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The Silent Survivors: Why Child Sexual Abuse Online Is a Feminist Issue

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In today’s digital age, harm doesn’t always begin in dark alleys or locked rooms, it often starts with a message, a friend request, or an innocent-looking link. Behind the glow of a phone screen, countless girls and young women are being targeted, exploited, and silenced through child sexual abuse online. And yet, these survivors remain largely invisible in conversations about tech policy, law enforcement, and digital innovation. At Shetechtive, we believe it’s time to say it plainly: Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online is not just a crime, it is a feminist issue.   ✊🏾 Gendered Harms in Digital Spaces CSAM disproportionately affects girls. According to global statistics, over 90% of known CSAM victims are female. This isn’t accidental, it reflects broader gendered patterns of power, control, and sexualized violence that extend from offline patriarchy into online platforms. Girls, especially those from marginalized communities, are groomed, coerced, and blackmailed i...

Reclaiming the Digital Civic Space: Why Uganda’s Future Belongs to Young Women in Tech

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By Rebecca Nanono | June 2025 “Our voices are not just hashtags, they are blueprints for building inclusive democracies.” 🌍 Uganda’s Civic Tech Ecosystem: A Quiet Revolution Across Uganda, a silent but powerful movement is taking root. Young people, especially young women, are building platforms, bots, podcasts, and networks that are transforming civic engagement. But it’s not just about technology. It’s about power. It’s about access. And it’s about reimagining democracy beyond elections, into our everyday lived experiences, online and offline. Civic tech in Uganda is no longer a niche. It is our generation’s answer to a broken system. And at its heart are youth, media, and women’s voices , driving change in digital spaces that were never built with them in mind. 👩🏽‍ 💻 The Rise of Digital Heroines From chatbots delivering SRHR information to girls in slums, to TikTok series unpacking constitutional rights in Luganda, Ugandan women are not just joining the civic te...