💜 Other resources are available here: www.scottishwomensrightscentre.org.uk/information-...

#16Days #NoExcuse #ACTToEndViolence

At the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre, we have produced resources for survivors:

📲 FollowItApp – a secure app to record incidents of stalking:
🕒 Time & location
💭 How you felt
📸 Screenshots, videos, photos

➡️ Everything stays safe & accessible even if you lose your phone: followitapp.org.uk

Other forms include:
📛 Cyberbullying
🗣️ Hate speech
🔏 Sexual exploitation
❎ Defamation
💻 Sextortion / revenge porn

Most common forms:
💻 Sexual harassment & stalking
📸 Non-consensual image sharing
📩 Unwanted messages & calls
💬 Comment/DM harassment
📍 GPS/location tracking

In the coming days, we’ll also spotlight our current services and share resources for women and girls experiencing digital abuse.

➡️ This is the first post in our series - stay tuned for more.

#16Days #NoExcuse #EndGenderBasedViolence #ACTtoEndViolence #ForAllWomenAndGirls

As part of the #16Days campaign, we’ll be sharing highlights from across our organisation - awareness activities, fundraising events, and our ongoing work to improve access to justice.

💜 Last year, we launched our SWRC Legal Aid campaign calling for a simpler, fairer process to qualify for legal aid - ensuring people who need protection can access essential support.

📘 This year, we’re delighted to share our campaign report:
🔗 www.justrightscotland.org.uk/research-rep...

🎓 The University of Glasgow Students’ Representative Council is organising a fundraising event, signposting services supporting survivors of gender-based violence.

❓ What are we doing as part of the campaign?

📍The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) is hosting an awareness stall & bake sale tomorrow at the University of Strathclyde, organised by student volunteers from the Strathclyde Law Clinic.

The impact is even greater for women facing intersecting discrimination - including race, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

🔗 www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

📈 Digital violence disproportionately targets:
• activists
• journalists
• women in politics
• human rights defenders
• young women

🚨 Digital violence doesn’t stay online.
It often leads to offline harm: coercion, physical abuse, and even femicide.

The impacts are long-lasting and can affect survivors for years.

👁️‍🗨️ Hate speech & disinformation
🎛️ Doxxing
👀 Online stalking & surveillance
🧑‍💻 Online grooming & sexual exploitation
🎭 Catfishing & impersonation
🌐 Misogynistic networks (manosphere, incel forums)

💻 What is digital abuse?
Digital tools are increasingly used to stalk, harass, and abuse women and girls. This includes:

📸 Image-based abuse / non-consensual sharing of intimate images
🛜 Cyberbullying, trolling, threats
💬 Online harassment & sexual harassment
🤖 AI-generated deepfakes