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Pollicy is at #AfIGF2026 in Accra!

@BonaventureSK and Ruth Atim co-facilitated “Building Voice-First AI for Rural Women in Uganda: Lessons Learnt.” The session introduced a voice-first AI initiative being developed for rural women in Northern Uganda and explored what inclusive AI looks like where smartphone ownership, connectivity, affordability, digital literacy and language remain barriers.

Our contribution covered designing around real connectivity conditions, making African languages core to AI development, and keeping privacy, safety, accuracy and human oversight alongside accessibility.

Proud to be part of these conversations.

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Women journalists tell the stories that matter. Who helps keep them safe online?

In Fort Portal, we brought together 20 women for our APC Safety for Voices programme to build their #digitalsafety skills so they can learn how to protect themselves and each other online.

🎥 Press play to see them in action 👇🏾

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Language shapes how #TFGBV is experienced, recognised and addressed.

Join us for Episode 1 of the TFGBV Regional Learning Series: Language Used in TFGBV / Lexicon and Its Importance moderated by @nyamwire.

You will leave with:
→ A clearer sense of how TFGBV shows up in local languages and cultural contexts
→ An understanding of why slang, coded language and humour make abuse hard to spot
→ Insight into how lexicons can strengthen research, survivor support, platform accountability and policy

🗓️ Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
⏰ 3:00 to 4:30 PM EAT
📍Zoom: bit.ly/TFGBVLearning

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