Technology has expanded opportunities for countless women and girls around the world.

Yet adolescent girls face some of the greatest risks of digital violence.

As digital tools and platforms evolve, so do the tactics of those who seek to misuse them. 

During her remarks for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women UNFPA Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita highlighted the critical work UNFPA is doing to address technology-facilitated gender-based violence.

Every woman in every part of the world deserves to live without fear, threats and violence.

See how UNFPA is taking action to prevent, respond to and address gender-based violence (GBV) in more than 150 countries.

At UNFPA, we remain committed to working alongside human rights defenders across the globe.

Once a victim of non-consensual sexual image sharing, Olimpia Coral Melo Cruz turned her trauma into a force for change. Today, her name isn't associated with a sex tape, but with a law that protects women and girls from online violence in her home country Mexico.

Virtual violence is violence. Online abuse is abuse. Women and girls have the right to feel safe in all spaces, wherever they are. Learn more.

Wherever violence against women and girls occurs, it is a violation of human rights. Every year, on November 25, the International Day to End Violence against Women and Girls, and through the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence Against Women Campaign, UNFPA takes a stand against all forms of violence. This year, we are calling on people everywhere to stop violence in the digital realm.