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MANILA, Philippines-As the globe gets more linked, a new battlefield in the war against violence against women has appeared: the internet.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has launched the Bodyright campaign in the Philippines to fight this contemporary scourge. The campaign uses a new “copyright” symbol to urge policymakers, technology firms, and social media platforms to treat online misogyny and image-based abuse with the same seriousness as they do copyright infringement.

Dr. Leila Saiji Joudane, UNFPA Philippine Country Director, stated during the campaign launch that “violence in digital spaces is pervasive, with women and girls being disproportionately victimized, and its consequences regularly spill over into the real world.”

While the internet and other forms of technology have made it easier for individuals to communicate and obtain information, Joudane emphasized that they have also led to harm and violence against women, children, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

With online abuse and sexual exploitation on the rise, the Bodyright movement wants to give women and other vulnerable groups the freedom to govern how their bodies are depicted online.

It encouages the development of practical measures to stop online violence and encourages civil society, supporters, and the general public to advocate the safe, moral use of technology.

Bodyright, according to Joudane, “is about everyone’s basic right to choose what they do with their bodies, including how they are portrayed online.”

People can support the campaign online by signing a petition and “claiming their bodyright” by adding the Bodyright logo or the b symbol to their images so that they can “own” their bodies online.

Campaign by UNFPA to combat internet abuse

A number of organizations, including ACCORD Incorporated and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Asia Pacific, sent expressions of support to the campaign’s start (CATW-AP).

Executive director of CATW-AP Jean Enriquez stated, “We endorse UNFPA’s Bodyright campaign, which encourages the empowerment of women and other vulnerable groups to take control of their own bodies.

Young artists also performed at the launch, while young people from Muslim Mindanao’s Bangsamoro Autonomous Region presented spoken word poetry. The artists discussed the particular difficulties encountered by women in the area as well as gender-based violence, cyberbullying, and other types of violence against women and girls.

Attendees of the “Take Back the Web: A night of creative expression concerning women & girls’ lives, rights and bodily autonomy” event posed with their Bodyright “b tattoos” or stickers. The Bodyright petition was read and ceremoniously signed by participants in the youth organizations Perxx Commune and Pandi Empowered Survivors – Youth at the conclusion of the event.

The Bodyright campaign is necessary since data shows that there is a lot of abuse against women online.

The Economist Intelligence Unit reports that 38% of women who have internet access globally who have witnessed online abuse against other women also reported having personally experienced it.

According to the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), the non-consensual distribution of intimate images (48.00%), threats of violence or blackmail (41.33%), and altering, deleting, or fabricating personal data (22.67%) are the most frequent instances of online gender-based violence in the Philippines.

“Some websites can flag your video for copyright violation right away when you submit a video online utilizing someone else’s tune,” Joudane warned. “Yet, it is quite difficult to have the images deleted from the internet when a woman’s intimate photos are posted online without her agreement.”

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