Responding to Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
Project Team
Project director: Dr Hyein Ellen Cho
Principal Chief Investigator, Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
Key researcher, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre
Project team:
Ms Sungshin (Luna) Bae
Chief Investigator, Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
PhD candidate, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre
Associate Professor Bridget Harris
Chief Investigator, Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
Lead researcher, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre
Project contact:
Benjamin Scott
Teaching and Research Associate
Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre
About this project
This project aims to launch the inaugural Australia-Korea knowledge exchange focused on a pressing issue endangering women’s safety, security and freedoms: technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). Perpetrators of this violence are increasingly weaponising AI. Conversely, AI offers opportunities to assist victims and survivors and foster women’s security, well-being and gender equality. There is an urgent necessity for evidence-driven, collaborative approaches to combat the misuse of AI in gender-based violence while also safeguarding digital safety and upholding the rights of women and girls.
Research aims
The project aims to:
- Increase understanding, raise awareness and identify how AI is involved in gender-based violence and its effects on women and girls
- Develop evidence-based, co-designed strategies to prevent and address this harm, sharing practical and policy strategies to enhance digital safety
- Identify pathways to support victim-survivors in information-seeking and uphold the rights and freedoms of women and girls
- Promote enduring partnerships in the realm of gender-focused digital safety policies and practices
Start Date
1 January 2026
Completion Date
31 December 2026
Project Outputs
A final report will be delivered to the Australia-Korea Foundation in December 2026.
Funding Acknowledgment
This project is supported by the Australia-Korea Foundation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
