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Distraught woman facing online abuse on digital devices in a photorealistic awareness image about technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Mauritius.

TFGBV in Mauritius: Understanding the Rise of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence

Executive summary Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) refers to acts such as online harassment, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, sextortion, non-consensual sharing of intimate images (often termed “revenge pornography”), impersonation via fake profiles, and other digitally mediated abuses that harm people because of gendered power relations and social norms (UN Women, 2025). In Mauritius, TFGBV is increasingly visible in…