Women Of Uganda Network
@wougnet.bsky.social
We envision an inclusive and just society where women and girls are enabled to use Information Communications Technologies (ICTs) for sustainable development.
Website: www.wougnet.org
Report OGBV: www.ogbv.wougnet.org
Website: www.wougnet.org
Report OGBV: www.ogbv.wougnet.org
Pinned
🚨 As technology mediates more of our daily lives, it's also being weaponized to harm women & girls in alarming ways.
📱Report cases of online gender-based violence via ogbv.wougnet.org and help us create a safer internet for women & girls!
#EndVAWG
📱Report cases of online gender-based violence via ogbv.wougnet.org and help us create a safer internet for women & girls!
#EndVAWG
🚨OUT OF OFFICE!
The WOUGNET offices have been temporarily closed from 18th December, 2025 and will re-open on 19th January, 2026 to enable our team rest and reset.
🤝Thank you to our partners, members, friends and allies for an impactful 2025.
Happy holidays🎄
The WOUGNET offices have been temporarily closed from 18th December, 2025 and will re-open on 19th January, 2026 to enable our team rest and reset.
🤝Thank you to our partners, members, friends and allies for an impactful 2025.
Happy holidays🎄
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚨OUT OF OFFICE!
The WOUGNET offices have been temporarily closed from 18th December, 2025 and will re-open on 19th January, 2026 to enable our team rest and reset.
🤝Thank you to our partners, members, friends and allies for an impactful 2025.
Happy holidays🎄
The WOUGNET offices have been temporarily closed from 18th December, 2025 and will re-open on 19th January, 2026 to enable our team rest and reset.
🤝Thank you to our partners, members, friends and allies for an impactful 2025.
Happy holidays🎄
🚨As part of our continued commitment to strengthening the safety and well-being of Women Human Rights Defenders, we recently held a Training of Trainers capacity-building workshop on the use and facilitation of the co-created Holistic Security Toolkit.
@apc.org
@apc.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨As part of our continued commitment to strengthening the safety and well-being of Women Human Rights Defenders, we recently held a Training of Trainers capacity-building workshop on the use and facilitation of the co-created Holistic Security Toolkit.
@apc.org
@apc.org
Last week, with support from Crossroads International, we successfully organised an awareness raising seminar at Iganda School of Nurisng &Midwifery and equipped students with digital safety skills and deeper understanding of #GBV and #TFGBV.
#DigitalSecurity #EndOnlineViolence
#DigitalSecurity #EndOnlineViolence
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Last week, with support from Crossroads International, we successfully organised an awareness raising seminar at Iganda School of Nurisng &Midwifery and equipped students with digital safety skills and deeper understanding of #GBV and #TFGBV.
#DigitalSecurity #EndOnlineViolence
#DigitalSecurity #EndOnlineViolence
🚫No one should feel threatened or silenced on the internet!
📱Report incidents of #OGBV through our portal for legal, digital & psycho-social support!
🔗 ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
📱Report incidents of #OGBV through our portal for legal, digital & psycho-social support!
🔗 ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
🚫No one should feel threatened or silenced on the internet!
📱Report incidents of #OGBV through our portal for legal, digital & psycho-social support!
🔗 ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
📱Report incidents of #OGBV through our portal for legal, digital & psycho-social support!
🔗 ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
🚨HAPPENING TODAY
Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng in this timely conversation as we reflect on digital safety during the #16DaysOfActivism.
🔗Set your reminders: x.com/i/spaces/1eaKb…
⏰ 5PM EAT
📍NBS TV X account
#ACTtoEndViolencece
Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng in this timely conversation as we reflect on digital safety during the #16DaysOfActivism.
🔗Set your reminders: x.com/i/spaces/1eaKb…
⏰ 5PM EAT
📍NBS TV X account
#ACTtoEndViolencece
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨HAPPENING TODAY
Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng in this timely conversation as we reflect on digital safety during the #16DaysOfActivism.
