Building on the prior work done to understand the issue of technolology-based violence against women/gender-based violence (TF VAW/TF GBW) the foundational meeting of the expert group aimed to develop a common comprehensive definition of TF VAW which reflects the continuum of violence and the multiple drivers of VAW, while considering the unique specificities of digital technologies. The discussions also
focused on identifying key elements to inform the operationalization of the definition, with consideration given
to how the conceptual definition that would be proposed could be used as the basis for developing qualitative and quantitative tools to begin to fill the data gap around the prevalence of TF VAW, its causes and consequences,
and for its translation into data collection systems, legal frameworks, policies, and programmes to end violence against women and girls. The proposed definition, developed in a participatory and multistakeholder way, aspires
to enable for endorsement and use by diverse stakeholders, including government, academia, other UN agencies
and civil society to advance work on data collection and research to fill current gaps in knowledge and evidence
which is key to preventing and responding to online VAW/GBW. (From the document). Record #9043