African Sex Workers Face Digital Abuse As Pandemic Pushes Them Online

Kenyan sex worker Elizabeth Otieno shudders each time her cellphone buzzes with a new notification. The device may have become a lifeline in helping her move her work online during the COVID-19 pandemic, but after a client secretly recorded their virtual sex session and leaked it onto the internet, every phone alert sends Otieno into […]
Sew Easy Workshop Is Helping Women To Be Self-Employed

In efforts to reduce high unemployment rate, promote self-employment and job creation among women, two partners, Folashade Dan-Oketola and Nwakaego Abuah, professionals in dressmaking have decided to empower Nigerian women through their Sew Easy Workshop online platform. This platform is to simplify the acquisition of dressmaking skills. Speaking on the online dressmaking academy, Folashade […]