Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say
A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects, activists sayActivists and lawyers in Africa are calling for urgent action to protect women, girls and boys as digital violence surges across the...
<p>A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects, activists say</p><p>Activists and lawyers in Africa are calling for urgent action to protect women, girls and boys as digital violence surges across the continent.</p><p>A massive rise in internet users, coupled with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/30/seven-10-africans-under-30-leadership-young-people-leadership">huge numbers of people aged under 30</a>, has fuelled an increase in gendered online violence across the continent, according to experts, by giving perpetrators new tools to control and silence women and girls, and influence boys.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/30/urgent-action-needed-to-prevent-surge-in-digital-violence-in-africa-experts-say">Continue reading...</a>
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