At the recent “sitting” of Parlimen Digital, activists from the KRYSS Network - who were following the proceedings - observed that some of the female speakers were subjected to online gender-based violence and harassment. We explore how pervasive online gender-based violence is, why there is a tendency to trivialise or normalise such behaviour, and what we should do to stop this.



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At the recent &ldquo;sitting&rdquo; of Parlimen Digital, activists from the <a href="https://kryss.network/2020/07/15/press-release-malaysian-government-should-defend-womens-rights-to-public-and-political-participation/">KRYSS Network</a> - who were following the proceedings - observed that some of the female speakers were subjected to online gender-based violence and harassment. We explore how pervasive online gender-based violence is, why there is a tendency to trivialise or normalise such behaviour, and what we should do to stop this.

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