Flone Initiative

Flone Initiative aims to create a transport environment free from harassment and our Ushahidi crowdmap focuses on encouraging victims and witnesses to report crimes. Since its launch, we have seen dramatic increases in both confidence to report crime and in the number of perpetrators being summoned to justice. The map shows how much of a challenge we face making public transport safe for women and girls. We have begun the first in a series of social media efforts to highlight our campaign of zero-tolerance for gender-based violence in public transit. We will publish our efforts on Facebook and Twitter under the hashtag HerTravels, which will include reintroducing our existing safety platform at Ushahidi. The #HerTravels campaign includes: - Creating public awareness through a social media campaign to highlight the importance of safe public transit for women and girls in Kenya - Training public transit employees on how to interact respectfully with female passengers and respond to violent, harassing or inappropriate behaviors on their routes - Increasing awareness and use of Flone's crowdmap platform at Ushahidi. The Flone Initiative map allows us to see precisely where women and girls have been targeted. Self-reported incidents allow us to accurately track violence and use the data to affect change and influence policy. We invite you to participate in the #HerTravels campaign by re-Tweeting our messages or Tweeting your own words of support. We also encourage you to share your experiences with us. We are the collective voices of victims and survivors, and the hopes of real women and girls behind the statistics and numbers. Your continued support is greatly appreciated. Flone has achieved great successes thanks to your kindness and generosity. Together, we can prevent and end gender-based violence, and guide discussions towards real change for a better Kenya!