🔗Set your reminders: x.com/i/spaces/1eaKb…
⏰ 5PM EAT
📍NBS TV X account
#ACTtoEndViolencece
Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng in this timely conversation as we reflect on digital safety during the #16DaysOfActivism.
🔗Set your reminders: x.com/i/spaces/1eaKb…
⏰ 5PM EAT
📍NBS TV X account
#ACTtoEndViolencece
🚨OPPORTUNITY
As our 2021-2025 strategic plan wraps up, we are seeking a consultant to lead the development of our next 5-year strategic plan.
Applications are OPEN!
🔗For more info: shorturl.at/EQpkR
As our 2021-2025 strategic plan wraps up, we are seeking a consultant to lead the development of our next 5-year strategic plan.
Applications are OPEN!
🔗For more info: shorturl.at/EQpkR
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🚨OPPORTUNITY
As our 2021-2025 strategic plan wraps up, we are seeking a consultant to lead the development of our next 5-year strategic plan.
Applications are OPEN!
🔗For more info: shorturl.at/EQpkR
As our 2021-2025 strategic plan wraps up, we are seeking a consultant to lead the development of our next 5-year strategic plan.
Applications are OPEN!
🔗For more info: shorturl.at/EQpkR
Imagine a world where survivor consent is non-negotiable, healing justice is integrated into every digital space, and burnout is treated as seriously as tech threats. That’s the future we’re building.
#EndTFGBV #FeministFuture #HealingJustice
#EndTFGBV #FeministFuture #HealingJustice
December 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Imagine a world where survivor consent is non-negotiable, healing justice is integrated into every digital space, and burnout is treated as seriously as tech threats. That’s the future we’re building.
#EndTFGBV #FeministFuture #HealingJustice
#EndTFGBV #FeministFuture #HealingJustice
Online abuse can happen quietly through leaked images, threats, blackmail, impersonation, unwanted sharing. But no one should navigate that alone.
Protection is possible. Support is available.
👉 Visit: ogbv.wougnet.org
Protection is possible. Support is available.
👉 Visit: ogbv.wougnet.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Online abuse can happen quietly through leaked images, threats, blackmail, impersonation, unwanted sharing. But no one should navigate that alone.
Protection is possible. Support is available.
👉 Visit: ogbv.wougnet.org
Protection is possible. Support is available.
👉 Visit: ogbv.wougnet.org
🚫That “just one forward” could cost someone their dignity and you your freedom!
Uganda’s Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022 criminalizes sharing or forwarding intimate or offensive content.
🔐Protect others digital dignity. Protect your record!
#16DaysOfActivism
Uganda’s Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022 criminalizes sharing or forwarding intimate or offensive content.
🔐Protect others digital dignity. Protect your record!
#16DaysOfActivism
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🚫That “just one forward” could cost someone their dignity and you your freedom!
Uganda’s Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022 criminalizes sharing or forwarding intimate or offensive content.
🔐Protect others digital dignity. Protect your record!
#16DaysOfActivism
Uganda’s Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022 criminalizes sharing or forwarding intimate or offensive content.
🔐Protect others digital dignity. Protect your record!
#16DaysOfActivism
🚨Digital spaces should be safe for everyone.
💻If you or a person you know are facing online harassment, impersonation, or unwanted content, report it anonymously through our secure platform for support.
🔗: ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
#EndOnlineViolence
💻If you or a person you know are facing online harassment, impersonation, or unwanted content, report it anonymously through our secure platform for support.
🔗: ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
#EndOnlineViolence
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🚨Digital spaces should be safe for everyone.
💻If you or a person you know are facing online harassment, impersonation, or unwanted content, report it anonymously through our secure platform for support.
🔗: ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
#EndOnlineViolence
💻If you or a person you know are facing online harassment, impersonation, or unwanted content, report it anonymously through our secure platform for support.
🔗: ogbv.wougnet.org
#16DaysOfActivism
#EndOnlineViolence
Behind every online attack is a real person facing harm offline. From blackmail on dating apps to hacked websites targeting women and girls. TFGBV is not virtual it’s visceral.
