Your digital safety starts here
Support for online abuse
Your next step, at your pace.
Facing online threats, harassment or someone sharing your private images? Get practical guidance, understand your options and find a route to support.
Available in English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin, Swahili and French.
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Kemi is an AI assistant, not an emergency service.
Start where you are
When online abuse happens,
know where to turn.
Technology-facilitated abuse can happen to anyone, anywhere. You may be dealing with:
Online Harassment / Cyberbullying
Receiving repeated hurtful, abusive, or humiliating messages, comments, or posts online.
Online Scams and Phishing
Someone sharing or threatening to share your private or intimate images without your permission.
Digital Blackmail or Sextortion
Someone threatening to expose private information or intimate content to demand money, or other actions.
Impersonation and Fake Accounts
Someone creating a fake profile or pretending to be you to deceive, harass, or harm others.
Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images
Someone sharing or threatening to share your private or intimate images without your permission.
Cyberstalking and Unwanted Contact
Being repeatedly monitored, followed, or contacted online without your consent.
Doxxing and Exposure of Personal Information
Someone revealing or threatening to expose your private information online without your consent.
It can be difficult to know what to do next.
HerSafeSpace helps you understand your options and find the right support.
Available through WhatsApp, Web & Mobile
Meet Kemi, your digital safety companion
Kemi is HerSafeSpace’s AI assistant. She can explain online abuse, suggest digital safety steps and help you explore support options.
Start with a question
You can explore guidance without using your name. Share only what you feel comfortable sharing.
Understand your options
Explore reporting, account safety, evidence preservation and ways to seek help.
Choose your next step
Read a guide or look for human support. You decide what happens next.
More than a chatbot
One platform. Multiple ways to get support.
HerSafeSpace brings together tools and resources designed to help users move from understanding a problem to taking informed action.
AI Support (opens in a new tab)
Talk to Kemi for confidential first-line guidance on digital safety and online abuse.
Report an Incident (opens in a new tab)
Confidentially report something happening to you or something you’ve witnessed.
Talk to a lawyer
Explore legal professionals, their availability and contact options.
Support Services
Find support by location and the kind of help you need.
Digital Safety Resources
Read practical guidance for accounts, identity and online abuse.
TFGBV Insights
Explore how programme data can inform advocacy and learning.
From “What do I do?” to “I know my next step.”
When something happens online, knowing what to do next can make a difference.
Tell us what you need
Chat with Kemi through WhatsApp or the HerSafeSpace platform.Understand your situation
Get clear information and practical guidance based on what you share.Explore your options
Learn about safety measures, reporting pathways, evidence preservation, and available support.Connect with real support
Where needed, access verified lawyers, service providers, and partner organizations.
Before you share
Your information.
Your decision.
Understand the channel you’re using before starting a conversation.
Read the privacy overviewNo name required does not mean no data collected
Web chat can be used without registration. The live service’s privacy policy describes technical records and how information is processed.WhatsApp uses your phone number
Your number is part of using WhatsApp. Consider who can access your phone, messages and notifications.Know what a report will do
An incident report to the platform is different from a police report. Who receives it, consent and response times must be explained before submission.Need to leave this page?
You can close this tab at any time. Closing it does not erase your browsing history, so clear it if someone else uses this device.
Need legal help?
Talk through your options.
Some situations need advice from a qualified professional. Explore a lawyer’s jurisdiction, areas of practice and availability before choosing how to connect.
Are you a legal professional?
Apply to join the HerSafeSpace network and support people affected by online abuse.
Apply as a Lawyer
Digital Rights, Gender-Based Violence, Cybercrime, Human Rights
Useful information, in plain language
Small steps towards
better digital safety.
Read guidance on the page. Explore research separately when you need programme or policy information.
Emergency support: where to get urgent help if you are in danger or being targeted online
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Safe relationships: how to recognise controlling or abusive behaviour, online and offline
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Case studies: how survivors, advocates and lawyers responded to technology-facilitated abuse
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Policy & law reform: briefs on laws tackling technology-facilitated gender-based violence
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Human rights: how human rights law protects people facing gender-based violence
September 29, 202610 min read
Who we are
HerSafeSpace.
A BBYDI initiative.
HerSafeSpace connects digital safety education, support information and advocacy, centring the experiences of women and girls affected by online abuse.
Read about the programmeBrain Builders Youth Development Initiative leads the initiative. Kemi is the AI assistant within HerSafeSpace, available through web and WhatsApp channels.
The wider programme includes work with communities, male allies and advocates to prevent abuse and strengthen digital rights.
Led & implemented by
Funding & delivery partners
2,305+Unique users reached Across Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Cameroon.
266+Verified Support Providers Connecting users to trusted support.
500Women & Girls Trained in digital safety and online protection.
Our impact
Turning digital safety into action
Since 2025, HerSafeSpace has:
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Kemi is an AI assistant, not an emergency service.
211Male allies mobilized: Reaching more than 3,000 people through community awareness.
08Digital rights webinars: Engaging 315 civil society organizations.
70K+People reached through campaigns. Expanding awareness of digital safety and TFGBV.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Questions before you begin.
Find clear answers about HerSafeSpace, Kemi, your privacy, and how to get the support you need.
HerSafeSpace is a digital safety and survivor-support platform providing AI-powered guidance, digital safety resources, reporting information, legal referrals, and access to verified support services.
Kemi is HerSafeSpace’s AI support assistant. She offers first-line digital safety guidance, helps you understand what’s happening, and points you to trusted next steps whenever you need them.
No. Kemi shares general information to help you understand your options. For legal advice, HerSafeSpace can connect you with verified legal professionals.
Yes. You can ask Kemi questions and explore resources without sharing your name. Share only what you’re comfortable with.
Kemi is available in English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin, Swahili and French.
No. HerSafeSpace centres women and girls, but anyone affected by technology-facilitated abuse, or supporting someone who is, can use it.
We minimize the collection of sensitive information and keep what you share confidential. You decide what to share and what happens next.
Built With Communities, Not Just Technology.
HerSafeSpace works with communities, civil society organizations, legal professionals, digital rights advocates, educators, and other partners to strengthen digital safety.