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Free to Be Online? A report on girls’ and young women’s experiences of online harassment
Free To Be Online? brings together the voices and experiences of over 14,000 girls across many continents. It aims at uncovering and understanding their experiences being online: what platforms they use, what is their experience of harassment, who are the perpetrators, the impact of harassment on them.
Girls are targeted online just because they are young and female, and if they are politically outspoken, disabled, Black or identify as LGBTIQ+, it gets worse. Like street harassment it is unremitting, often psychologically damaging and can lead to actual physical harm.
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Podcast: A deeper dive into digital skills and connectivity of EU countries
There are many ways to measure the progress and impact of digital transformation in societies. In this podcast episode, Hannes Astok and Linnar Viik make a deeper dive into DESI – the Digital Economy and Society Index. They look behind the numbers and explain where EU’s national governments have succeeded and where they have failed. In particular, they focus on digital skills and connectivity in EU countries. Moreover, Linnar Viik explains what the European digital paradox is.
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Briefing Paper: Digital Empowerment of Girls
This briefing paper argues that promoting girls’ digital literacy and closing the digital gender gap will play an important role in achieving gender equality and promoting the rights of girls and women worldwide. Indeed, bridging the digital gender divide is essential in ensuring girls and women are not left behind in an increasingly digital future.
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