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CIVICUS calls on social media platforms, govt to address 'hostile virtual environment for women'

Aarti Narsee, Civic Space Reseacher at CIVICUS spoke to JacarandaFM about the challenges faced by women human rights defenders, activists, feminists and journalists when online.

This comes on the back of a collection of essays from women across the world that detailed their experiences of online harassment. The common thread in the essays show that women journalists, feminists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world are facing virtual harassment more than their male counterparts.  

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