Lilian Olivia Orero has more than four years of experience as a lawyer, advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and award-winning writer and researcher. Currently, Lilian Olivia is a researcher at the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law at Strathmore University focusing on feminist research in the field of artificial intelligence and data governance. She has previously worked and volunteered with various organizations, such as the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, International Research & Exchanges Board, Katiba Institute, East Africa Law Society, and UN Women. Lilian Olivia holds a Bachelor of Laws (Moi University), a postgraduate diploma in Law (Kenya School of Law), and Advanced Human Rights certificates (University of Pretoria, University of Cape Town, and University of Witwatersrand). Lilian Olivia is motivated to end technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Kenya through research and dialogue on the harmful impacts of digital technologies. Upon completing the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, Lilian Olivia plans to start an organization that trains young women and girls on digital literacy and technology, creates awareness of the gendered impacts of digital technologies, and strengthens the role of women in tech by organizing hackathons to reduce technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
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