Women in public life face disproportionate, patterned online abuse that is sexualised, threatening, and increasingly normalised as technology-facilitated gender-based violence, with clear effects on democratic participation
The author is an Advocate practicing before the Calcutta High Court and an Adjunct Faculty at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. Views are personal.
The author is an Advocate practicing before the Calcutta High Court and an Adjunct Faculty at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. Views are personal.
Women in public life face disproportionate, patterned online abuse that is sexualised, threatening, and increasingly normalised as technology-facilitated gender-based violence, with clear effects on democratic participation
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