CSOs and human rights defenders have advocated for laws that safeguard the online security and safety of Uganda. An example is the Computer Misuse Act. Indigenous CSOs are building their digital capacities by attending digital security capacity-building workshops that focus…
How CSOs are Adapting and Protecting Online Spaces Introduction As digital technologies continue to advance at an exponential rate, cybersecurity is increasingly becoming a top priority around the world. In Zimbabwe, the digital security landscape for human rights defenders, has…
Frelimo, the ruling party in Mozambique, has dominated the political landscape since independence in 1975, in part, by weakening the democratic space and reducing the ability of CSOs to freely and actively pursue their political and civic goals. Despite all…
In the three years of GIF project implementation in Lesotho, the aim has been to prevent and build resiliency to the threats emerging from living in the digital age. A key component of this was to upskill human rights defenders,…
Digital Security Audits and Trainings There was a marked increase in appreciation and recognition of the importance of preventive digital security among human rights defenders, and DSA immediately got inundated with requests. The GIF project made it possible for DSA…
From our experience understanding that various threat models confronting human rights defenders in Zimbabwe, DSA has been advancing some key recommendations including the fact that there is a need to strengthen individual and organizational cyber hygiene. CSOs tend to underestimate…
The Zambian Cyber Security Initiative Foundation has been supporting media houses and CSOs in Zambia with provision of software licenses as well as digital safety and ICT support working under the GIF project. One of the beneficiaries of the support…
