23/11/2025
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Digital violence goes even further than online harassment or extortion. Millions of girls are affected each year by child sexual exploitation and abuse through digital means. PHOTO:Annanahabed/Adobe Stock
Violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world.
Globally, almost one in three women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both, at least once in their life.
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23/11/2025
By Ana Carmo, UN News*
What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of fear. Fuelled by artificial intelligence, anonymity, and weak accountability, online abuse is rapidly escalating.
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© Unsplash/Yura Fresh | Online abuse against women is surging globally.
Yet, 1.8 billion women and girls still lack legal protection from online harassment and other forms of technology-facilitated abuse.
The alarm is being sounded this week by the UN agency for women’s rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment (UN Women) as the 16 Days of Activism campaign begins, calling for urgent action against soaring digital violence.
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