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Twitter, in particular, can be a powerful tool for women to make connections and express themselves - from high-level female politicians to journalists, activists, writers and bloggers, to women who simply want to know what’s happening around them. It is allegedly the space where ‘every voice has the power to impact the world’. But as revealed by the report by Amnesty International, Twitter is also a platform where violence and abuse against women flourishes, often with little accountability. This article gives the main highlights from the report "Toxic Twitter"

Twitter, in particular, can be a powerful tool for women to make connections and express themselves - from high-level female politicians to journalists, activists, writers and bloggers, to women who simply want to know what’s happening around them. It is allegedly the space where ‘every voice has the power to impact the world’. But as revealed by the report by Amnesty International, Twitter is also a platform where violence and abuse against women flourishes, often with little accountability. This article gives the main highlights from the report "Toxic Twitter"

Collage of images from video report by Amnesty International on #TOXICTWITTER

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Twitter, in particular, can be a powerful tool for women to make connections and express themselves - from high-level female politicians to journalists, activists, writers and bloggers, to women who simply want to know what’s happening around them. It is allegedly the space where ‘every voice has the power to impact the world’. But as revealed by the report by Amnesty International, Twitter is also a platform where violence and abuse against women flourishes, often with little accountability. This article gives the main highlights from the report "Toxic Twitter"

Collage of images from video report by Amnesty International on #TOXICTWITTER

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Online violence and harassment mirrors the realities of persecution in the "real world" and extends the avenues for prejudice and discrimination. In Egypt, outspoken activists and Nubian people supporting the cause of Nubians to their own land and also speaking out about race and skin colour-based prejudice face virulent online attacks and are also banned by the Egyptian government.

Image source: Wikimedia commons. Woman holding knife, protest and march against street harassment in Cairo, Tahrir Square, 6 Feb 2013. Photograph by Gigi Ibrahim

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Online violence and harassment mirrors the realities of persecution in the "real world" and extends the avenues for prejudice and discrimination. In Egypt, outspoken activists and Nubian people supporting the cause of Nubians to their own land and also speaking out about race and skin colour-based prejudice face virulent online attacks and are also banned by the Egyptian government.

Image source: Wikimedia commons. Woman holding knife, protest and march against street harassment in Cairo, Tahrir Square, 6 Feb 2013. Photograph by Gigi Ibrahim

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Internet Governance Forum, 2009 at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt

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The choice between developing new laws and frameworks for cyber offences or to work with existing laws is a dilemma faced in many countries in the global South. In this article, the legal solutions to non consensual intimate images are examined from the perspective of women who have been victimised. What do we want and expect from our legal and judicial mechanisms? How can these be more accessible, and how do we ensure equality for women of different backgrounds?

Image source:Poster from InternetLab, Gender and other social markers.

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The choice between developing new laws and frameworks for cyber offences or to work with existing laws is a dilemma faced in many countries in the global South. In this article, the legal solutions to non consensual intimate images are examined from the perspective of women who have been victimised. What do we want and expect from our legal and judicial mechanisms? How can these be more accessible, and how do we ensure equality for women of different backgrounds?

Image source:Poster from InternetLab, Gender and other social markers.

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Violence against women online is shaped by historical, cultural and social factors and this article explores the specific context of Bangladesh. This includes specific targeting of public women and journalists online and the exploitation of women by those they have intimate relationships with. Far from being an "elite white country problem", this article shows how women in the global South have to deal with various forms of online gender-based violence and ineffective policing and judicial systems.

Detail of poster: End violence against women now! More details here

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Violence against women online is shaped by historical, cultural and social factors and this article explores the specific context of Bangladesh. This includes specific targeting of public women and journalists online and the exploitation of women by those they have intimate relationships with. Far from being an "elite white country problem", this article shows how women in the global South have to deal with various forms of online gender-based violence and ineffective policing and judicial systems.

Detail of poster: End violence against women now! More details here

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In recent times there has been a dramatic increase in the use of internet and social media by Palestinians. In this context there is also a rising wave of online gender-based violence that leads to intimidation of women and self-censorship, which means that often women are withdrawing from social media platforms that are an arena of political and social confrontation against the Israeli occupation, building historical narratives as well as talking about internal issues within Palestinian society.

Image from 7amleh campaign on raising awareness around digital security

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In recent times there has been a dramatic increase in the use of internet and social media by Palestinians. In this context there is also a rising wave of online gender-based violence that leads to intimidation of women and self-censorship, which means that often women are withdrawing from social media platforms that are an arena of political and social confrontation against the Israeli occupation, building historical narratives as well as talking about internal issues within Palestinian society.

