Journalists for Christ International Outreach (JFC) Nigeria, in collaboration with the World Association for Christian Communication, Africa Region (WACC-AR), has unveiled an innovative project aimed at countering misogyny and tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV).
The project which is supported which is supported by WACC Global and Brot fur die Welt (Bread for the World – German Protestant Agency for Diaconia Development, aims to change public perception and stereotypes about girls and women by fostering actions to curb Tech- facilitated gender-based violence, TFGBV, and related oppressive actions against girls and women within the digital sphere.
The project launch was announced in a press statement signed by Mrs. Ugonma Cokey, Vice President of JFC and the Project Lead.
Cokey explained that “the initiative seeks to challenge stereotypes and combat TFGBV within the digital sphere and it will employ strategic measures including online content monitoring, producing counter-narratives, and facilitating alliances to mitigate TFGBV.
“As society developed and became technology-driven, GBV also translated from the traditional forms to other forms of violence online across the digital spaces. The digitally driven violence against women, which is also referred to as ‘Tech- facilitated Gender-Based Violence’ (TFGBV) include such acts as cyber-bullying, secret recordings of sexual scenes, the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, name calling, surveillances, amongst others.”
The Project Lead also noted that “during the implementation of this project, JFC will partner with relevant gender-focused/supportive CSOs, bloggers/users of social media platforms to combat TFGBV and embark on advocacy actions and engagement with media and institutional stakeholders on key policy actions.
“At the end, the project is expected to galvanize public support for gender rights through digital products as counter-narratives on GBV (online/offline) and also deepen the role of media stakeholders (print, broadcast, online journalists/bloggers) in combating TFGBV, hate speech online and related indices through gender-supportive reporting.”