Technology and Gender Violence: Victimization Model, Consequences and Measures

The evolution of technology is playing a very vital role in the development of every sphere of life. This technical evolution is also contributing significantly to improving the quality of human life. On the one side, technology is causing enormous benefits, on the other hand, it is also facilitating violence. Women, girls, transgender, etc. are expected to be highly targeted in online violence, e.g., sex trolling, physical threats, stalking, sexual harassment, exploitation, and bullying. It has been analyzed those women and girls are at high risk of gender-specific technology-supported violence. In this work, the authors reviewed the literature and presented a technology-dependent gender violence model focusing on types of abuse, victim population, and technologies used. Different initiatives to avoid and manage technology-dependent gender violence are also presented in this work.