Nearly 60 percent of women and girls have experienced online gender-based violence. It’s a difficult problem to address because it involves governmental policy as well as private companies. How can tech platforms become accountable not only to this abuse, but also, for creating safer digital spaces? 

In our final episode of this season, we learn about how technology is facilitating gender-based violence, as well as promising strategies to reduce online GBV. Reporter Sanjna Selva travels to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to understand how the online abuse of a TikTok star rattled the country. She also speaks with Serene Lim, Co-Founder of MataSEA, about how feminist tech approaches could address online GBV in Malaysia. Then host Reena Ninan speaks with Hera Hussain, Founder and CEO of Chayn, a global nonprofit creating online resources to support GBV survivors. Hera shares what she believes are the strongest points of leverage in dealing with major tech platforms. 

The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women is a podcast from Foreign Policy, supported this season by the Ford Foundation.

Guests interviewed:

Hera Hussain, Founder and CEO of Chayn

Wani Muthiah, Journalist at The Star

Serene Lim, Co-Founder and Coordinator of MataSEA

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