Kara conducted Community Conversation Forums on 4th April to 7th May 2024 in Kwale County to enhance public awareness and engagement on issues of digital rights and digital civic space protection. The forums aimed to increase awareness on digital rights issues among communities and to advocate for policies and legal frameworks that advance for digital rights and protection of the civic space. The forums will also enable KARA to develop County Action Plans and interventions on Protection of civic space in the digital spaces.
Kara with the support from UNDP Amkeni Wa Kenya is implementing a project on protection of civic space in the digital era through research, advocacy, capacity development and civic education in the counties of Kilifi, Kwale, Kitui & Turkana for the realization of SDGs in Kenya. The overall objective of the project is to provide an enabling environment for increased opportunities for digital space protection for the realization of SDGs in Kenya.