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Melissa Chemam

How technology and social media are weaponised against women even offline

Social media has provided a new forum for abuse against women and girls. © SPENCER PLATT / Getty Images via AFP

Women and girls are disproportionately experiencing violence fuelled by the increasing use of technology, a new report warns, with online abuse often spilling over into physical attacks and intimidation. The situation is especially worrying in the global south, where laws to protect women are often lacking.

For women worldwide, the internet era is a "blessing and a curse".

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