Tag: digital abuse
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Digital Violence Against Women: UN Women’s 16 Days Campaign for Safer Online Spaces
The Growing Threat of Digital Violence Digital violence against women and girls is rising at an alarming pace. It spans harassment, doxxing, stalking, revenge pornography, and hateful abuse that follows women into the online world and, increasingly, into their offline lives. As smartphones and social media become ubiquitous, the risk compounds: a single cruel post,…
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Digital Violence Against Women: Advancing Equality
Introduction: The rising threat of digital violence Digital violence is intensifying worldwide, turning online spaces into sites of control, humiliation, and harm for millions of women and girls. While the digital era promised unprecedented connectivity and empowerment, the reality for many is a daily struggle against harassment, doxxing, doxxing, stalking, and abuse that can spill…