TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
Drawing on original interview data, this article analyses the impact of social media on Indian Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). It argues that social media can help WHRDs to expand their advocacy, but can also leave them open to online threats, which can translate into offline risks. It also ar...
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Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede
2020-08-01
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| description | Drawing on original interview data, this article analyses the impact of social media on Indian Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). It argues that social media can help WHRDs to expand their advocacy, but can also leave them open to online threats, which can translate into offline risks. It also argues that WHRDs face threats due to their gender, as well as other factors, meaning that it is vital to consider this topic in both a gender-sensitive and intersectional way. Overall, this article concludes that social media both helps and harms WHRDs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68858a90cd504015bcbfab9775d050762022-12-21T19:39:25ZengAssociação Direitos Humanos em RedeSur: International Journal on Human Rights1806-64451983-33422020-08-011730207213TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACKAshvini Rae0Ashvini Rae graduated from the University of York in 2019 with a degree in Politics with International Relations. She is passionate about International Development and Human Rights. Ashvini currently works for an education charity in London and edits Women in Foreign Policy’s careers blog, The Zig Zag, in her spare time.Drawing on original interview data, this article analyses the impact of social media on Indian Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). It argues that social media can help WHRDs to expand their advocacy, but can also leave them open to online threats, which can translate into offline risks. It also argues that WHRDs face threats due to their gender, as well as other factors, meaning that it is vital to consider this topic in both a gender-sensitive and intersectional way. Overall, this article concludes that social media both helps and harms WHRDs.https://sur.conectas.org/en/two-steps-forward-one-step-back/indiaintersectionalitywomen human rights defenderssocial mediatrollingrisk |
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| title | TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK |
| title_full | TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK |
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| title_full_unstemmed | TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK |
| title_short | TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK |
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