Scheffer Okore
Program Officer/Civic engagement

Scheaffer Okore (Kenya) is the current programme manager at Siasa Place, a registered non-profit hub and co-working space that is focused on mainstreaming youth and women into all matters of politics. The main goal is to humanize politics and entrench rigorous participation of youth and women in political spaces. She is part of DW Akademie’s regional project “Women@web”, which aims at equipping women with digital skills and digital safety tools in order to boost their online participation. Okore will talk about the abuse that women face online and the implications on speaking out on Social Media.