CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Norton, Emily Kathleen |
|---|---|
| Title | Gendered Terrorism in the Digital Age: Global Attempts to Combat Technology Facilitated Violence Against Women |
| Summary | The advent of the internet and the emergence of new technologies have created exceptional opportunities for women to engage in areas of public discourse, promote their professional lives, take advantage of economic opportunities, and communicate in private spaces. This being said, these emerging technologies have also provided new mediums through which women can be targeted for harassment, violence, and abuse. This paper argues that technology facilitated violence against women (TFVAW) is violence, and that despite international legal obligations, the international community has not taken adequate steps to protect women in online spaces. The first chapter presents TFVAW as violence and outlines the relevant international law pertaining to the eradication of violence against women. Second, this thesis uses case study analysis to evaluate the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Kingdom of Sweden on their legislative efforts to combat TFVAW. Finally, this thesis analyzes the efforts made in the cases selected and, using a new typology for forms of TFVAW, calls for an international declaration that violence facilitated by technology, in both its pure and hybrid forms, constitutes real and prosecutable violence. |
| Supervisor | Ashraf, Cameran |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/norton_emily.pdf |
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