Internet has revolutionised technology and communication like never before. With a worldwide broadcasting capability, it has transformed the lives of billions of people, especially women. Despite its advantages, internet is still an unsafe space for women. From privacy data breach to body shaming to gender-based hate speech to sexual harassment, women continue to face abuse online. There […]
Internet provides immense opportunity to do business, social networking, and lot more. But it also provides a platform to perpetrators to prey upon people, especially women. Around the globe there is online violence, life threats, cyber bullying, revenge pornography, stalking, online harassment, etc against the women. So the Internet with its wide connectivity has not […]
Our modern era presents a new concept of safety for women. The notion that women are unsafe on roads presents only half the truth. On a deeper look into the reality, we’ll find that not only outside, women are unsafe even inside home. Online harassment and threats are not a new phenomenon, but the degree […]
Human safety is the need of the hour and that can be best ensured by using the best technology available at this point of time. In other words online safety for women has become the utmost need of the time. India needs safety dialogues for women in order to reduce online crime against them. This blog […]
Do you think sexual harassment happens only on the streets? That sitting in the cool confines of your home in front of the computer can armour you against such behaviour? Well, sexual harassment in the online space has been happening since the emergence of social media. Morphed photos, fake profiles on networking sites, abusive messages, rape […]
We kick-started a panel called She Leads the Internet at the Digital Women Awards in Mumbai, by talking about the discrepancies in India — where the gender gap when it comes to internet access is very high, indeed. But there are people working to change this, and here’s a snapshot of what we learned. Also Read: […]
