DIGITAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
EXPLORING THE ROOT CAUSES Digital Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), also called technology-facilitated VAWG (TF VAWG), refers to acts committed, assisted, or amplified through digital technologies that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, psychological, social, political, or economic harm (UN Women, 2024). It includes online harassment, image-based abuse, doxing, sextortion, cyberstalking,…