Take part in our online survey on gender-based violence

Researching gender-based violence online in order to create collective strategies to counteract it.

From Calala we promote a research focused especially on social networks, elaborated by Komons e Hybridas

Access to the survey (until 24/01)

The rise of online gender-based violence is a problem very worrying we need to investigate in order to create collective strategies to counteract them. From Calala, together with Komons e Hybridas, and the support of Laia Serra, Front Line Defenders, Pikara Magazine y APC, we are carrying out a research into the incidence of online harassment of women in Spain using digital research techniques, combined with interviews and surveys of network users and activists.

Social networks: a new public space for gender-based violence

Social networks have encouraged freedom of expression, and have become the best medium for expressing oneself and sharing information. However, it also creates a new virtual public space where violence is protected behind a screen. But how are they protected? By the very fact that they are in a public virtual space that spans the world. In this way, these digital violences have not yet been fully conceptualised and therefore legislation against them does not yet exist.

And of course, macho violence has managed to infiltrate these spaces, trying to silence the voices of struggle. From direct (or indirect) threats, insults, cyber-bullying and disclosure of sexual images, women are again falling victim to abusive behaviour.

This research is a continuation of the Online Gender-Based Violence Report by Laia Serra, and published by Pikara Magazine. Since its publication, we also present some recommendations to the Congress of Deputies in December 2018; and we held a meeting in Barcelona in March 2019, about cyber-violence against feminist activists highlighted to share their experiences and their individual strategies in order to build collective strategies.

What are the objectives?

1. Understanding the phenomenon of technology-based gender-based violence in the online ecosystem, with a focus on activists: types of violence, channels in which it occurs, profiles of harassers and employers, identifying advocacy communities and the spaces in which they operate, recognised and used self-defence techniques, recognised legal tools and the responsibility of platforms.
2. Perception and impact of individual and collective harassment (inhibition in the use of networks, conditioning of discourse, stigmatisation of women referents, etc.).
3. Coordinate with other active initiatives in the territory to assess the possible activation of a community of work and action focused on: Analysis of the different and deep layers of online violence;

• • Deliberation on the findings and issues
  • Development of collective strategies to help combat digital harassment;
  • Communicate and influence among different actors with responsibility
  • Find keys and recommendations clear to delve into possible collective digital strategies.

Participate in the survey

In this way, the survey This is the second part of the research. Previously, we have carried out interviews with feminist activists and communicators that have helped us to better understand the situation of online violence in Spain.

With this survey We aim to collect information on how bullying is perceived; what situations you face (and we face) in the use of social networks and technological tools; on which platforms, who the aggressors are, and what strategies we would like to implement. Thus, the aim is to analyse how these situations affect the diversity and freedom of expression on the internet of women, non-binary people, racialised groups, etc., etc., and to put in place mechanisms to address this issue.

To do so, we ask you to fill in the following questionnaire based on your personal experience. PARTICIPATE!

Confidentiality

The questionnaire is confidential and the data extracted from it will be used for the following purposes exclusively for the study. It will be stored in a safe place and is carried out with a free tool (Limesurvey) that allows the data to be exclusive to the research. We do not give the data to anyone. They will always be aggregated with the totality of the answers to guarantee the security and privacy of the participants.

On the results a report will be issued which will be cross-referenced with data extracted through data science research in order to further deepen the understanding of the phenomenon of digital violence within the online ecosystem. Your privacy is important to us and we take it very seriously. Access all the Privacy Policy.