ThemesGender violence
Why do we talk about gender violence?
Gender-based violence refers to any form of violence directed at a person because of their gender. In this case, gender is used in its original sense, meaning that it affects women.
The terms gender-based violence and violence against women are often used interchangeably because most gender-based violence is perpetrated against women by men.
It can occur in both the public and private spheres.
Violence directed against a person because of their gender can cause physical, sexual, emotional, psychological harm, or economic loss to the victim.
Forms of direct violence
- Sexual
- Psychological
- Economical
- Physics
- Housekeeper
- Cycle of violence
The term digital violence includes all forms of violence made possible by digital technologies such as social media platforms, messaging apps, online forums, and virtual gaming environments.
Cyberbullying can begin online and continue offline, or vice versa, and can be perpetrated by individuals or groups, whether anonymous or unknown to the victim, or known to them. It manifests itself in a variety of behaviors and often affects very young people.
Forms of digital or indirect violence
- Cyberbullying
- Cyberstalking
- Sextortion
- Doxing
- Non-consensual intimate imagery
- Victim blaming
that cyber violence particularly affects women and girls?
For this reason, cyber violence can be considered a variant of gender-based violence.
Forms of direct violence Digital violence
Links to other forms of direct or digital violence will be updated as the Do You Know? communications campaign progresses.