Digital Inclusion

ICT offers many opportunities. But access remains not equally distributed. Thus, we are aiming to include every person whilst demanding for digital human rights.

Being witnesses of the 4th industrial revolution, it is on us to take part in the process and actively shape it. Because as ICT offers many opportunities for people around the world, the access to ICT tools are not distributed equally and misuse of data bears a risk for vulnerable groups. Thus, we are aiming to include every person whilst demanding for digital human rights.

Projects

Project

Mitigate Impacts of Human Rights Abuses on HRDs

This project is led by Associates For Health Rights Limited (AHAR) who partnered up with Sexual Minorities Uganda, Ice-Breakers Uganda, Ark-Wellness Center. Tranz-Gender Network, UNESO-Sex Workers Network and Rhiza Collective-Technical support.

Project

Human Centered Design Training for HRDs

Design is a problem solving tool to impact the human rights space and change lives. This project is implemented by Design Without Borders.

Subtopics

Gender Equality

Women are protected by the same fundamental human rights regulations as men, yet women are still denied those rights in societies around the world.

LGBT Rights

In Uganda as much as all over the world, people are still stigmatised and discriminated because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

Disability Rights

As full members of societies, Persons with Disabilities (PWD) can contribute to the development of a country with their skills and form culture and societies with their ideas.

Recent blog posts on Digital Inclusion

April 6, 2021

Inclusion of PWDs - a responsibility for all

How can we actively enhance participation and engagement of PWDs in everyday life and go beyond policies and regulations to being heard, se…

March 29, 2021

Vulnerability and Mental Health

Vulnerability is not an easy notion to contend with and yet when it comes to mental health it is very vital. Fortunately, digital tools hel…

March 15, 2021

Exploring Digital Solutions to current HR Violations

The winning teams of the Innovation Program and the DHRLab CoP Leads came together to explore synergies between their creative ideas and th…

March 2, 2021

Internet Shutdown and Freedom of Expression

Among all the benefits that have come with using the internet, it has accelerated the enjoyment of the freedom of expression and right to a…

Feb. 11, 2021

VPN use and the controversies surrounding it

VPNs enable users to have online privacy and anonymity by creating a private network from a public internet connection. Especially during t…

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Dec. 21, 2020

List of Emergency Contacts for HRDs

The Digital Human Rights Lab is cognizant of the vital work that human rights defenders do in Uganda on a daily basis. At some point in the…

Dec. 17, 2020

Open Data For Women and Persons with Disabilities

Open data has led to many initiatives and platforms to publish open datasets. The open data movement in the area of access and usage to the…

June 3, 2020

Challenges in Online Data Collection with PWDs

Some of the challenges that may be encountered/faced during online data collection techniques in a research study with Persons with disabil…

Oct. 23, 2019

Digital Human Rights Lab Kick-Off Event

On October 1st, a kick-off event on the Digital Human Rights Lab together with betterplace lab, Pollicy and GIZ Uganda took place.

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Digital Inclusion community

Design Without Borders

Design without Borders Africa (DwB) is a product and service design consultancy with offices in Kampala, Uganda and Oslo, N…

IceBreakers Uganda

Icebreakers Uganda is a LGBTI and MSM support Community based organisation in Uganda working to provide comprehensive healt…

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