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A lot of people were asking me 7 years ago when I started and why as a woman are running anything digital
@geeekaaay
#Ruhusiwa #GirlsAllowed

It's not about that girls can't do it or aren't inspired but I think from my context it's about affordability.
We buy boys tablets and toy-phones but we buy girls barbie dolls and playhouses
@geeekaaaay #Ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

Access to Data and wifi is also a challenge that a lot of girls face.

We are able to do more, and we are smarter but the challenge that we have is that we are socialised differently. The wave of change is coming & will break the ceiling
@CynthiaWMwangi #Ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

Podcasts and Tiktok are the crazes in Kenya currently but it's predominantly men who are running these new media spaces. New Gen Z's girls are now coming up with this amazing content.

What are the spaces that are hot in your community
@CynthiaWMwangi #Ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

Most topics around women issues are seen as societal taboos the reason why some parents struggle to give girls access to new media and the internet.
@Queen_Raffy #Ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

Once you are online, or working in public spaces and talking about different issues the family and the community tends to start speaking and questioning your topic choice.

@Queen_Raffy #Ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

Courage, Encouragement, strength and support are critical to making sure that women get to adopt and use new media is critical.

@Queen_Raffy #Ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

Safety and Security are becoming a really important issue that is a deterrent for a lot of young women to get online. @kelvintmutize #ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

The opportunity is to find a solution to a problem and how can I make money in the process.
Waiting for someone to make it for us we shall wait forever.
@geeekaaaay #ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

Over 2 000 Women and Girls have been trained in New Media in Kenya since 2020.
Akilidada has also been training young girls and women in Kenya to make sure they have access to resources.
@CynthiaWMwangi #ruhusiwa #GirlsAllowed

When I moved to the south of Nigeria and started a podcast I literally built a business without leaving my house from recording to distribution to connecting with listeners and business
Opportunities and access are now everywhere.
@Queen_Raffy #ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

If we are able to take ballot boxes to the remotest place in countries the n we should be able to get digital skills and new media to girls in remotest communities.
New Media has brought access to banking, education, & information
@CynthiaWMwangi #girlsallowed #ruhusiwa

Government and Telco are critical in making sure that girls have access to new media schools. It's critical that our girls learn and earn through using new media access. #ruhusiwa #girlsallowed
@CynthiaWMwangi

We need to get more girls to join and stay in school and portray more and more good things that are coming from new media. We need to develop a thick skin to fight to stay in the front @Queen_Raffy #ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

We need girls to be exposed to new media at an early age and we need to socialise them in a manner that they are equal to the boy child.
@geeekaaaay #ruhusiwa #girlsallowed

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