By FAITH NYAMAIMore by this AuthorThe Association of Media Women in Kenya has condemned online attacks on women journalists. Executive Director Marceline Nyambala yesterday said female journalists’ rights must be protected as women faced a challenge because the society was patriarchal. “Digital harassment leads to women withdrawing from the use of the Internet and, in many cases, they have left work for some time. It has also changed the patterns of online interaction by women,” she said during a forum in Nairobi. Ms Nyambala said technology assisted violence against women is on the rise and included cyber bullying, trolling, cyber stalking, defamation/hate speech, online harassment, public shaming, identity theft, hacking among other offences.

Source: Daily Nation January 23, 2018 20:03 UTC