Beyond the code: Building trust into technology for the women of the Sahel
How do you build a digital lifeline for survivors of gender-based violence across six countries with limited connectivity, multiple languages, and complex cross-border realities? Over the past six months, we worked alongside JDWS to explore this question through the co-development of Deenal (meaning “protection” in Fulani), a multilingual alert system connecting survivors of gender-based violence to case managers and support services across Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania, and Chad.
