Digital Economy

“At DWoSO Initiative, we believe that digital rights are human rights and that women and girls must not only participate in the digital economy but have the power, knowledge and confidence to shape it.”

At DWoSO, we ask: who has access to technology? Who is safe online? Who benefits economically? Whose voice is amplified? Who is excluded? And how does technology reproduce or challenge gender inequality?

Our Work

Where This Work Shows Up

Digital Safety

Digital Security Workshop / Support My Voice

Building awareness and capacity so women and girls can understand their rights and navigate online harassment, surveillance and technology-facilitated gender-based violence more safely.

Digital Financial Safety

Anomabo MoMo Fraud Sensitisation

Connecting women's economic empowerment to mobile money safety — helping market women and traders recognise fraud tactics and protect themselves when using digital financial services.

Digital Rights

Digital rights advocacy

Advocating for privacy, expression, access to information and protection from online harm — because digital rights are human rights.

Girls & Technology

Digital Girl Child / STEM advocacy

Encouraging girls to look beyond traditionally gendered career paths and see themselves as creators, innovators and decision-makers in STEM and the digital economy.

Feminist Digital Activism

Twitter/X Spaces, online campaigns

Using online conversations and social-media campaigns to challenge harmful gender norms, amplify women's voices and organise beyond physical spaces.

Digital Storytelling

Consent Hub, podcast & online conversations

Using digital media — from the Consent Hub to our podcast — to demystify consent, amplify community voices and extend feminist education to wider audiences.

Our Approach

The Principles That Guide This Work

Access

Women and girls must have meaningful access to technology, information and digital opportunities.

Safety

Digital participation must not expose women and girls to violence, exploitation or abuse.

Rights

People must understand and be able to exercise their digital rights, including privacy, expression, access to information and protection from online harm.

Economic Power

Technology should expand women's ability to earn, transact, build businesses and participate in the economy.

Voice & Movement

Digital platforms should enable women and girls to organise, tell their stories, influence decisions and build feminist movements.

What We Are Working Towards

Our Goals

Access technology without discrimination.
Participate safely and confidently online.
Understand and exercise their digital rights.
Are protected from technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
Can safely use digital financial services.
Have opportunities to develop STEM and digital skills.
Use technology to build businesses and livelihoods.
Participate in civic and political conversations.
Create and control their own narratives.
Become leaders and decision-makers in the digital future.

“A feminist digital economy where technology expands women's freedom, safety, economic power and ability to shape the societies they live in.”

Technology is changing our lives. The question is not whether women will participate in the digital economy — it's whether they will have equal power to shape it. DWoSO Initiative is committed to ensuring that they do.

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