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Project

Feminist Internet research on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)
 

Project ID
110151
Total Funding
CAD 1,247,900.00
IDRC Officer
Ruhiya Seward
Project Status
Active
Duration
36 months

Programs and partnerships

Lead institution(s)

Summary

Technology-facilitated and online gender-based violence (TFGBV) is now understood as a pervasive and widespread challenge.Read more

Technology-facilitated and online gender-based violence (TFGBV) is now understood as a pervasive and widespread challenge. TFGBV includes anti-gender backlash in public and legal discourse, targeted attacks on women and people of diverse gender expression and sexualities (LGBTQI+) in public roles, gendered disinformation, non-consensual distribution of intimate images, and intimate partners using technology for invasion of privacy and violence. What happens in online spaces is increasingly influencing and extending into on-ground realities and circling back to influence online platforms. These impacts are understudied and not well understood, making it a challenge to develop effective legal and policy reforms and interventions.

Through intersectional and feminist analysis, accompanied by the empirical data generated from recent surveys supported by IDRC, this project will help contextualize the data, unpack the circular influences between online and on-ground harassment and violence, and reveal the gaps in legal and psychosocial responses. The project will develop and deepen feminist knowledge of online abuse, harassment and gender-based violence in different parts of the world. It will also
develop a theory of change that considers new ways of driving concrete transformations and shifts in the discourse around TFGBV, based on engagement with multiple stakeholders, policy advocates, scholars and researchers, and ensuring the inclusion of perspectives of various communities.

The aim is to advance the agenda of policy reform at the national, regional and international levels and build capacities and networks on data-based research, ethics of research practices, and effective policy advocacy tools to change public discourse and influence legal and policy change. It will also ensure effective communication and wide dissemination of research outputs, knowledge and learning on TFGBV.