That women’s rights are international human rights have long been established. But what about online gender-based violence? That’s the gap.
LONDON, United Kingdom – The digital world we live in today is hostile to women – the global prevalence rate of online violence against women is 85%.
“Those who are not happy with the disruption of power, those who are not happy that women are becoming more empowered, that marginalized people are speaking out, they also use the platform to advocate for misogynistic content, racism, etc.,” said Muriithi.That women’s rights are international human rights have long been established. There are 189 countries that have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women .
It’s this lack of certainty and confidence that they will be protected that discourages women from going online, widening the gender digital divide which puts“One of the things we’ve been seeing through the research is that because women, because of this massive situations of violence and abuse and frankly lack of safety and personal control, of one’s ability to fully understand that when they use technology – what’s happening behind the scenes, who’s watching our conversations, who’s asking...
For Muriithi, these kinds of laws, and the opportunity and space for them to be weaponized against women, are just a reinforcement of social norms that have existed long before the internet: discrimination against women. “When we don’t think about them from the outset, we ourselves by default are creating the possibilities for these systemic, discriminatory, marginalizing approaches to actually be replicated [in the online world],” said Jorge.Muriithi said that the working premise should always be that the internet is not a neutral world.
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