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Violence against women and girls is considered one of the most common violations of rights, and may include physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. The greatest danger lies in blackmailing the victim, and it transcends the boundaries of age, race, culture, wealth, and geography.
One of the most dangerous types of violence that women have recently faced with the increasing scope of the Internet is “digital violence” or what is called “electronic violence,” in which women who particularly use social networking sites fall victim, where virtual life intersects with real life, restrictions are broken, and privacy disappears, which may represent A threat to societal stability in general
The United Nations defines online violence against women as “any act of violence against women that partly or entirely uses, assists in, or aggravates information and communications technology.”
Characteristics of digital violence
Its repercussions are more severe than traditional violence methods
Global and cross-border
Always evolving and continuing
Its ease of occurrence and speed of spread
Absence of physical interaction
Ease of reaching the victim and difficulty for him to defend himself
statistics
49% of female Internet users in Arab countries reported that they do not feel safe due to online harassment.
16% of women in Arab countries reported being exposed to violence on the Internet at least once in their lives.
60% of women who have been exposed to online violence at all were exposed to it during the Corona pandemic.
Iraqi women have the highest rates of exposure to digital violence at 70.4%, followed by Yemeni women at 62.3%, then Jordanian women at 60.4%.
Dr. Taghrid Zuhdi Mohamed
President and Founder of the OFUQ ALSALAM ALDUWALI (OSD) Center
Member of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development / United Nations #21417 #476942
