Violence Against Women
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Jun, 2026

Gender Equality

The Growing Digital Frontier: Fighting for Women’s Cyber Safety in the Global South  

By Carson Jones, Together Women Rise Communications Intern

With the recent erosion of women’s rights, increasing political polarization, and isolationism, the safety of women and girls is at greater risk than ever before. They face gender-based issues that emerge from spaces that are supposed to be safe and empowering. With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and widespread Internet access, women’s security is pulled from the physical realm into the digital one.

While men and boys in the Global South are still far more likely to have online access, women and girls have gained digital access at a substantial rate over the last decade. According to the GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report 2026, 84% of women in low and middle-income countries now own a mobile phone of some type, 64% own a smartphone, and 65% use mobile Internet. The women who are online often face exploitation, extortion, and harassment. Details

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Dec, 2014

Impact Areas, Connections, Safety and Security

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Surviving rape in Cambodia

We invited some of our programs that deal directly with violence against women to share some stories. The stories show the impact these programs are having fighting violence against women, addressing their root causes, and providing support and a way back for its victims. This is the story of a young Cambodian teen-ager, whose name has been changed, who was helped through this tragic experience by Lotus Outreach’s aftercare and reintegration program — a Dining for Women sustained program. 
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Dec, 2014

Together Women Rise, Safety and Security, Connections, Storytelling

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Of 4 sisters, 2 walk a different path

We invited some of our programs that deal directly with violence against women to share some stories. The stories show the impact these programs are having fighting violence against women, addressing their root causes, and providing support and a way back for its victims. This is the story of a young Kenyan girl who was spared the traditional female genital mutilation and sent instead to study at the Kakenya Center for Excellence.  Details

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Dec, 2014

Safety and Security, Impact Areas, Connections, Storytelling

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Violence changed this child’s life, but won’t define it

We invited some of our programs that deal directly with violence against women to share some stories. The stories show the impact these programs are having fighting violence against women, addressing their root causes, and providing support and a way back for its victims. This is the story of a young Kenyan girl who knew the horrors of domestic violence at an extremely early age. Her mother was murdered by her father, who then abandoned Naanyu and her five siblings. Taken in by family, she is studying at the Kakenya Center for Excellence where she has learned that her life will not be the same as for others in her village. FGM will not be performed on her.  Details

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Nov, 2014

Together Women Rise, Programs, Leadership, Safety and Security, Storytelling

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Violence against women 2014

Gender inequality and violence against women walk hand in hand through the world. Dining for Women has supported more than a dozen programs that specifically work to stop violence against women, to help its victims re-enter society and reclaim their lives or to empower girls to have the confidence and the skills to say NO to violent practices like FGM and indentured servitude.  Details

Nov 25, 2014

Storytelling, Together Women Rise, Safety and Security, Impact Areas, Connections

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Stop the violence

The 16 days between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Nov. 25) and Human Rights Day (Dec. 10) represents a coordinated effort to promote activism and awareness. Violence against women exists in every country and at every income level. So there are many voices talking about the issue this week.

Dining for Women has put together a digital magazine that is curating and aggregating these voices. On Twitter, #16days and #violenceagainstwomen are being used to coordinate the conversation, but there are others. On Facebook, these tags and DFWs #DFW16days are being used as a way to bring all your comments together.

And there are news articles, scholarly articles and posts from the UNWomen, programs and nonprofits.

You can read this magazine on the web just by following this link or by downloading the free Flipboard app for whatever flavor of mobile device you use. If you see a page that just has a hashtag on it, like #16days, that’s a custom search that will bring up a current list of all tweets using that tag.

The magazine will be updated automatically with new content from across the web. You can Follow the magazine to have it added to your Flipboard bookshelf and share it with others.  Share your insights, observations and thoughts for increasing awareness: post on Facebook or Twitter with the #DFW16days.

Photo: The Empire State Building in New York City lights up orange to support the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The United Nations was also lit up in orange. 

 

 

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