Hey there everyone👋🏾! Doki here, your Data Fellow at Pollicy 😄. I’m super excited to share my experience from the recent Data Ladies session we had. The session was titled “Data Science Toolbox” and boy, was it a blast! We had such an amazing time learning and growing together. The…

As Africa becomes more digitally connected, online spaces have become an important tool for politicians to connect with their constituents. However, for women in leadership, navigating these online spaces can be a daunting task. …

In today’s digital age, social media has become an integral part of our lives, providing a platform for individuals to express their opinions and beliefs. However, this increased reliance on social media has led to the proliferation of cyber-harassment and hate speech, particularly targeting women and marginalized communities. …

Shifting the Data Highway All over the world, people share their personal information to get assistance, social services, entertainment and knowledge. However, gender data remains understudied and underutilized, often enveloped in the general scope of data. Prior research was conducted by Pollicy in collaboration with My Data Rights on Afrofeminist Data Futures, which included…

A few days ago, I woke up to a flurry of messages and pictures on our Pollicy Whatsapp group. Irene had just given a talk with the UN Secretary General at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York; Navina had delivered a speech to 2000 women…

Whose language? What is the language this website is written in? The letters that make up its source code? The very infrastructure of the Web itself? Is the language you write emails, essays and personal WhatsApp messages in the same as the language you grew up speaking or speak at…

Pollicy celebrates International Women’s Day by amplifying women’s voices in the digital age This Women’s Day (and month), Pollicy is excited to participate in a series of celebration activities to promote gender equality in the digital age. As an award-winning East African feminist civic technology collective, Pollicy is committed to…

Pollicy’s Work on Feminist Tech and Digital Innovation at CSW 67: Addressing the Digital Divide and Promoting Inclusion Pollicy is attending the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67) and sharing their work in various pre-events, side events, and closed meetings. We will work with…

Empowering Key Populations Through Data Literacy For years, key populations in Uganda have struggled to access data literacy programs, which are essential for collecting and analyzing data and preparing it for dissemination. This lack of access has made it difficult for these communities to have their voices heard in national…