Online Gender-Based Violence: Policies and Data

Online gender-based violence and abuse (OGBV) is a grave threat to progress on gender equality. When women in all their diversity have reduced presence online, they have less space in newsrooms, boardrooms and the halls of political power.

Our current work uses the Technology Policy Design Lab playbook to bring together governments, companies and civil society in a collaborative environment and use human-centered design thinking to develop policies, processes, or products at the intersection of technology and human rights that come with commitments that are measurable and accountable, and lead to greater safety of women in all their diversity.

Based on our previous work in Big Tech Commitments and findings from our Accountability work, the gaps identified and recommendations from our foundational OGBV work, we are progressing two key initiatives: Better Policies and Interventions, which aims to address and improve evaluation of tech tools and provide guidance on policies and practices both at tech company and government  levels, and Better Data, which seeks to establish common ontology and address gaps in perpetrator research.