by Ronald Njoroge
Women leaders on Tuesday launched an anti cyber bullying campaign.
Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru called out cyber bullying for the crime that it is and urged Kenyans play a role in eliminating it.
“From a true human perspective, the words Cyber bullying do not come
close to capturing the severity and lasting impacts for the victims and
survivors or convey the links between online and offline experiences of
violence,” Waiguru said.
She noted that a study commissioned by the African Development
Bank suggests that up to 70 per cent of women have endured
cyberviolence and that women are 27 times more likely than men to be
harassed online.
“More than one in every five women in Kenya have
experienced cyber bullying.
You and I know that cyberbullying will hinder how we women
participate in public discourses and processes as many of us will cower,
self-censor, and in some instances, totally withdraw from public, civic
and social media spaces, ” said the county chief.