"There is a complete culture of impunity around online gender-based violence in Pakistan. Regulations and policies in place in the country are absolutely inadequate,” APC's Natalia Tariq told @CNN:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/09/asia/pakistan-teen-murder-gender-violence-hnk-intl
#25N: We raise our voice against digital violence
Every November 25th, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we renew our commitment to the fight against gender-based violence. At TEDIC, we emphasize that digital violence is real and disproportionately affects women and gender-diverse people.
This 2024, we joine
https://www.tedic.org/25n-we-raise-our-voice-against-digital-violence/
#Blog #Gender #FreedomOfExpression #gender #GenderViolenceOnline
> This edition of #GenderIT focuses on tech-facilitated gender-based violence from an intersectional feminist perspective, showcasing the realities of women in DRC, Sudan, Botswana, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Turkiye.
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> Join us in shaping the narrative around technology-facilitated gender-based violence in how it affects women, LGBTQI+ persons, and our capacity to use technology.
apc.org/node/40429
A call to action to address technology-facilitated gender based violence:
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is any act that is committed, assisted, aggravated or amplified by the use of information communication technologies or other digital tools, that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological, social, political or economic harm, or other infringements of rights and freedoms.1 TFGBV has the same roots as other forms of gender-based viol
In order to continue to address the underlying inequalities perpetuated by the design of technology, it is critical to ensure that we have women’s participation in the making of technology and in the making of the laws and policies that regulate it.
We need guidelines on gendered hate speech and disinformation, along the lines of the Rabat Plan of Action.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/freedom-of-expression
@UN_HRC @UNHumanRights #CSW67 #GenderViolenceOnline
Solutions to online gender-based violence should include research, movement building, and community-based and intergenerational approaches.
Online gender-based violence tends to have a disproportionate impact on women and girls, due to their subordinate status in society and vulnerability to violence.
Online gender-based violence is the manifestation of the historically unequal power relations between men and women and systemic gender-based discrimination.
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