The aim of CyberEqual is to educate and raise the awareness of young people on Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls (CVAWG) and its associated implications. More specifically, interactive activities on CVAWG will be developed and will be complemented by a training guide to be used by youth workers, educators and other relevant professionals interested to deliver such training to young people, either through the school environment or through their organisational activities.
The last decade has been signified with the blooming of digital technologies for work, socialising and entertainment purposes.
Digital platforms that allow commenting, socialising and interacting with one another are abundantly available and range from social media and discussion forums to games and news portals. On the positive side, these digital platforms laid the ground for promoting equality among people as everyone is allowed to express their opinion and have their voice heard irrespective of their identity, economic or social status.
On the other hand, however, this open for comments and sharing of images space has provided new grounds for harmful and violent acts and has surfaced a new set of risks and threats for the people. victims. Examples of these acts include but are not limited to cyber harassment, ICT-related hate crime, cybercrime and online sexual exploitation; and are all included under the Umbrella term of “Cyber Violence”.
A specific part of those acts are Gender Based Violence, explicitly directed towards girls and women, with perpetrators that found new ways to harm women and girls with the violent acts committed now initiating offline and continuing online or vice versa.
Even though there are many initiatives educating or informing young people on GBV, gender equality or online risks, Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls (CVAWG) is not covered in any of them, as it is a new threat, which has yet to be addressed.
State of Art on CVAWG
This deliverable, produced in the context of the EU co-funded project CyberEqual, provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art review on CVAWG emphasizing on the topics related to the prevalence, legislation and awareness aiming at mapping the current landscape, documenting gaps and identifying needs to facilitate a more effective response to CVAWG cases.
Partner country mapping on the issue of Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls
467 women & girls from Slovakia (110), Greece (104), Ukraine (97), Cyprus (84) and Lithuania (78), took part in the CVAWG survey about the awareness or interest in the topic of gender-based cyberviolence.
The CVAWG survey includes participants aged 15 to 35 years old with a balanced representation of the 18-25 (227 participants) and 26-35 (226 participants) years old groups. The presence of younger participants (15-17 years old) is limited, as signed parental consent was required, rendering their participation difficult.
The following deliverable is a summary of country-specific data on the prevalence, impact, and response to CVAWG reveals notable differences across countries.
Legal and Policy Report
The purpose of this deliverable is to examine the prevalence, forms, and impacts of CVAWG across multiple European countries, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data. By analysing key demographic factors, digital behaviors, emotional consequences, and institutional responses, this report seeks to identify existing legal gaps and inform evidence-based policy recommendations. Ultimately, the aim is to support the development of more effective legal, social, and technological frameworks to prevent and respond to CVAWG, while promoting the safety, dignity, and rights of women and girls in the digital environment
Study on Violence Against Women and Girls in Cyberspace (CVAWG)
A specific part of those acts are Gender Based Violence, explicitly directed towards girls and women, with perpetrators that found new ways to harm women and girls with the violent acts committed now initiating offline and continuing online or vice versa.
Even though there are many initiatives educating or informing young people on GBV, gender equality or online risks, Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls (CVAWG) is not covered in any of them, as it is a new threat, which has yet to be addressed.
The aim of CyberEqual is to educate and raise the awareness of young people on Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls (CVAWG) and its associated implications. More specifically, interactive activities on CVAWG will be developed and will be complemented by a training guide to be used by youth workers, educators and other relevant professionals interested to deliver such training to young people, either through the school environment or through their organisational activities.
1st Press Release
The objectives of the project are:
Increase of knowledge on the prevalence, legislation, awareness-raising practices and education on the issue of Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls;
Raise the awareness and educate young people, youth workers and other professionals on Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls;
Motivate girls and young women to protect themselves from Cyber Violence against them;
Equip youth workers and other professionals with the tools to educate and combat Cyber Violence Against Women & Girls.
Tho achieve this, the following results will be produced during the project:
Partner country mapping on the issue of Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls focusing on prevalence, legislation, awareness raising practices and educational needs identification;
Design and development of interactive activities aiming to educate and raise the awareness of young people on CVAWG;
Design and development of an eGuide with instructions on how to use the activities developed, aimed to be exploited by youth workers and other professionals;
Implementation of the activities developed to young people & dissemination of the project’s results;
Implementation of Train the Trainers workshops on how to exploit and run the eGuide developed
1st Newsletter
