Offline gender norms are often perpetuated online, shaping women’s use of social media platforms and chat applications. And in some countries, deepening the gender digital divide. Nonetheless, women’s use of digital technologies is growing as women’s networks expand in the supportive context of women’s empowerment collectives. Some collectives in the Global South, are leveraging social media as a tool to mobilize digital and physical support for campaigns against gender-based violence, and to secure their rights, despite the backlash.

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