As a Continuity of the Different Forms of Violence: Gender-Based Digital Violence Against Women

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 118 - 129, 27.03.2024

Ayşe Güneş

https://doi.org/10.54733/smar.1440636

Abstract

The terms online or digital gender-based violence (GBV) and cyber violence against women (VAW) are generally used synonymously to address acts of online/technology-facilitated abuse against women and girls committed against them because of their gender. This paper evaluates that although online or digital dimension of VAW may not be stated and referenced in the international and regional legal frameworks, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and Council of Europe Convention on the Preventing and Combatting Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention), it is interpreted as a form of discrimination against women aligning with the spirit of Articles 1 and 3 of the CEDAW and several articles of the Istanbul Convention can be applied to the specific topic of digital/online violence such as Article 33 (psychological violence), Article 34 (stalking), and Article 40 (sexual harassment). This paper is desk-based research paper which analyses the issue methodologically through the CEDAW and the Istanbul Convention and their recommendations which address digital dimension of VAW.

Keywords

gender-based violence, digital violence, online violence, the CEDAW, the Istanbul Convention

Farklı Şiddet Biçimlerinin Bir Sürekliliği Olarak Kadına Yönelik Toplumsal Cinsiyet Temelli Dijital Şiddet

Abstract

Çevrimiçi veya dijital toplumsal cinsiyete dayalı şiddet ve kadına yönelik siber şiddet terimleri, kadınlara ve kız çocuklarına karşı toplumsal cinsiyetleri nedeniyle işlenen çevrimiçi/teknoloji destekli istismar eylemlerini ele almak için genellikle eşanlamlı olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışma, kadına yönelik şiddetin çevrimiçi veya dijital boyutunun, Kadınlara Karşı Her Türlü Ayrımcılığın Önlenmesi Sözleşmesi (CEDAW) ve İstanbul Sözleşmesi gibi uluslararası ve bölgesel yasal çerçevelerde açıkça belirtilmemiş olmasına rağmen; CEDAW'ın 1. ve 3. maddelerinin kapsamına uygun olarak kadınlara karşı bir ayrımcılık biçimi olarak yorumlanmakta ve İstanbul Sözleşmesi'nin 33. maddesi (psikolojik şiddet), 34. maddesi (ısrarlı takip) ve 40. maddesi (cinsel taciz) gibi çeşitli maddeleri kapsamında dijital/çevrimiçi toplumsal cinsiyet temelli şiddet analiz edilmektedir. Bu çalışma, konuyu CEDAW ve İstanbul Sözleşmesi ve kadına yönelik şiddetin dijital boyutunu ele alan tavsiye kararları üzerinden metodolojik olarak analiz eden bir masa başı çalışmasıdır.

Keywords

toplumsal cinsiyete dayalı şiddet, dijital şiddet, çevrimiçi şiddet, CEDAW, İstanbul Sözleşmesi

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