Episode 22 - Technology facilitated gender-based violence: an evolving pandemic

On this episode we spoke to Baleseng Maeneche from South Africa! We reflected on and unpacked:What is technology based GBV and the different ways it manifests How gender-based violence and stereotypes manifest in media representations?The politics of genocide, violence and erasure How technology facilitated gender-based violence contributes to gendered inequalities The disproportionate violence adolescent girls, young women and young gender-diverse people face onlineCreating social media platforms and mechanisms that can prevent and reduce online gender-based violenceSafeguarding tips we can adopt to protected ourselves onlineBaleseng is a PhD student in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of the Western Cape. Her research interests encompass feminist media studies and decolonial perspectives, with a strong commitment to advancing gender equality and social justice. She is also a graduate lecturing assistant and researcher on the multinational, EU-funded RE-Wiring Representations project within WGS. When she isn’t tackling the mammoth task of writing a PhD thesis you’ll find her dancing, getting lost in her favourite series or on her yoga mat.