International Day For the Elimination of Violence Against Women Day • 25 November 2025
Violence against women is brutal—not only in the moments that make headlines, but in the everyday digital harm people treat as normal. It’s not just physical danger. It’s the way technology is now used to shame, control, expose, threaten, or silence women at any time of the day.
Digital violence happens when a phone, app, account, or AI tool becomes a weapon. It’s fast, hidden, and constant. And for many women, it feels impossible to escape because the harm follows them everywhere—even when they’re alone with their screen.
Here’s what the world is really facing today:
Digital Violence (online harm)
• Online attacks / cyber harassment — bullying, shaming, hate messages
• Non-consensual photo or video sharing
• Deepfake abuse — AI-made harmful or sexual images/videos
• Cyberstalking — tracking her online activity, accounts, or location
• Doxxing — exposing private info to shame or endanger her
• Digital control — checking her phone, messages, or passwords without consent
• Fake accounts for monitoring — stalking through alt accounts
• Threats sent through chats, comments, calls, or emails
Tech-assisted Violence (digital + real life)
• Intimate partner control — tracking her online, isolating her, checking devices
• Stalking — online tracing that leads to real-life following
• Workplace harassment through digital tools
• Harassment recorded or shared online
• Reproductive control through digital monitoring
Offline Violence (real-world harm)
• Physical harm — hitting, slapping, pushing, strangling
• Sexual violence — rape, coercion, forced acts
• Emotional abuse — insults, humiliation, threats
• Psychological abuse — manipulation, fear, guilt-tripping, isolation
• Economic control — blocking money, work, education, or basic needs
• Gender discrimination — treating women as less capable or less deserving
• Street whistling / catcalling
• Harassment in public spaces — touching, following, blocking paths
• Forced marriage
• Child marriage
• Honor-based violence
• Trafficking and sexual exploitation
• Forced labor
• Any act that limits a woman’s freedom, dignity, or safety
One in three women experiences violence in her lifetime. This is why the UN calls it the most widespread human-rights violation on earth. UNiTE (UN + iTE = United Nations + unite) exists because women should never need luck to live safely—not offline, not online.
The 2025 theme focuses on digital violence because harm has shifted to screens, apps, chats, and AI. And if technology evolves fast, our protection must evolve faster.
Safety is the minimum.
Respect is the baseline.
And no woman should have to fight for either.
⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