Director for Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation at the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Dr.
Henrietta Asante-Sarpong, has described the online space as an easier means for perpetrators to commit gender-based violence, especially against women.
Speaking at a public forum in Accra on the theme "Countering Online Gender-Based Violence in Ghana: From Evidence to Action," she echoed concerns raised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), calling for urgent interventions to tackle the growing trend. "I think this forum is an eye-opening one.
We have all alluded to the fact that, even from the monitoring work done by the Media Foundation for West Africa, we see that the online space has become an easier means for people to perpetrate gender-based violence," Dr.