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Gender Security and Safety in the ASEAN Digital Economy

Gender Security and Safety in the ASEAN Digital Economy
Date:
13 December 2022
Editors:
Araba Sey
Tags:
Digital Economy, women in tech, Gender Equality, Cyber Violence, Cybersecurity, ASEAN

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Gender-based cyber violence inhibits progress towards gender digital equality by discouraging women from participating in the digital economy. From the magnitude of the problem to its economic and social impacts, much remains to be understood about how women experience safety and security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) digital economy. Drawing on academic and grey literature, this paper reflects on the implications of gender-based cyber violence for digital equality and economic development. Overall, data are lacking on the prevalence, economic costs, and social impacts of gender-based cyber violence within ASEAN. Policy tends to focus more on measuring domestic and intimate partner violence, likely due to its designation as the main indicator for Sustainable Development Goal 5. Although a variety of national, regional, and global frameworks exist to address different dimensions of violence against women, cybersecurity, and workplace harassment, more work is needed to identify the scale and scope of gender-based cyber violence in the region, in order to target policy appropriately.

Gender Security and Safety in the ASEAN Digital Economy

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