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Online violence against women in politics: how to support political parties to address technology-facilitated gender-based violence

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Ján Michalko, Diana Jiménez Thomas Rodriguez, ALiGN (Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms), April 2026

A practical toolkit designed to help political parties better prevent and respond to technology-facilitated gender-based violence. This resource outlines strategies to strengthen policies, reporting mechanisms and party culture to support safer and more inclusive political participation online.

This ALIGN toolkit offers gender professionals and others working on democratic strengthening a set of guiding questions and reflection prompts to identify which responses could be most effective and suitable in different contexts. These actions can complement other solutions to TFGBV, such as regulations promoting safety by design. The assessment spans a broad range of factors including: (1) different manifestations of gender norms, (2) the socio-political environment and (3) internal party structures.

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