Bombali Safe Sister Fellow Edna Amie Delivers ToT Digital Safety, GBV to 20 Female Journalists, Activists

​By: Alusine Rehme Wilson

At the Radio Marie Makeni Conference room, Edna Amie Ngeba, one of the 2022 InterNews Safe Sister Fellows has on Thursday, successfully schooled twenty Female Journalists and Activists in Bombali District on Digital Safety, Online Cyber Harassment and Gender Based Violence.

The training according to Madam Ngeba is for rationally selected Activists and Journalists in Makeni city and other parts of Bombali District who will eventually serve as Trainers in their respective institutions and communities in a bid to further share the acquired knowledge from the training, also to raise the awareness of Female Journalists and Activists on digital safety to let them stay safe online at all times.

She expressed delights for being one of the 13 Safe Sister/InterNews Fellows who received intensive online training on digital safety for four months and has been able to understand that 68% of Women are either victimized or discriminated against in cyberspace.

“Rolling out this training to colleague Journalists as well as Activists of vibrant minds in Makeni city and other parent of Bombali District gives me enough joy not because of their vibrancy shown during the training but because of their amazing online experiences shared during the open discussion sessions as well as their commitments to share the acquired knowledge from the training to their colleagues in their respective workspaces,” she added.

During the training, PowerPoint presentations were made on Cyber Violence, password management, digital safety guidelines on how to avoid online harassment and victimization.

Open discussions among the trainees and the trainer were encouraged for every session and trainees in the end suggested possible ways of fighting against the spread of online victimization, harassments and gender based violence against women.

They also vowed to roll out the similar training to their colleagues in their respective institutions, and questions and answers climaxed the day’s training.

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