between survivors, activists and women’s groups.
The report concludes this section by emphasising
that while women have taken actions on their own,
the state remains the primary duty bearer in upholding women’s rights.
Strategies and recommendations
Here the report maps various strategies for states to
eliminate technology-related VAW, including improving legislation, allocating budgets and resources,
and capacity building. This entails addressing the
root causes of the problem, reviewing the development agenda vis-à-vis women: focusing not only on
reactionary measures but also protective and pre-
ventive ones, and at the same time contextualising
the varying experiences of women and the manner in
which these experiences interconnect and intersect
along a wider continuum of violence.
Apart from state actions, the report emphasises the
importance of strengthening women’s networks and
transforming the gender-unequal ICT arena. This includes developing good ICT infrastructure for women, capacity building and training on ICTs, and the
creation of relevant applications and digital content
for women. The report concludes by highlighting the
need for structural changes required to address the
entire continuum of violence that women across the
world face.
This research is part of the APC “End violence: Women’s rights and safety online” project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (DGIS) and is based on a strong alliance with partners in seven countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia,
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan and the Philippines.