RECOMMENDATIONS
THE findings call for the
development of more rigorous
and coordinated strategies to
stem this growing menace at a
national, continental and global
level.

out a review of legislative
frameworks in the region and
their effectiveness in relation
to protection and curbing of
technology facilitated gender
based violence.

It also needs sustained
willpower
from
media
stakeholders and policymakers,
who should in turn, continually
use the aspirations articulated
in numerous regional and
international instruments and
protocols as guiding documents
— more specifically, the recently
introduced ACHPR Resolution
522 on the Protection of Women
Against Digital Violence to
ground their work.

Ensure stakeholders utilise
insights from the study to
foreground
discussions
to
formulate a collective definition
of online violence that is
relevant to the continental
context.

A starting point for the work
undertaken should:
Ensure
stakeholders
underpin their work with
national,
regional
and
continental policy frameworks
enhancing the rights of women.
Ensure stakeholders carry

lThese definitions should
be collated and deposited into
a central system that is easily
accessible.
lThese
definitions
could
be used to monitor violations
against men and women
journalists in particular.
Ensure
stakeholders
acknowledge the interconnected
link between offline and
technology facilitated gender
based violence.

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lForm partnerships and links
with organisations to design
innovative activities around
anti offline and online GBV.
lAdvocacy strategies should
therefore
incorporate
this
intertwining of issues.
Ensure the design of a second
and
more
comprehensive
survey by MISA.
lAdditional
in
country
research will help amplify the
gendered nuances of online
violence which in turn should
be followed up and followed
through with concrete and
actionable approaches.
Capacitate
women
journalists
to
deal
more
impactfully with TGBV.
Incorporate
the
understanding of TGBV to insert
impactful content into existing
media literacy programmes and
activities.

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