Empowering Women, Shaping Africa’s Digital Tomorrow.
Promoting AI literacy, digital confidence, and well-being for women across Africa, so they can use technology safely, and confidently.
About Us
Digital spaces are powerful, but they aren’t always safe or inclusive. Many women, especially in underserved communities, face barriers of cost, language, confidence, and online harm. We believe every woman deserves the skills, safeguards, and support to participate fully in the digital space without losing privacy, dignity, or mental health.
WDFA, founded in 2025, exists to respond to the growing need for a safer, more inclusive, and more empowering digital future for African women and girls. As technology increasingly shapes everyday life, opportunity, learning, and civic participation, too many women and girls still face exclusion, harm, and unequal access. WDFA exists to help close that gap by advancing digital literacy, digital safety, wellbeing, leadership, and meaningful participation in a rapidly changing digital world. WDFA is proudly hosted by Digital Rights and Mental Health Initiative (DRMHI)
Our Hosting Organization
The Digital Rights and Mental Health Initiative Africa(DRMHIA) is a Non-Profit Organization focused on the intersection of digital rights and mental health. Its mission is to address the impact of digital technology on mental well-being, advocating for policies that protect individuals' digital rights while promoting mental health. The initiative works on raising awareness about issues like online privacy, cyberbullying, and digital addiction, and provides support through research, advocacy, and educational programs. By highlighting the need for a balanced approach to digital technology and mental health, DRMHI aims to foster a safer and more supportive online environment.
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Our Core Values
Digital Dignity and Justice
WDFA affirms the right of young women to participate fully and safely in digital life, approaching inclusion as a matter of equity where rights are respected and voices valued.
Care as Infrastructure
Mental health and digital wellbeing are treated as foundational conditions for sustained participation. Care-centred practices support psychologically safe engagement and long-term resilience.
Agency with Purpose
WDFA supports young women to exercise informed choice, shape their trajectories, and pursue opportunities with confidence and intention.
Collective Safety
Safety is cultivated through communities, learning environments, and partnerships that strengthen mutual support while addressing digitally mediated harm.
African-Centred Futures
WDFA advances participation grounded in African contexts and lived realities, recognising the importance of locally informed approaches in shaping inclusive technological futures.
Vision
To see young women across Africa thriving as confident digital citizens who are safe, heard, and economically empowered within a more just and inclusive digital future.
Mission
To strengthen digital citizenship, safety, mental health, and economic agency among young women across Africa, enabling meaningful and sustained participation in an increasingly digital society.