CYBER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
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• define key priority areas of action that address the<br />
5Ps of Due Diligence, through public sensitization,<br />
compliance of safeguards and the implementation<br />
of sanctions.<br />
• join others in raising the alarm and driving<br />
an urgent call for concerted and coordinated<br />
action on multiple fronts, through sensitization,<br />
safeguards and sanctions.<br />
The paper highlights the need for change on all levels, and<br />
seeks to:<br />
• frame these societal concerns, their ramifications<br />
and impacts in relation to guiding public<br />
perception, user behaviour from the end user point<br />
of view;<br />
• postulate the necessary policy guidelines and<br />
frameworks around Internet governance for<br />
industry and service providers;<br />
The objective is not to ‘drive’ perpetrators and predators<br />
further underground (into the Undernet for instance), but<br />
to complement punitive systems and law enforcement<br />
with incentives to change behaviours through prevention,<br />
advocacy, education and the equivalent of ‘neighbourhood<br />
watch’ in the form of online civil society activities. The<br />
graphic provides a high-level view of the complexity and<br />
interdependence of issues in dealing with cyber VAWG.<br />
Cyber-crime<br />
& fraud<br />
National<br />
laws<br />
Cyber<br />
VAWG is a<br />
systemic<br />
concern<br />
Human<br />
rights<br />
Internet<br />
governance<br />
Cultural<br />
norms<br />
The Due Diligence project has evolved from CEDAW (1979 and 1993) and seeks to advocate for the inclusion<br />
of the 5Ps in VAWG discourse globally. It demands that States focus on unequal gendered structures and the<br />
wider social, economic and political environment in which gender discrimination thrives. The Due Diligence<br />
Framework and its Guiding Principles assist in identifying the different actors, stakeholders, and allies; take into<br />
account the socio-economic-historical contexts of women and particular groups of women; and emphasize the<br />
need to address root causes, risk factors and incorporate transformative justice ideals into programmes, laws and<br />
policies to eradicate discrimination against women.<br />
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