Child Online Africa wishes to appeal to the general public as well as the responsible sector ministries that it is imperative that somebody owns up to do the proper thing to help address the issue of young people being caught in mistakes which are not easy to erase for sharing their lives online. Social media… Continue reading Who Takes Responsibility For Digitized Reputation ?
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You Need Your Child’s Say-So to Post Their Picture Online – Advocate
The Executive Director of Child Online Africa, Awo Aidam Amenyah has called on parents and guardians to seek the consent of their children first before posting their images on social media. At a day’s training for selected journalists on online safety for children organised by Child Online Africa and AF Academy held in Accra on… Continue reading You Need Your Child’s Say-So to Post Their Picture Online – Advocate
Child Online Africa Partners AF Academy to Train Journalists
CHILD ONLINE AFRICA and AF ACADEMY have announced a collaborative effort to train Ghanaian journalists about online safety for vulnerable groups. The training for some selected journalists from media houses in Ghana is expected to take place this year. The objectives of the training are: To enlighten journalists on the rights of the child online.… Continue reading Child Online Africa Partners AF Academy to Train Journalists
Ghana: Child Online Africa Launches Digital Literacy Week
Accra, Ghana, July 10, 2019//- Digital literacy is the set of competencies required for all persons regardless of age and social status to be able to participate in the 21st Century knowledge society. It also includes attitudes and ethics regarding the use of digital devices like smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop PCs to interact with… Continue reading Ghana: Child Online Africa Launches Digital Literacy Week
Safeguard The Rights of Children Now!
It is not easy to define “violence” or ‘abuse’ against children because children’s rights is violated in so many different ways depending on the context and culture. Children may suffer physical, emotional or sexual abuse and their rights may be violated through social media/Internet, in a family, an institution, a school, community or faith setting.… Continue reading Safeguard The Rights of Children Now!
“Trusted Smart Products” – Children Are Consumers #WCRD2019
Today is World Consumer Rights Day and at Child Online Africa; we are focusing on the five keys to building trust with children and young people in their choice and use of connected devices. Like we all know; smart products are connected to the internet and they receive, collect and send data. According to Consumers… Continue reading “Trusted Smart Products” – Children Are Consumers #WCRD2019
Slash off 20% Tax on Sanitary Pads to Ensure Balance-for-Better.
The award winning writer Vera Narzarian once said; “A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less’’. The existence of male supremacy and female inferiority however is the sad reality in most societies today, especially in Africa. In many… Continue reading Slash off 20% Tax on Sanitary Pads to Ensure Balance-for-Better.
How To React To Harmful Online Content
It is worrying to note that most people especially parents have been alarmed at the Momo Challenge on YouTube. Two weeks ago we published an article about the importance of the 21st Century Digital Literacy skills which includes News Literacy: ability to determine between fact and fiction and not to take news on face value… Continue reading How To React To Harmful Online Content
Reading For Progress: Text vrs Digital?
One of the five pillars of the Year of Reading concept being promoted by the Ghana Library Authority is LITERACY. The Oxford dictionary defines literacy as the ability to read and write. The key to literacy is reading development, a progression of skills which begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and which… Continue reading Reading For Progress: Text vrs Digital?
Child Online Africa Supports GHLA To Promote Online Safety Among Children
Child Online Africa, a child focused non-governmental organization has donated about 800 online safety booklets to Ghana Library Authority. This forms parts of efforts to promote the awareness of online safety and privacy among children. Presenting the booklets, the Executive Director of Child Online Africa Awo Aid Amenyah said, “we are in a technological age… Continue reading Child Online Africa Supports GHLA To Promote Online Safety Among Children