Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TF-GBV) refers to any act of gender-based abuse carried out through digital technologies such as mobile phones, social media platforms, messaging apps, email, and online forums.
It includes behaviors such as online harassment, cyber stalking, threats, nonconsensual sharing of intimate images, impersonation, blackmail, and digital surveillance.
Although it occurs online, TF-GBV causes real harm, affecting victimsβ mental health, safety, dignity, and social and economic wellbeing.
It includes behaviors such as online harassment, cyber stalking, threats, nonconsensual sharing of intimate images, impersonation, blackmail, and digital surveillance.
Although it occurs online, TF-GBV causes real harm, affecting victimsβ mental health, safety, dignity, and social and economic wellbeing.