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When women are silenced online, democracy loses voices it cannot afford to lose. It also means fewer women feel safe speaking up, running for office or staying in public-facing roles - and our public debate becomes less diverse and less representative.
Treating women’s digital safety as a democratic right means:
Protecting participation - women politicians, women journalists, women activists, women human rights defender -any women- must be able to speak without fear of targeted online abuse.
Holding platforms & states accountable – from reporting tools to law enforcement responses, digital spaces need the same rights-based protections we demand offline.
Investing in digital literacy & support systems – from protection and support mechanisms within political parties and campaigns, to survivor-centred reporting and counselling, and strengthening literacy and skills to recognise and respond to gendered disinformation and deepfakes.
If half the population is pushed out of digital spaces through violence and intimidation, our democracies are not truly democratic and representative.
It’s time we stop framing women’s digital safety as a “private” problem and start recognising it as what it is: a core condition for equal, democratic participation.
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