Various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Spain, Portugal And Croatia launched this Tuesday in Zagreb a three-year joint project against cyber gender violencewhich will draw up proposals for legal advice to better fight this scourge in the three countries and throughout the European Union (EU).

“We hope that through this project we will be able to draft documents and influence the public administration to include more issues related to cyber violence against women and girls in the criminal law,” the spokesman explained. European women’s lobby in Spain (LEM Spain), Teresa Nevado Bueno, presenting the plan at an international conference in Zagreb.

In this regard, he emphasized that so far numerous crimes from cyberbullying And media violencesuch as the dissemination of sexual content over the Internet, the use of fake profiles, and hate speech that have not been introduced or are not clearly defined in criminal codes from 27 EU countries.

He also added that there is a lack of updated analysis and research, as well as campaigns to raise awareness at the institutional and social level, especially among adolescents, about the importance of these issues.

Although cyber violence against women And girls “It is committed in the virtual sphere, entails material damage on the physical, sexual, psychological, social, economic and other levels. Violence does not stop when women pass out,” warned Alexandra Silva of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PfDM).

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She opined that gender-based violence, “deeply rooted in our sexist societies”, is dangerously supported by modern technology and, according to the Croatian Ombudsman Gender equality, Cherry Lubiciconline crimes of this type are growing exponentially in Europe.

According to a recent study, 67% people between 18 and 25 years old who live in Portugal exposed sexual abuse based on images posted online and 95% affected women suffered negative consequences, especially depressioninformed Ana Nevesfrom Portuguese Commission on Citizenship and Gender Equality (IGK).

The project, which will be co-funded with EU funds, was launched today at a conference titled Raising Awareness on Gender-Based Cyber ​​Violence and Ways to Ensure a Safer Online Environment for Women and Girls (bE-SAFE) organized by the Croatian Ombudsman for Gender Equality , held in Zagreb and broadcast over the Internet.

(EFE)