GENDER-BASED CYBERVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN COLOMBIA AND THE CHALLENGES IN ITS NATIONAL REGULATION

Abstract

Violence against women is undoubtedly one of the biggest problems in Colombia, it is inevitable to think about how over time arise and continue to emerge modes of violence that affect women by the indisputable fact of being women, and how the advancement and technological development has also led to modes of gender-based violence against women in the digital environment and cyberspace. The emergence of "gender-based cyber-violence", not only as a single form of violation against women but as a set of ways to violate the dignity and integrity of this population, which is why it is important to identify the various regulatory challenges that Colombia has for the regulation of these forms of digital violence and ensure the welfare, safety and rights of Colombian women and girls.