66% of Women Face Online Abuse — And That Should Alarm Us All

According to a report by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 66% of women globally have experienced online abuse. Let that sink in. Two out of every three women. This isn’t a niche issue. It’s a pandemic of silence, shame, and systemic failure.

Yet, this violence often goes unseen, unheard, and unaddressed. In our families. In our schools. In our parliaments. On our timelines. Because it’s digital, it’s assumed to be less serious. Less violent. Less real.

But the truth is, online abuse is real violence.

It harms minds. It silences voices. It pushes people to the brink of despair. And far too often, it escalates into offline harm.

That’s why we created HerCyberRights.

We are a global movement of women, girls, advocates, and allies committed to fighting Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV). We exist because this issue matters. And because we refuse to sit back and watch more lives be destroyed by what people still dismiss as “just words online.”

We are:

• Organizing free TFGBV awareness classes and trainings
• Launching community-led initiatives to educate girls and boys in schools
• Planning a campaign to get local leaders involved in solutions
• Building an online community to call out abuse, share resources, and support each other

We’re not a hashtag. We are a movement. And we are already doing the work.

For now, we are two young women,a Kenyan and a South African,shouting from the corners of our World Pulse community about TFGBV. But we know we cannot do this alone.

So, wherever you are, if you're reading this, we’re inviting you,our sister, our ally, our friend,to join us. Join Kenya. Join South Africa. Join the global fight to make this vision louder, to speak out, to educate, and to protect.

No one should be driven to suicide because they were doxxed, blackmailed, bullied into silence, or violated online. No one should go through this alone.

Online abuse is real abuse.

And it’s time we create a community that not only acknowledges it but actively fights it.

But we need you.

We need educators who want to teach.

We need survivors who want to share.

We need volunteers who can post and engage.

We need techies, lawyers, writers, researchers.

We need anyone who believes that online safety is a right, not a privilege.

Because the moment we treat online abuse as "lesser," we lose lives. We lose voices. We lose girls who could have been leaders, creators, changemakers.

We shouldn’t need another suicide. We shouldn’t wait until someone we love is harmed. We shouldn’t accept an invisible enemy just because it hides behind screens.

TFGBV is real. The damage is real. But the solutions can be too.

Join us.

Be the voice.

Be the light.

Be the shield.

Follow our page, share this blog, and reach out if you’d like to be part of our weekly digital literacy and anti-TFGBV classes.

We can’t fight this alone. And the good news iswe don’t have to.