Researchers and activists warns of rising technology-aggravated GBV-F [SOUND]

# A webinar held at North West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus has warned that technology-aggravated gender-based violence is on the rise. Speaking at a webinar, researcher and lecturer at the School of Psychosocial Health, Vedhna Dayanand-Lalla said intimate partner violence and gender-based violence have reached pandemic levels. She noted that technology enables abuse, with offenders controlling narratives and dominating victims. She stressed that this type of violence continues to evolve with shifting power dynamics: