What is Cybersafe CYBERSAFE is a 30-month project funded by the European Union. Nine project partners from various European countries have developed and promote an innovative experiential educational prevention programme – the CYBERSAFE Toolkit – that includes playful online tools, to address the issue of online violence against women and girls among young people (13–16 years old), in a classroom setting. CYBERSAFE promotes healthy relationships and gender equality online . The CYBERSAFE Toolkit provides in
Across Europe, digital technology plays a central role in the social lives of young people. It enables them to connect to their peers, to learn, to explore and to express themselves. A big part of their social life takes place online. This provides many positive opportunities but can also cause harm. ‘Missteps’ can be recorded instantly, spread rapidly and viewed by a wide audience. Content can circulate online indefinitely.
Since the creation of social media platforms, violence against women and girls has escalated in the digital sphere. Research shows that women and girls are specifically targeted by online violence. The EU estimates that 1 in 10 women have already experienced a form of online violence from the age of 15 onwards (EIGE 2017).