November 16, 2022

Combating online gender violence

The campaign developed from the partnership between Papo de Homem and WhatsApp aims to reduce violence against girls and women on digital networks. In this way, it aims to disseminate information and raise awareness about violations typical of online environments, so that more people can identify, understand and stop situations of abuse.

One of the first steps is to recognize that gender-based violence online is real and just as serious as physical, face-to-face violence. Therefore, it is essential to understand how digital violence manifests itself in everyday practices. This initiative seeks to reach both men who have already committed some type of violence and those who have never committed these practices.

According to the Data Popular survey by the Avon institute 2014 "Only 4% of the boys admit that they have already had violent attitudes against their partners, but when some types of violent actions are mentioned, 55% of the men admit that they have already practiced one of them against a partner." The data demonstrate how the fight against gender violence must be everyone's commitment, inside and outside the networks.

To learn more about the campaign, visit: https://papodehomem.com.br/como-ser-um-aliado-pelo-fim-das-violencias-online-contra-meninas-e-mulheres/

Broadcast date | 05/24/2022

Date of publication| 11/16/2022