Child protection
First Lady calls for a safer digital future for children
- Location
- New York, United States
- Event
- 23 September 2026
- Published
At the Clinton Global Initiative, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio called for international cooperation on children’s online safety.
An African voice in digital policy
The First Lady called for African experts, institutions and young innovators to participate in shaping the technologies and policies that affect children.
Shared responsibility
Her remarks addressed the roles of governments, technology companies, teachers, families and civil society in creating safer online environments for children.
Opportunity and protection online
The First Lady recognised that technology can open up learning, communication and access to information. She also called on international institutions to give African partners an equal role in decisions about children’s digital safety. She called for those opportunities to come with safeguards for children’s privacy, dignity and wellbeing. She urged decision makers to include African institutions and innovators throughout the design and implementation of digital tools and policies.
