Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
According to the United Nations Population Fund, technology-facilitated gender-based violence (or TFGBV) is "is an act of violence perpetrated by one or more individuals that is committed, assisted, aggravated and amplified in part or fully by the use of information and communication technologies or digital media, against a person on the basis of their gender." It is not a new concern, and may lead to offline acts of violence as well.
Global Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence
In 2022, the Wilson Center collaborated with the United Nations Population Fund to host the Global Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence. Here are some of those outputs.
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A New Threat to Women in Politics: Online Gender-Based Violence
In honor of International Women’s Month in 2024, the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, Latin America Program, and Middle East Program hosted a conversation with female public figures from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, to discuss how public female figures can be better protected against online attacks; the challenges they face as they become influential figures; and the role of the state in providing legal frameworks that support and protect them.
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