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Digital spaces fuel rise in online sexual abuse of women amid weak safeguards

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 Weaknesses in law, policy and enforcement have left many victims of online sexual exploitation without meaningful protection or justice. [Courtesy]

Digital technology has transformed communication and opportunity, but it has also created new avenues for sexual exploitation and abuse.

In Kenya, the growing intersection between technology and gender-based violence has left many women and girls exposed to harm, from online grooming and sexual coercion to image-based abuse and technology-facilitated sex trafficking.

Equality Now, in partnership with the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), Awareness Against Human Trafficking (HAART Kenya), Life Bloom Services International and Trace Kenya, has released a new report titled “Experiencing Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Kenya: Survivor Narratives and Legal Responses”, alongside a policy brief titled “Not Just Online: Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Across Digital and Physical Realities.”

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