GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEKENYAMEASURESRAPID STUDY ON TECHNOLOGY FACILITATED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (TF GBV) WITHIN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
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Rapid study on Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TF GBV) within tertiary institutions
Type of Measure
Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence
Technology-facilitated violence against women and girls
Year
2024
Brief Description

This rapid study conducted in 2024 by the Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (CCGD) in collaboration with UNFPA and Women Economic Empowerment indicated that nearly 90% of young adults enrolled in three of Nairobi’s tertiary institutions have witnessed Technology-Facilitated Gender Based Violence (TF-GBV), with 39 per cent having experienced it personally. While online violence has an extensive reach, female students are disproportionately impacted, with 64.4% of the students having experienced at least one type of online violence, compared to 35.5% of their male counterparts. The study indicated that cyberbullying was cited as the second most common form of TF GBV at 19.1%, non-consensual pornography 17.8%; cyberstalking at 14.6%, online personification 13.3%; online sexual exploitation 8.4% sextortion 3.3% and doxing 1.6%. data collected from tertiary institutions shows that the most common forms of TFGBV witnessed and experienced were online defamation (21.9%), cyberbullying (19.1%), and non-consensual pornography (17.8%).

Source of Information
Progress Report on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action within the Beijing+30 Review, Kenya, 2024
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