Despite improvements on many fronts of women’s emancipation and gender equality, girls and women are still overwhelmingly affected by techno-facilitated violence compared to their male counterparts. Cyber harassment, impersonation, stalking, have all increased in intensity and scope with the rise of AI technologies. To date, responsibility for protecting women online has tended to fall on women themselves. But we want to ask: what about the responsibility of tech platforms themselves in this global phenomenon? How do leading AI companies address genAI abuse against women and girls?

We are going to talk about that at our March meetup in Basel together with Dr. Marie Poux-Berthe. She is a research assistant involved in the Intimate Tech Terror Project led by Prof. Veronica Barassi at the University of St.Gallen.

This event is for you if…

• you want to learn about the specificities of tech-facilitated gender-based violence

• you want to get some everyday life tips to improve your safety online

• you are just interested in the topic and want to learn more

We will discuss the following questions:

• What are the specificities of tech-facilitated gender-based violence?

• What are the main strategies currently deployed by organizations and institutions to fight against tech-facilitated gender-based violence?

• In your view, what kind of technological initiatives could contribute to fighting tech-facilitated gender-based violence ?

• What can we do on an individual level to protect ourselves?

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