Women and girls, in all their diversities, have the fundamental right to live free from violence and to have agency over their bodies and lives, both offline and in virtual spaces.

UNFPA initiated the bodyright campaign to draw attention to the lack of protections women and girls face online. We support survivors of technology-facilitated gender-based violence and build awareness about the gendered social norms that allow it to proliferate...

The digital divide is often portrayed as a matter of women’s and girls’ disinclination towards tech. That is not the case. The exclusion of women and girls in technology is perpetuated through violence and discrimination. And it is shrinking their futures and deepening gender, economic and social inequalities. The cumulative impacts of this exclusion are enormous. An estimated 2.7 billion people are not connected to the Internet, and the majority of them are women and girls. Globally, 62 per cent of men use the Internet compared to 57 per cent of women...

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