Centrs MARTA

During the 67th UN Commission on the Status of Women, the head of MARTA Centre Iluta Lāce took part in an expert panel about technology-facilitated gender-based violence.

You can watch the video from the discussion below:


About the discussion:
The Nordic and Baltic regions are two of the most digitalised regions in the world. In recent years, countries have been quick to respond to technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
However, hate and violence are always finding new outlets, with society’s response always one step behind. So, what are the blind spots in the prevention of o technology-facilitated gender-based violence from the perspective of researchers, civil society, and those most affected?

Speakers within the expert panel:

• María Rún Bjarnadóttir, Director for Internet Safety, Icelandic National Police Commissioner
• Iluta Lāce, Director of the Association MARTA Centre Latvia
• Kari Helene Partapuoli, National Director, Plan International Norway
• Tuija Saresma, Associate Professor, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Christian Mogensen, Tech Advisor, Office of Denmark’s Tech Ambassador to the U.S.
• Christian Veske, Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner, EIGE, Estonia

This CSW67 side-event was hosted by the Latvian Government and the Nordic Council of Ministers.