Online or digital violence against women is any act of violence committed against a woman because she is a woman and in which information and communication technologies (mobile phones, the Internet, social media, computer games, text messages, e-mail, etc.) are used as the main, auxiliary or aggravating means of such act.

Online violence can include:

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying involves the sending of threatening or intimidating messages.

Non-consensual sexting

Non-consensual sexting involves the sending of sexually explicit messages or photos without the recipient’s consent.

Doxing (Publicizing Personal Data/Information for the Purpose of Cyberbullying)

Doxing is the public dissemination of personal or identifying information about a victim.

Trafficking is the sale and exploitation of human beings through means such as force, fraud, coercion or deception. This serious crime ensnares millions of women and girls around the world, many of whom become victims of sexual exploitation.

Honor killing is the killing of a family member, usually a woman or girl, on the alleged grounds that she has brought shame or dishonor to the family. Such killings are often related to sexual purity, as well as disobedience by female family members to their families.

Femicide is the intentional killing of women because they are women, although the term can be defined more broadly to include any type of killing of women or girls. Femicide differs from other types of homicide in certain ways. For example, most femicide is committed by partners or former partners and involves long-term domestic violence, threats or intimidation, as well as sexual violence or situations where women have less power or resources than their partners.

Your partner is constantly monitoring your every move. He or she is constantly monitoring where you are and who you are with. He or she is preventing you from seeing friends and family, or from going to work or school, or is discouraging you from doing so.

Your partner is insistent that you respond to his or her texts, emails, and phone calls as quickly as possible. He or she also asks for passwords to your social media pages, email accounts, and other accounts.

Your abusive partner is jealous or constantly accuses you of lying. He or she tries to control how you spend your money or what medications or birth control you take. He or she makes decisions for you on a daily basis, such as what to wear or what to eat.

The abusive partner treats you in a demeaning way: insults you, makes fun of you for your appearance, intelligence, or interests. humiliates you in front of others, or tries to destroy your possessions or things that are important to you.

The abusive partner is often angry, has a short temper, or is unpredictable, so you may never understand what is causing a particular problem. They may blame you for a violent outburst, or they may physically harm you, themselves, family members, children, or pets, or threaten to do so.

The abuser may physically hurt you by hitting, kicking, slapping, kicking, or biting you; Use a weapon on you or threaten to use a weapon.

He may sexually assault you, such as rape or other forced sexual activity. He may mistakenly believe that consent to sexual activity in the past means consent to future sexual activity, or that consent to one activity means consent to more intimate relationships. For example, he may think that kissing must always be followed by sex.

Your abusive partner may threaten to turn you in to the police for your wrongdoing if you report the abuse or if you resist the abuser.

Domestic violence, also known as intimate partner violence, is any type of behavior that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. This type of violence includes all types of physical, sexual, emotional, economic, and psychological acts or threats of acts that affect another person. It is one of the most common forms of violence experienced by women worldwide.

The types of domestic violence are:

Economic violence

Economic violence is the use of total control over financial resources, restricting access to money, and/or preventing a person from attending school or work, with the aim of creating or attempting to create financial dependence.

Psychological Abuse

Psychological abuse includes instilling fear through intimidation; threats of physical harm to oneself, one’s partner, or children; destruction of pets and property; manipulation; forced isolation from friends, family, school, and/or work.

Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse includes undermining a person’s self-esteem through constant criticism; belittling their abilities; using derogatory language or other verbal abuse; damaging their partner’s relationship with their children; or depriving their partner of the opportunity to see friends and family.

Physical Violence

Physical violence includes: causing harm to a partner, or attempting to do so, through actions such as hitting, kicking, burning, grabbing, kicking, slapping, pulling hair, biting, refusing treatment or forcing the use of alcohol and/or drugs, or using other physical force. Physical violence can also include damage to property.

Sexual Violence

Sexual violence involves forcing a partner to engage in sexual activity when they do not consent.