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  • 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence
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    This site, managed by the Center for Global Women’s Leadership, contains information on the inception of this annual campaign, as well as a toolkit and calendar of 16-day activities around the world.
  • Cyberstalking Laws
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    The page consists of links to current and pending cyberstalking-related United States federal and state laws, as well as those states that do not have laws yet and related laws from other countries such as Australia, India and the UK.
  • Online Safety Toolkit by The BC Rural Women’s Network
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    The BC Rural Women’s Network, sponsored by the Vernon Women’s Centre Society, developed this online safety toolkit addressing Online Safety for Women. This toolkit has information that addresses women’s safety when using the internet and email communications.
  • Making Women's Place Explicit: Pornography, Violence, and the Internet
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    The module is a series of readings that examine the creation, consumption, and content of Internet pornography in order to understand the Internet's role in the perpetuation of violence against women. It also looks at child pornography and a specific virtual child pornography case that has recently been decided by the Supreme Court.
  • Gender Harassment on the Internet
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    The paper examines the nature and types of gender harassment occurring on the net, including possible causes of this online offense, particularly characteristics of the net which make it a fertile ground for proliferation of offensive contacts. It also explores whether online gender harassment rises to the level of an actionable claim, and will examine some of the inherent problems in pursuing such claims, as well as pursuing criminal charges against offenders.
  • Sample Policies on Online Abuse
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    The page by WHO@ (Working to Halt Online Abuse) contains examples of policies that may be adopted by websites and website administrators. Samples range in level of restraint and severity.
  • The Use of New Communication and Information Technologies for the Sexual Exploitation of Women and Children
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    This paper written by Donna Hughes and published in the Hastings Women's Law Journal, 2002, examines how different forms of ICT, including peer-to-peer servers and streaming video, are used to sexually exploit women and children.
  • The Internet as an Organizing Tool
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    The module explores the power of the Internet as an organizing tool to combat violence against women. It cites examples of organisations and initiatives that were created and use the Internet to provide relevant information on VAW and how to fight it.
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