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"This Technical Document is the result of a collaboration between EU DisinfoLab and #ShePersisted. It offers a short and practical toolbox of what should be considered when speaking of gender-based disinformation." (Page 3)

Identificación de violencias digitales

Caracas: Mujeres Activistas por el Software Libre (2022), 23 pp.

The Influence of Gender-Based Online Violence on Political and Societal Participation of Women and Girls

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2022), 19 pp.
"Several projects, publications and initiatives within German development cooperation already focus on bridging the digital gender divide, for instance by promoting gender-equitable internet access, digital literacy and employment opportunities in the tech sector. This paper aims to build on existin ... more

Cyber Harassment Helpline: 2022 Policy Brief

Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) (2022), 11 pp.
"In dieser Open-Access-Publikation stellen Katharina Kärgel und Frederic Vobbe anhand sieben typischer Fallbeispiele Handlungsempfehlungen für einen adäquaten Umgang mit mediatisierter sexualisierter Gewalt dar. Die Empfehlungen sind das Ergebnis des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschu ... more
"All respondents had experienced online violence. Misogynistic hate speech, sexists’ comments, body shaming as well as slut shaming was common among the women journalists and WHRDs interviewed. These threats were also extended to their families, friends, relatives and networks. Another frequently ... more

Digital Civil Society: (Dis-) Connected

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2021), 52 pp.
"This publication is a collection of a variety of outlooks, recommendations, and input from the participants of the 2020 workshop [for fellows of the CrossCulture Programme (CCP) of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen] and others. On the subject of digital access, CCP alumnus Camilo Olea speaks ab ... more

Netzpolitik: Eine feministische Einführung

Opladen; Berlin: Verlag Barbara Budrich (2021), 188 pp.
"Die Publikation führt in die Thematiken einer feministischen Netzpolitik ein und zeigt deren Potentiale auf. Zudem unternimmt sie den Versuch, einen neuen Gesellschaftsvertrag des Digitalen zu entwerfen. Anhand von zwei zentralen Themen- und Diskussionsfeldern, „Digitale Gewalt“ und „Überwa ... more
"Online attacks on women journalists appear to be increasing significantly, as this study demonstrates, particularly in the context of the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women during COVID-19. The pandemic has changed journalists’ working conditions, making them yet more dependent on di ... more

#journaliststoo: Women Journalists Speak Out. A Collection of Essays on Personal Experiences with Harassment

Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (2021), 56 pp.
"This is an extracted chapter of a wider UNESCO-commissioned global study on online violence against women journalists produced by the Inter-national Center for Journalists (ICFJ). The full-length study will published in 2022. The chapter identifies the role of big tech companies and especially soci ... more

Maria Ressa: Fighting an Onslaught of Online Violence. A Big Data Analysis

Washington, DC: International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (2021), 44 pp.
"This groundbreaking collaborative case study is the most comprehensive assessment of online violence against a prominent woman journalist to date. We conducted a forensic analysis of the torrent of social media attacks on internationally celebrated digital media pioneer Maria Ressa over a five-year ... more
"This report strives to build awareness of the direct and indirect impacts of gendered and sexualized disinformation on women in public life, as well as its corresponding impacts on national security and democratic participation. In an analysis of online conversations about 13 female politicians acr ... more

Mujeres libres en política: Guía para combatir el acoso y la violencia política digital (AVP)

La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (OEP);Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) (2021), 37 pp.

Cybersafety: The experiences of Ni-Vanuatu women and girls online

Port Vila, Vanuatu: CARE Vanuatu (2021), 42 pp.
"The Girls Online (GO!) Cybersafety project (GO! Cyber) aims to equip young women and girls with the skills and resources to participate meaningfully and safely in cyberspace. The project is implemented by CARE Vanuatu and Sista with the support of Australia’s Cyber and Critical Tech Cooperation P ... more

Sexism's Toll on Journalism

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2021), 36 pp.
"Journalism can be a dangerous profession, but it is often doubly dangerous for women because of the risk of sexist and sexual violence to which they are exposed. Of the 112 countries where journalists were polled for this report, 40 were identified as dangerous or very dangerous for women journalis ... more
"Based on the needs assessment, a high proportion of women in Cameroon face online violence and are increasingly concerned about their safety in digital spaces. However, many of these respondents are unaware of any legal protections offered to them. Additionally, they believe that they lack the appr ... more

Online harassment of journalists as a consequence of populism, mis/disinformation, and impunity

In: The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism
Howard Tumber; Silvio Waisbord (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2021), pp. 178-187
"This chapter aims to examine additional factors associated with populism, disinformation and online harassment of journalists in an environment of impunity, though the relationship between digital communication and populism has been analysed since the late 1990s. It considers strategies that have b ... more