Publications and Resources addressing TFGBV

UNESCO is prioritizing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) on this International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women. TFGBV involves acts of violence committed, assisted, or amplified by digital tools, causing physical, sexual, psychological, social, political, or economic harm.

UNESCO aims to create safe, inclusive digital spaces for women and girls to participate, learn, and thrive.

Last update:28 January 2025
Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms (2023)
UNESCO
2023

The Guidelines outline a set of duties, responsibilities and roles for States, digital platforms, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, media, academia, the technical community and other stakeholders to enable the environment where freedom of expression and information are in the core of digital platforms governance processes.  

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UNESCO Women for Ethical AI: outlook study on artificial intelligence and gender
UNESCO
2024
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Gender Report – Technology on Her Terms
Global Education Monitoring Report Team
2024
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How to combat online gendered disinformation?
2008
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Changing the Equation: Securing STEM futures for women
Straza, Tiffany
UNESCO
2024
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Challenging systematic prejudices: an investigation into bias against women and girls in large language models
UNESCO
International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence
2024
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Your opinion doesn't matter
The Chilling: global trends in online violence against women journalists; research discussion paper
Posetti, Julie
UNESCO
Shabbir, Nabeelah
Maynard, Diana
Bontcheva, Kalina
Aboulez, Nermine
2021
With financial support from UNESCO’s Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists and the Swedish Postcode Foundation
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I'd blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education
West, Mark
UNESCO
Kraut, Rebecca
Chew Han Ei
EQUALS Skills Coalition
Published with the support of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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