🔗 Learn more: [https://womensrightsonline.net]
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet
#WRONetwork
🔗 Learn more: [https://womensrightsonline.net]
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet
#WRONetwork
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Behind every online attack is a real person facing harm offline. From blackmail on dating apps to hacked websites targeting women and girls. TFGBV is not virtual it’s visceral.
🔗 Learn more: [https://womensrightsonline.net]
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet
#WRONetwork
🔗 Learn more: [https://womensrightsonline.net]
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet
#WRONetwork
When platforms fail, lives are at risk. In Uganda, women are blackmailed with nudes. In India, a simple photo sparks violent backlash. These are not isolated stories; they’re connected struggles all around us
Join the conversation this hashtag #16DaysOfActivism & speak out
Join the conversation this hashtag #16DaysOfActivism & speak out
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
When platforms fail, lives are at risk. In Uganda, women are blackmailed with nudes. In India, a simple photo sparks violent backlash. These are not isolated stories; they’re connected struggles all around us
Join the conversation this hashtag #16DaysOfActivism & speak out
Join the conversation this hashtag #16DaysOfActivism & speak out
Last week, we joined partners in a public dialogue, “UNITE! Linking Theory and Advocacy to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls” at Makerere University.
The dialogue highlighted the importance of
building movements grounded in evidence and community lived realities.
#16DaysOfActivism
The dialogue highlighted the importance of
building movements grounded in evidence and community lived realities.
#16DaysOfActivism
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Last week, we joined partners in a public dialogue, “UNITE! Linking Theory and Advocacy to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls” at Makerere University.
The dialogue highlighted the importance of
building movements grounded in evidence and community lived realities.
#16DaysOfActivism
The dialogue highlighted the importance of
building movements grounded in evidence and community lived realities.
#16DaysOfActivism
🤔How can research, advocacy, and community action work together to end violence against women and girls?
WOUGNET and partners will be at the upcoming Public Dialogue to unpack exactly that.
🗓 Saturday, 29th Nov 2025
📍 Makerere University
⏰ 1:30PM EAT
#16DaysOfActivism #EndOnlineViolence
WOUGNET and partners will be at the upcoming Public Dialogue to unpack exactly that.
🗓 Saturday, 29th Nov 2025
📍 Makerere University
⏰ 1:30PM EAT
#16DaysOfActivism #EndOnlineViolence
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🤔How can research, advocacy, and community action work together to end violence against women and girls?
WOUGNET and partners will be at the upcoming Public Dialogue to unpack exactly that.
🗓 Saturday, 29th Nov 2025
📍 Makerere University
⏰ 1:30PM EAT
#16DaysOfActivism #EndOnlineViolence
WOUGNET and partners will be at the upcoming Public Dialogue to unpack exactly that.
🗓 Saturday, 29th Nov 2025
📍 Makerere University
⏰ 1:30PM EAT
#16DaysOfActivism #EndOnlineViolence
🤝We were honoured to join GIZ’s hybrid kick-off panel for the #16DaysOfActivism, contributing to a critical conversation on digital violence against women and girls.
As WOUGNET, we remain committed to raising awareness and advancing digital safety and rights for all women and girls in Uganda.
As WOUGNET, we remain committed to raising awareness and advancing digital safety and rights for all women and girls in Uganda.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🤝We were honoured to join GIZ’s hybrid kick-off panel for the #16DaysOfActivism, contributing to a critical conversation on digital violence against women and girls.
As WOUGNET, we remain committed to raising awareness and advancing digital safety and rights for all women and girls in Uganda.
As WOUGNET, we remain committed to raising awareness and advancing digital safety and rights for all women and girls in Uganda.
🤝 Today, we join the rest of the world in launching the #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-Based Violence.
Let’s use these 16 days to take action to stop digital violence against women and girls across the globe.
🔗Report cases of OGBV: shorturl.at/fGZi2
#NoExcuseForOnlineAbuse
Let’s use these 16 days to take action to stop digital violence against women and girls across the globe.
