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Webinar "Behind a click: Let's talk about online violence against women" in Guatemala

Guatemala, November 29, 2021. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), through the Global Programme on Cybercrime, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held the webinar "Behind a click: Let's talk about online violence against women", in order to generate a space for dialogue to reflect on violence against women online and crimes in the digital space.
This event, held as part of the "Unite" Campaign, heard stories of women who have faced violence in cyberspace, including women human rights defenders; talked about the importance of exercising digital citizenship (digital access, digital commerce, digital communication, digital literacy, digital etiquette, digital laws, digital responsibilities and rights, digital health and wellbeing and digital security) and promoted safe virtual spaces for women.
The speakers were Ceyda Mendoza, inspector; Diana Ramos, head of Victim Attention and Gustavo Jiménez, investigator of the Cybercrime Unit, all from the National Civil Police; Rebeca Lane, activist, hip hop and feminist rap artist; Alva Batres, activist and journalist Xinka de Izabal. The event was moderated by Pilar Salazar, journalist and communicator.
"Acting quickly is important in the attention to crimes related to technology or cybercrimes because, if there is a registered user today, tomorrow it may disappear, but everything that happens on the Internet can be followed up," explained Gustavo Jiménez, investigator of the Cybercrime Unit, all of the National Civil Police.
For her part, the artist Rebeca Lane, shared her experience being a public person which, she explained, makes her more vulnerable. "Being a feminist and defender of the rights of LGTBQ people I receive a lot of criticism to my opinions", she expressed, who assured that she receives "organized attacks" in front of the messages of her songs.
The webinar was attended by more than 100 women from different regions of the country, as well as members of social and student organizations.
This activity was carried out thanks to the financial support of the Canadian government.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have identified that women are facing new forms of violence, for example, in virtual spaces, taking into account that social networks have become an indispensable tool for interaction in different areas (labor, education, social, etc.).
An example of the above is the data recorded in the statistical system of the cybercrime unit of the National Civil Police, which from January to September 2021 recorded the following data: 1024 cases of cybercrime investigated of which 43% of the cases were women, 31% are men and 26% the analysis variable appears as "not indicated".