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Examining Technology Use in the Lives of Women Experiencing and Escaping Intimate Partner Violence: Barriers and Possibilities

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study offers survivor-centered understandings of the relationship between intimate partner violence and digital technologies. Ten women survivors and 16 practitioners were interviewed individually. The study revealed that technology use was often ambiguous and frustrating, shaped by both perpetrators' digital control and broader social and digital inequalities. The analysis also demonstrated a crucial transition from disconnection to engagement once women were out of violent relationships, reflecting their emerging needs and interests in using technologies. Overall, this research demonstrates how the intersection of online and offline barriers creates forms of coercion in women's lives and, in turn, shapes the boundaries of digital advocacy efforts.

Source: Violence Against Women

DOI: 10.1177/10778012251379452

Author: Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan

Institution: University of Stavanger

Language: English

Topic: Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,650