Image from 7amleh campaign on raising awareness around digital security

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Son muchos los grupos de mujeres de todo el mundo que el año pasado comenzaron a investigar, buscar datos, revisar documentos y entrevistar a activistas y decisoras/es para consolidar informes consistentes sobre violencia de género en los espacios digitales, que golpea principalmente a las mujeres y a la diversidad sexual. El objetivo principal de tanto trabajo fue aportar al informe que la Relatora Especial de Naciones Unidas sobre Violencia contra la Mujer, Dubravka Simonic, presentará este año en la sesión de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, en pocas semanas más.

 

Son muchos los grupos de mujeres de todo el mundo que el año pasado comenzaron a investigar, buscar datos, revisar documentos y entrevistar a activistas y decisoras/es para consolidar informes consistentes sobre violencia de género en los espacios digitales, que golpea principalmente a las mujeres y a la diversidad sexual. El objetivo principal de tanto trabajo fue aportar al informe que la Relatora Especial de Naciones Unidas sobre Violencia contra la Mujer, Dubravka Simonic, presentará este año en la sesión de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, en pocas semanas más.

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#LibertadParaBelen fue un estímulo para estudiar las conversaciones en Twitter por la despenalización del aborto en la Argentina expresadas en esa plataforma durante 2016. La ola de protestas tomó cuenta de las calles y de las redes sociales digitales en la Argentina. Por primera vez una protesta masiva vinculada a la criminalización de las mujeres que abortan llegó a ser “tendencia” en Twitter.

Entre abril y agosto de 2016 una ola de protestas tomó cuenta de las calles y de las redes sociales digitales en la Argentina. Por primera vez una protesta masiva vinculada a la criminalización de las mujeres que abortan llegó a ser “tendencia” en Twitter. Los movimientos de mujeres y feministas organizados junto con sindicatos, políticas y figuras públicas se posicionaron a través del hashtag #LibertadParaBelen exigiendo la liberación de una joven presa durante dos años a causa de un aborto espontáneo.

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#LibertadParaBelen fue un estímulo para estudiar las conversaciones en Twitter por la despenalización del aborto en la Argentina expresadas en esa plataforma durante 2016. La ola de protestas tomó cuenta de las calles y de las redes sociales digitales en la Argentina. Por primera vez una protesta masiva vinculada a la criminalización de las mujeres que abortan llegó a ser “tendencia” en Twitter.

Entre abril y agosto de 2016 una ola de protestas tomó cuenta de las calles y de las redes sociales digitales en la Argentina. Por primera vez una protesta masiva vinculada a la criminalización de las mujeres que abortan llegó a ser “tendencia” en Twitter. Los movimientos de mujeres y feministas organizados junto con sindicatos, políticas y figuras públicas se posicionaron a través del hashtag #LibertadParaBelen exigiendo la liberación de una joven presa durante dos años a causa de un aborto espontáneo.

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En la cuarta edición de la movilización las Radialistas Feministas ocuparon internet y organizaron una cobertura colaborativa federal. Compañeras de toda la Argentina sumaron sus voces para difundir las luchas de las mujeres, lesbianas, trans y travestis.

Por cuarto año consecutivo en Argentina, en junio se gritó #NiUnaMenos. En el marco del reclamo más de 60 radialistas de 15 provincias, se unieron para registrar las voces de las luchadoras de todo el país.

En la cuarta edición de la movilización las Radialistas Feministas ocuparon internet y organizaron una cobertura colaborativa federal. Compañeras de toda la Argentina sumaron sus voces para difundir las luchas de las mujeres, lesbianas, trans y travestis.

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En la cuarta edición de la movilización las Radialistas Feministas ocuparon internet y organizaron una cobertura colaborativa federal. Compañeras de toda la Argentina sumaron sus voces para difundir las luchas de las mujeres, lesbianas, trans y travestis.

Por cuarto año consecutivo en Argentina, en junio se gritó #NiUnaMenos. En el marco del reclamo más de 60 radialistas de 15 provincias, se unieron para registrar las voces de las luchadoras de todo el país.

En la cuarta edición de la movilización las Radialistas Feministas ocuparon internet y organizaron una cobertura colaborativa federal. Compañeras de toda la Argentina sumaron sus voces para difundir las luchas de las mujeres, lesbianas, trans y travestis.

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On 24 May 2018, the Office of the Human Rights Commission, United Nations put out a statement that the Indian government has a duty to protect its citizens and journalists from threats and in particular about the severity of threats against Rana Ayyub, journalist and writer based in India. This article looks at the severity of violence faced by the journalist, including physical threats, doxxing, fake videos and tweets etc.

Image sourced from Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Zuhairali

Article reprinted with permission from The Print

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