The Fight Against Gender-based Violence Online in Africa is not a Fight Between Men and Women: Lessons on Human Rights From #FIFAfrica18


By Blaise Ndola My participation in each edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) has always been a learning curve in understanding certain issues and topics related to Internet Freedoms in Africa. For the 2018 forum, which was held in Accra, Ghana on September 26-28, I was more interested in participating in … Continue reading The Fight Against Gender-based Violence Online in Africa is not a Fight Between Men and Women: Lessons on Human Rights From #FIFAfrica18

#HakiConf2018: Les inscriptions s’ouvrent aujourd’hui!


C’est le moment de prendre votre inscription. Désirez-vous prendre part à la première édition de la “Conférence sur les droits de l’homme à l’ère du numérique en RDC“, #HakiConf2018 ? Désirez-vous faire partie des discussions sur l’application des droits de l’homme dans ce siècle de l’Internet en RDC et en Afrique ? Prenez votre inscription aujourd’hui … Continue reading #HakiConf2018: Les inscriptions s’ouvrent aujourd’hui!

Access Now – Rudi : Joint Submission to the UNHRC for the 33rd Session of the UPR 2018 Cycle


The submission Rudi International and Access Now made a joint submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 33rd Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2018 Cycle for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. You can get access to it here: DRC – Submission UNHRC This submission raises a number of … Continue reading Access Now – Rudi : Joint Submission to the UNHRC for the 33rd Session of the UPR 2018 Cycle

The Congolese Senate received inputs to the Telecom and ICT draft bill


At the initiative of Rudi International, a group of civil society representatives came together for an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) policy workshop in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in June 2018. A two-days’ workshop (building from a previous workshop held in Goma in June 2017) where participants had the opportunity to learn and … Continue reading The Congolese Senate received inputs to the Telecom and ICT draft bill

30 human rights activists trained in digital security in Lubumbashi and Kisangani


Between September 2017 and June 2018, we conducted a series of digital security training and awareness in two cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Thanks to the support of the Access Now grants program, a total of up to 30 human rights activists, bloggers, civil society leaders went through our digital security training … Continue reading 30 human rights activists trained in digital security in Lubumbashi and Kisangani