This is a recording of an event co-hosted by Pact and IREX on April 12, 2023. Technology facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is disproportionately directed at women, girls and gender-diverse individuals, to silence their voices and curtail representation of diverse social, political and economic issues in politics and public discourse. Furthermore, women, girls and gender-diverse individuals from groups that experience multiple forms of discrimination are targeted by perpetrators of TFGBV at even higher rates. Governments and tech companies have not successfully generated solutions for protecting the right of women, girls and gender-diverse individuals to participate in digital spaces without encountering risks to their safety in the form of TFGBV. Panelists draw from recently published research and programming, and propose actions that governments and civil society can take to address TFGBV to re-invest in the health of democracies.
