Increasing Cyber Crimes threatening digital freedom and rights of Women

When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in 2020, news about violence against women being on a rise also came out from various countries around the world. Women face violence and harassment at various levels – at work, outside the household, within the household in the domestic sphere, and more recently – online. The last one – cybercrimes against women – have seen a steady rise, especially in India. Thus, cyber-crime might be defined as a synthesis of crime and technology. Cybercrime refers to crimes committed over the internet in which the perpetrator, hidden by the curtain of a computer screen, is not required to make personal contact with another person and may not always disclose their name.

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