digital discrimination and online violence against women
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Digital Discrimination and Online VAW: How Safe Are Our Ladies Online?
A Research Paper presented in the National Seminar on
"Violence Against Women: Concept, Issues, Emerging Problems & Current Challenges”
Research/Presented By:
Syed Mohsin Raja
Organized By:Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Co-operative Management, Sivasagar, Assam
Online Violence Against Women (Worldwide)
Online VAW No Records
73%
What is Online VAW?
• An overt expression of gender discrimination,• Offline inequality extended to online presences,• Social and economic implication for women’s status online,• Online threats of death, rape, torture,• Public shaming, trolling,• Online stalking,
Online Discrimination Online Violence
Online Violence Against Women
• Gauri Lankesh – received online death threats,• Taslima Nasrin – receives thousands of hate messages and rape
threats,• Meena Kandasammy – Renown poet, author got acid attack threats
on twitter,• Rega Jha of Buzzfeed India – Got rape threats after praising a
Pakistani cricket player for his skills. Even writers like Chetan Bhagat posted abusive tweets against her.
• Barkha Dutt – The most trolled & digitally abused journalist of India.
Few Remarkable Incidents
• How safe are our ladies online?• What can be done from the perspective of ladies who
suffer/suffered?• What laws come to aid?
Research Questions
• Qualitative & Quantitative,• Survey – Questionnaire,• Stratified sampling, Typical sampling,• Pedagogical analysis on a descriptive note
Research Methodology
• Approached – 560 ladies, both online & offline,• Responded – 328 only, Response rate of 58.6%• Stratums – 3 on the basis of age,• Age Stratums – Group A (20 to 30 years), Group B (30 to 40
years) and Group C (40 to 50 years),• Cities targeted – 9 including Guwahati, Jorhat, Shillong,
Aizawl, Kolkata, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Goa and Mumbai.• Education – Postgraduates 50%, MPhil/PhD 20%, Graduation
25% and Above matriculation 5%.
The Respondents
The Respondents
City Sample Group Respondents
Guwahati 115 60
Jorhat 85 51
Shillong 55 40
Aizawl 65 35
Kolkata 45 17
Delhi 50 39
Ahmedabad 45 20
Goa 35 21
Mumbai 65 45
Further, there is the Age Group Division City-wise
• How much time do they spend on digital & social media?• Why do they use these sites?• Have they ever faced any abuses/trolling on social media
sites or on OTTs?• Have they ever experienced any harassment on these sites?• Have they reported?• Why did they choose not/to report?• Are they aware of upcoming CCPWC or any such laws to
their interest?• Do they feel safe, online?
The Survey
• How much time do they spend on digital & social media?
The Results
City N (Total
Respondents)
Mean of 3
Stratums
Standard
Deviation
Std. Error Mean
Guwahati 60 45 18.02 0.761
Jorhat 51 41.67 24.64 1.042
Shillong 40 35 10 0.422
Aizawl 35 48.3 18.92 0.799
Kolkata 17 46.67 12.6 0.531
Delhi 40 56.67 5.77 0.244
Ahmedabad 20 45 21.8 0.92
Goa 20 51.67 25.65 1.084
Mumbai 45 41.33 7.63 0.322Average Time Spent in All Cities = 45.92 minutes
The Results
Ever Faced Online VAW
YES NO NOT SURE
NOT SURE
YESNO
The Results
NOT SURE
YESNO
Have they reported?
NO
The Results
NOT SURE
YESNO
Feel Safe Online?
No Yes Not Sure
37%
24%
39%
