The Commonwealth Lawyers Association Family Law Committee in partnership with the International Academy of Family Lawyers presents a webinar on “IPV Protecting Victims from Cybercrime: Practical and Legal Next Steps”
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association and International Academy of Family Lawyers invites you to join us for webinar focusing on “IPV Protecting Victims from Cybercrime: Practical and Legal Next Steps”.
Following on from the webinar “Cybercrime in the intimate partner and honour-based abuse contexts: signs and preventative strategies”, which took place on 17th September 2024. Some of the key issues which were discussed, were the differing legal landscapes with patterns and themes identified such as how anonymity allows perpetrators to hide behind the dark web, how to shift the stigma to empower the victims, the limitations of the application of available legislation.
As social media is a popular means of communication and virtual platforms such as Facebook has a prominent presence globally. In terms of pitfalls, a similar premise applies in amongst many commonwealth jurisdictions, and global statistics show that Facebook reflects the highest number of online abuse of all social networking sites[i]. The negative impact of social media abuse, as with most forms of gender-based abuse, is that it has a disproportionate impact on women and girls, as a result of which Amnesty has labelled online violence and abuse of women a wider problem than that of discrimination and violence against women offline.[ii]
The purpose of this webinar is to have a discussion about practical next steps and solutions. The focus will be on the legal and social landscape of various jurisdictions, namely England and Wales, Caribbean, Malaysia and Zambia. The speakers will discuss practical and legal solutions on ways in which cyber abuse as a form of gender-based abuse can be tackled in their respective jurisdictions.
[1] Statista. 2017. Share of women worldwide who have ever experienced abuse or harassment on selected websites and social media platforms as of July 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2018 from tiny.cc/s43nxy
[11] https://www.amnesty.org.uk/online-abuse-women-widespread
This webinar will contain references to sexual, physical and emotional abuse and death which some attendees may find distressing . We are aware that the discussion of trauma may be disturbing at times, and we encourage all attendees to be mindful of this and to feel able to leave the webinar at will, to take care of your well-being.
Date: 19th November 2024
TIME:
6.30am EST
7.30am AST
11.30am GMT
12.30pm WAT
1.30pm CAT
5.00pm IST
7.30pm HKT & MYT
Chair
- Rachael Kelsey, President International Academy of Family lawyers
Panelist
- Shabina Begum, Partner in the International Child Care department
- Ruth Lumbongo Mbambi, Zambia
- Moureeze Franklyn, St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Hui Yee, Malaysia