🔗Report cases of OGBV: shorturl.at/fGZi2
#NoExcuseForOnlineAbuse
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🤝 Today, we join the rest of the world in launching the #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-Based Violence.
Let’s use these 16 days to take action to stop digital violence against women and girls across the globe.
🔗Report cases of OGBV: shorturl.at/fGZi2
#NoExcuseForOnlineAbuse
Let’s use these 16 days to take action to stop digital violence against women and girls across the globe.
🔗Report cases of OGBV: shorturl.at/fGZi2
#NoExcuseForOnlineAbuse
🔔Gender-based violence is evolving and expanding in digital spaces.
Join us on 4th December for a global conversation on tackling digital abuse and gender backlash.
⏰: 3:00pm EAT-4:30pm EAT
📍: Zoom
🔗Register: shorturl.at/soxmZ
#CounterBacklash
@ids.ac.uk @sandraaceng.bsky.social
Join us on 4th December for a global conversation on tackling digital abuse and gender backlash.
⏰: 3:00pm EAT-4:30pm EAT
📍: Zoom
🔗Register: shorturl.at/soxmZ
#CounterBacklash
@ids.ac.uk @sandraaceng.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🔔Gender-based violence is evolving and expanding in digital spaces.
Join us on 4th December for a global conversation on tackling digital abuse and gender backlash.
⏰: 3:00pm EAT-4:30pm EAT
📍: Zoom
🔗Register: shorturl.at/soxmZ
#CounterBacklash
@ids.ac.uk @sandraaceng.bsky.social
Join us on 4th December for a global conversation on tackling digital abuse and gender backlash.
⏰: 3:00pm EAT-4:30pm EAT
📍: Zoom
🔗Register: shorturl.at/soxmZ
#CounterBacklash
@ids.ac.uk @sandraaceng.bsky.social
🔔We’re proud to launch Edition 1 of the ReFrame Magazine!
This issue, “Art Meets Activism: Our Voices, Our Futures” features powerful art and activism from inspiring voices across Uganda.
Read NOW: surl.li/jfeoau
@apc.org
This issue, “Art Meets Activism: Our Voices, Our Futures” features powerful art and activism from inspiring voices across Uganda.
Read NOW: surl.li/jfeoau
@apc.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
🔔We’re proud to launch Edition 1 of the ReFrame Magazine!
This issue, “Art Meets Activism: Our Voices, Our Futures” features powerful art and activism from inspiring voices across Uganda.
Read NOW: surl.li/jfeoau
@apc.org
This issue, “Art Meets Activism: Our Voices, Our Futures” features powerful art and activism from inspiring voices across Uganda.
Read NOW: surl.li/jfeoau
@apc.org
🔔This week, under the BOLT Project, we kicked off the first in a series of gender trainings aimed at strengthening inclusion and addressing gender dynamics in broadband adoption.
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🔔This week, under the BOLT Project, we kicked off the first in a series of gender trainings aimed at strengthening inclusion and addressing gender dynamics in broadband adoption.
NEW DOCUMENTARY DROP🎦
Despite rising surveillance, OGBV, censorship & privacy threats, WHRDs and Feminists in Uganda continue to resist and reclaim the digital spaces.
🎥 Watch the full documentary: shorturl.at/LLWY6
@apc.org
#OurVoicesOurFutures #FeministInternet
Despite rising surveillance, OGBV, censorship & privacy threats, WHRDs and Feminists in Uganda continue to resist and reclaim the digital spaces.
🎥 Watch the full documentary: shorturl.at/LLWY6
@apc.org
#OurVoicesOurFutures #FeministInternet
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
NEW DOCUMENTARY DROP🎦
Despite rising surveillance, OGBV, censorship & privacy threats, WHRDs and Feminists in Uganda continue to resist and reclaim the digital spaces.
