4 Ways Technology Is Boosting the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence

This piece by Hera Hussain originally appeared on The Huffington Post. You can read the piece in its entirety here.

The following is a guest post from Hera Hussain. Hera is the Founder and CEO of CHAYN, a UK-based open source gender and tech project that builds platforms, toolkits and runs hackathons to empower women facing violence & the organisations supporting them.

As more women find themselves with increasing access to mobile technology and the Internet, the tech world has stepped up to provide women with more, better tools to help them stay safe.

Within the developing world, this is the segment of women targeted by tech initiatives. Women in urban areas are twice as likely as men to experience violence. As the number of women with access to the Internet and Internet-enabled devices increases, so does the potential of social impact of “tech for good” projects. Access to internet-enabled devices has been found to be key for ensuring gender-equality in the long run (No Ceilings).