Biography

Lilian Olivia Orero is a Gender and Technology Lawyer from Nairobi, Kenya. Her peacebuilding work focuses on addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) through legal advocacy, digital innovation and feminist policy influence. She is the Founder of SafeOnline Women Kenya (SOW-Kenya) and leads the development of "SafeHer", an AI-driven mobile app providing real-time support for survivors of online abuse. Through this community-based organization, she challenges the gendered architecture of digital spaces, reframing online platforms as sites for peacebuilding and safety rather than control and harm. Her research centers on the legal and policy dimensions of surveillance, AI governance and online harms, particularly as they affect women in Africa. She is completing a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Law, Innovation & Technology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom as a Chevening Scholar, where her dissertation explores how deceptive platform designs known as "dark patterns" facilitate gendered cyberbullying on social media platforms. Olivia has held fellowships and research roles at institutions such as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Michigan State University as a Mandela Washington Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, MILA Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute , Internet Society, University of Oxford, Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC), One Young World, Z Zurich Foundation, Ban Ki-Moon Centre for Global Citizens and International Research Exchanges Board (IREX). She is also a Multi Award-winning Writer and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.