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Türkiye’s Göktaş Calls for Global Action Against Digital Violence at UN
Türkiye’s Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş called for stronger international cooperation against technology-facilitated violence targeting women and girls, warning at a UN meeting in New York about threats ranging from online harassment to AI-generated fake images.
Türkiye’s Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş attended a high-level meeting on combating technology-facilitated violence against women and girls at United Nations Headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
The G77 and Emerging Partners Ministerial Roundtable, co-hosted by UN Women and Croatia, brought together senior government representatives and other stakeholders to examine emerging forms of violence against women and girls in the digital environment.
Addressing the meeting, Göktaş shared Türkiye’s policies and experience aimed at ensuring that women and girls can participate safely in the digital world.
She said digital technologies have expanded women’s access to employment, education, the knowledge economy and decision-making processes, while warning that the same technologies can also create new forms of violence and abuse targeting women and girls.
Göktaş highlighted online threats, harassment, stalking, the misuse of intimate images and the abuse of personal information as global challenges requiring urgent attention. She also warned about AI-generated fake images being used to threaten, humiliate or target women and girls.
“Digital Violence Knows No Borders”
Göktaş stressed that technology-facilitated violence transcends national borders and called for stronger international standards, greater sharing of good practices and closer cooperation among governments, international organizations, technology companies and other stakeholders.
She reiterated Türkiye’s “zero tolerance” approach to violence against women and said the country would continue its efforts to ensure that women and girls can participate safely in the digital environment.
The ministerial roundtable also examined the impact of technology-facilitated violence on gender equality, women’s leadership and inclusive digital transformation, with participants discussing coordinated and rights-based approaches to preventing and responding to emerging forms of digital abuse.
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