𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲
@JoelBasoga, Head of our TMT Practice, joins the panel today at the @Makerere University Data Protection Dialogue, convened by the @privacycentreea , @PollicyOrg , @pdpoUG and @ug_lawsociety at the @MakerereLaw.
Joel will address compliance, enforcement gaps and the rights of students as data subjects.
See the poster for full details.
“They cannot legislate what they don’t understand.”
This came up during a two-day bootcamp with women legislators and civil society leaders in Côte d’Ivoire, where our colleagues discussed what it takes to address #TFGBV.
Côte d’Ivoire has laws covering cybercrime, data protection and gender-based violence. But gaps remain in how TFGBV is specifically addressed, and limited gender data makes it harder to develop effective policy responses.
One proposal was to develop an advocacy brief outlining these gaps and the case for legislative action.
The discussions also highlighted the need for government support and greater accountability from technology platforms. Women cannot carry the burden of online safety alone.
This connects directly to Pollicy's priorities on a #SafeAndJoyfulInternet and #DataPolicy.
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🎙️ MEET OUR PANEL | "The Legal & Regulatory Landscape: Compliance Realities, Enforcement Gaps and Students' Rights as Data Subjects"
Panellists:
● Mr. Davis Othieno — Manager, Compliance and Investigations, Personal Data Protection Office (@pdpoUG )
● Ms. Annex Kamanzi — Programme Coordinator, Pollicy
● Mr. Ivan Ojakol — Chairperson, Forum for Data Protection Practitioners Uganda (FDPPUG)
● Mr. Joel Basoga — Head, TMT Practice, H&G Advocates
This panel brings together regulators, legal practitioners and civil society to confront the gap between data protection law on paper and its enforcement in practice, with a sharp focus on what this means for students as data subjects.
Join us at the Makerere Data Protection Dialogue.
📅29th October 2026
📍Makerere University School of Law Lower Auditorium
Open to students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights.
✅ Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc
#MakerereDataProtectionDialogue #DataProtectionUG #DigitalRights
@PollicyOrg | @FDPPUG
Who protects your personal data online, and where does free expression end? 🔐
Every day, Ugandans share personal data through apps, phones, school portals, and social media. How do our laws protect us, and what rights do we actually have?
In collaboration with @privacycentreea, @pdpoUG together with the Rule Of Law Club Makerere University, @the @ug_lawsociety, we invite you to the: @Makerere Data Protection Dialogue
🗓 Thursday, 29th October 2026 | 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Lower Auditorium, School of Law, Makerere University
✅ Free entry, registration required: forms.gle/pGuQg112mG2hU6rF8
#DataProtection #Privacy #DigitalRights
Pollicy is in Bali this week for #ICANN87.
Its Annual General Meeting brings together government, civil society, the private sector, and the technical community to discuss DNS abuse mitigation, registration data, and the next round of domain names.
Gender perspectives often go unmentioned in these conversations, so we have been asking whose experiences are being considered.
Our work sits at the intersection of #data, #digitalrights, and design, and we are here to make sure gender is part of the conversation.
#ICANN
#ICYMI: Our September newsletter is out!
Our new report, The Cost of Candidacy, tracked 100,000+ posts from Tanzania and Côte d’Ivoire’s 2025 elections and listened to 36 women leaders and human rights defenders.
Inside, you’ll also find our Annual Report 2025, two new networks born at #DataTamashaAfrica26 in Zanzibar, and stories from #FIFAfrica26 in Mauritius, Fort Portal and the African Union #InnoFest in Ethiopia.
Read it: mailchi.mp/pollicy/the-cost-…
Every part of our work in 2025 pointed to one goal: a just and inclusive digital future for everyone, especially women, girls and historically marginalised communities.
Our Annual Report tells the story.
Thank you to everyone who made 2025 possible, our partners, funders, community and team.
Read it 👉🏾annualreports.pollicy.org/
#DigitalRights
What will it take for women leaders in #Tanzania to take part in democracy without being pushed offline?
This week, 20 decision makers joined our #TFGBV Key Stakeholder Bootcamp in Tanzania, from government, police, the judiciary, media, telecoms, political parties, academia, UNESCO and civil society.
We worked from The Cost of Candidacy and @JamiiForums research, and left with one clear takeaway: a safe and joyful internet needs a united voice.
#DigitalRights #SafetyByDesign #OnlineSafety #WomenInPolitics
What happens when care work is mediated through online platforms?
We took that question to Bern, Switzerland, for the SOR4D programme and shared two papers on domestic workers, platforms and digital resilience in Kenya under the UPDATE project.
Watch 👇🏾
#PlatformWork
Elections raise the danger for women online, and the pattern is predictable.
Our new report, The Cost of Candidacy, tracked over 100,000 posts from Tanzania and Côte d'Ivoire's 2025 elections and listened to 36 women leaders and human rights defenders in focus groups.
Read the report 👉🏾 bit.ly/TheCostofCandidacy
#WomenInPolitics #OVAWP
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We’re delighted that many participants shared their lived experiences online.
We encourage the public to #ClickSafe: create a safety plan, report abuse, and take time to be slow and accurate.
As the internet evolves, the community needs to evolve, especially for women.
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Our Program Coordinator, Danai, is at the @_AfricanUnion 's #InnoFest26, taking part in the Inaugural CoP on TF-VAWG.
Participants are reviewing @UN_Women's draft baseline brief and working toward shared terminology to strengthen advocacy across #Africa. Danai is also following the tech innovation sessions while there, where donors and governments meet.
For Pollicy, #data and technology must serve people, especially women and marginalized communities.