🎥 Watch the full documentary: shorturl.at/LLWY6
@apc.org
#OurVoicesOurFutures #FeministInternet
Despite rising surveillance, OGBV, censorship & privacy threats, WHRDs and Feminists in Uganda continue to resist and reclaim the digital spaces.
🎥 Watch the full documentary: shorturl.at/LLWY6
@apc.org
#OurVoicesOurFutures #FeministInternet
Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng at the first Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) in a “Myth-Busting Session on TFGBV Data” as she provides ethical & survivor-centered data practices.
🔗Register here: shorturl.at/GmE4d
@apc.org
#TFGBV
🔗Register here: shorturl.at/GmE4d
@apc.org
#TFGBV
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng at the first Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) in a “Myth-Busting Session on TFGBV Data” as she provides ethical & survivor-centered data practices.
🔗Register here: shorturl.at/GmE4d
@apc.org
#TFGBV
🔗Register here: shorturl.at/GmE4d
@apc.org
#TFGBV
🎉 It’s Data Fest week and we are more than excited to contribute to conversations that will shape Africa’s data & digital futures.
🔗Checkout sessions @wougnet will be speaking at here: shorturl.at/QqXgP
@pollicy.bsky.social
#DFA2025 #DataFestAfrica2025
🔗Checkout sessions @wougnet will be speaking at here: shorturl.at/QqXgP
@pollicy.bsky.social
#DFA2025 #DataFestAfrica2025
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎉 It’s Data Fest week and we are more than excited to contribute to conversations that will shape Africa’s data & digital futures.
🔗Checkout sessions @wougnet will be speaking at here: shorturl.at/QqXgP
@pollicy.bsky.social
#DFA2025 #DataFestAfrica2025
🔗Checkout sessions @wougnet will be speaking at here: shorturl.at/QqXgP
@pollicy.bsky.social
#DFA2025 #DataFestAfrica2025
With support from @apc.org, earlier today we convened a group of Women Human Rights Defenders to contribute to the co-creation of a comprehensive & user-friendly toolkit that will strengthen their digital, physical & psychosocial security.
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
With support from @apc.org, earlier today we convened a group of Women Human Rights Defenders to contribute to the co-creation of a comprehensive & user-friendly toolkit that will strengthen their digital, physical & psychosocial security.
As we mark the #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, our Program Officer, Peter Ongom will be speaking on a panel, “Digital Safety for Africa: Protecting People and Organizations”
📆 Friday 17th October, 2025
⏰ 5:30pm EAT
📍 meet.google.com/bgg-ptma-xuz
📆 Friday 17th October, 2025
⏰ 5:30pm EAT
📍 meet.google.com/bgg-ptma-xuz
October 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
As we mark the #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, our Program Officer, Peter Ongom will be speaking on a panel, “Digital Safety for Africa: Protecting People and Organizations”
📆 Friday 17th October, 2025
⏰ 5:30pm EAT
📍 meet.google.com/bgg-ptma-xuz
📆 Friday 17th October, 2025
⏰ 5:30pm EAT
📍 meet.google.com/bgg-ptma-xuz
🚨CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY
🔍WOUGNET is seeking a consultant or consultancy team to lead groundbreaking research on the impact of spyware & digital surveillance on women journalists, human rights defenders & women leaders in 🇺🇬.
👩💻Apply here: shorturl.at/wDAE7
🔍WOUGNET is seeking a consultant or consultancy team to lead groundbreaking research on the impact of spyware & digital surveillance on women journalists, human rights defenders & women leaders in 🇺🇬.
👩💻Apply here: shorturl.at/wDAE7
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🚨CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY
🔍WOUGNET is seeking a consultant or consultancy team to lead groundbreaking research on the impact of spyware & digital surveillance on women journalists, human rights defenders & women leaders in 🇺🇬.
👩💻Apply here: shorturl.at/wDAE7
🔍WOUGNET is seeking a consultant or consultancy team to lead groundbreaking research on the impact of spyware & digital surveillance on women journalists, human rights defenders & women leaders in 🇺🇬.
👩💻Apply here: shorturl.at/wDAE7