Gender-Based Cyber Violence: A Challenge to Gender Equality in Indonesia

Armiwulan, Hesti (2021) Gender-Based Cyber Violence: A Challenge to Gender Equality in Indonesia. International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 15 (2). pp. 102-111. ISSN 0974 - 2891

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Abstract

The cyber dimension of gender-based violence is evolving worldwideand obstructinga few affirmative action’sbeing taken to bringgender equality.Indonesia has recently seen a continuum of gender-based cyber violence offlinewhich includes online hate speech, trolling, cyber harassment, cyberstalking, sharing content without consent, hacking, identity theft, cyberbullying, and image-based sexual abuse.Such gender-based cyber violenceis the most severe form of gender-based discriminationas now it employs technology to inflict harassmentandprejudice.Such activities disproportionatelyagainst women based on their genderare detrimental to establish gender equality in society State governments have policies to address gender-based violenceand maintain gender equality, but they are not applicable to gender-based cyber violence. Even the developed nations like the United States have failed to addressonline gender-based violence on a legislative leveldespite pressure from mediaandwomen activists. There is a need to frame concrete policies that denounce and decrease the pervasiveness of online gender-based violence.This study investigatedthe extent to which gender-based cyber violence has corrupted the Indonesiansociety and weakening the efforts tobring gender-basedequality

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law > Department of Law
Depositing User:	Ester Sri W. 196039
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2022 05:50
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2022 05:50
URI:	http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/42006

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