Violence Against Women and Girls occurs just as much in the digital world as it does offline. The impact of the online abuse that is perpetrated on screen, in the comments section, and in other digital spaces has very real and lasting effects on women and girls.
Creating a safer environment for our friends, sisters, cousins, mothers, and all the women and girls in our lives, requires a whole societal approach. By exploring the many ways that harm can be caused online, we can use the knowledge to develop a shared toolkit for dismantling the system that facilitates digital violence against women and girls.
From today, 25 November, to 10 December, Nexus will be marking the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based violence under the theme: “End digital violence against all women and girls.”
The content will be underpinned by the 7th principle of The Northern Ireland Executive’s Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls. This principle dictates that the strategy will address and respond to the growth and expansion of forms of online violence and its subsequent impact on women and girls.
Source: NIO, 2024
Keep an eye on our social pages where we will be sharing informative content that explores a number of types of digital violence as well as ways to prevent and protect against them.
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