Safety planning for technology: displaced women and girls’ interactions with information and communication technology in Lebanon and harm reduction considerations for humanitarian settings

This study, part of the What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls research program, explored how the use of mobile technology for service provision, information dissemination, empowerment activities, and data collection in humanitarian settings can have several benefits for women and girls. However, these advantages need to be reconciled with two critical challenges: (1) the unique barriers for women and girls to access and utilize technology and (2) the risks that technology might increase harm or gender-based violence, even if unintentionally.

• FULL REPORT in English.