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Global developmentWomen's rights and gender equalityOnline abuseSocietySocial media 📅 30 March 2026
A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects,...
A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects, activists say
Activists and lawyers in Africa are calling for urgent action to protect women, girls and boys as digital violence surges across the continent.
A massive rise in internet users, coupled with huge numbers of people aged under 30, has fuelled an increase in gendered online violence across the continent, according to experts, by giving perpetrators new tools to control and silence women and girls, and influence boys.
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