Understanding & Responding to Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is real harm. This workshop names common tactics (harassment, doxxing, deepfakes), maps who is most targeted, and offers plain-language steps to stay safer, document incidents, and build collective support—without logging off.
Alexis-Carlota Cochrane
Alexis-Carlota Cochrane (she/they) is a researcher and PhD candidate in Communication & Media Studies at McMaster University. Their work examines how platforms enable gendered and sexuality-based digital harms and how feminist/queer approaches can counter them. Alexis contributes policy advice, community trainings, and accessible zines on TFGBV.
Learn what TFGBV is, where it happens, who it targets, and why it’s structural—not just “bad actors.” We unpack overlapping harms, intersectionality, and practical responses: securing accounts, privacy settings, evidence capture, reporting pathways, and community care. Participants leave with a digital safety plan and resource pack they can share with teams. Designed for women, gender-diverse, Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities.
Key points:
- Define TFGBV & forms
- Intersectional lens
- Safety plan steps
- Evidence & reporting
- Community support
