New report on family values and LGBTQ+ narratives in Kenya’s digital sphere
Komons 21 August 2025 Together with Puentes and Kenya Comms Hub, we supported a team of researchers to explore how queer communities and women are represented in Kenya’s digital debates on “Family Values.”
Unjust Kidding: How Kenyans Weaponize Children to Demonize Queer People
Ngare Kariuki 18 August 2025 Kenya’s online outrage has inverted: respect for mothers wanes amid normalized femicide, while “protect the children” is weaponized to stoke anti-LGBTQ panic and deflect from real harms.
Beware! A Narrow Lens on Family Values Creates the Illusion of Consensus
Terry Gachie 15 August 2025 Algorithms, demographics, and platform culture shape narratives; multi-platform analysis enables inclusivity.
Decoding Digital Conversations: Pinpointing who said what?
Terry Gachie 27 January 2025 Learnings from a collective research process in Kenya
Family Values, Gender, and Sexuality in Kenya: Reflections for a research definition
Vivian Ouya 20 November 2024 Learnings from a collective research process in Kenya
Narrative change need spaces to resonate
Ana Espejo 11 November 2024 In a world where screens constantly mediate our relationships, we face the challenge of building spaces for genuine connections that truly matter. Thr...
From a “non-issue” to a matter of life and death: Exploring the weaponization of “Family Values” narrative in the Kenyan online space
Ngare Kariuki 30 October 2024 Learnings from a collective research process in Kenya