A woman being victimized for semi nude photos published in a social media site

Makina Khatun of Golbazaar Municipality-13, Siraha was physically assaulted by number of people from her locality for semi nude pictures that was  uploaded by her neighbor in a social media site IMO.

According to Makina, “Her neighbor Sanjila took her semi nude photos while she was bathing at the hand pump and uploaded them on the messaging app IMO without her permission. After that the villagers who say the pictures came in and assaulted her number of times. They threatened her not to report the case to the police.”

A person who commits a computer related crime is liable to a fine not exceeding Rs 50,000 and/or imprisonment not exceeding six months, depending on the degree of the offence.

Due to lack of awareness of social media site, the rate of Violence against Women in such scenario has increased and most of the times theses case go unnoticed in view of pressure from the community.

Online Violation against Women is a serious act of offence where greater awareness campaign are required about privacy and social media. Clicking others nude photo and Sharing  that without consent is a serious Crime which needs to be disseminated at large.     

According to a report of UNESCO,Combatting Online Violence Against Women & Girls: A Worldwide Wake-up Call " Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is already a problem of pandemic proportion; research shows that one in three women will experience some form of violence in her lifetime. Now, the new problem of ‘cyber VAWG’ could significantly increase this staggering number, as our research suggests that 73% of women have already been exposed to or have experienced some form of online violence. With social networks still in their relative infancy, this is a problem that urgently needs to be addressed if the Net is to remain an open and empowering space for all. The sheer volume of cyber VAWG has severe social and economic implications for women’s status on the Internet. Threats of rape, death, and stalking put a premium on women’s emotional bandwidth, take-up time and financial resources including legal fees, online protection services, and missed wages. Cyber VAWG can have a profoundly chilling effect on free speech and advocacy. Women aged 18 to 24 are at a heightened risk of being exposed to every kind of cyber VAWG; they are uniquely likely to experience stalking and sexual harassment, while also not escaping the high rates of other types of harassment common to young people in general, like physical threats."

Jac sm Kee of  Association for Progressive Communication’s (APC) says, "Online violence against women is an overt expression of the gender discrimination and inequality that exists offline. Online, it becomes amplified. The most important way to shift this is to enable women and girls to engage with the Internet at all levels – from use, creation, and development to the imagination of what it should and can be."