Womens Digital Literacy Capacity in Against of Gender Based Violence in the Cyberspace and Against Hoax in Serang City
Shanty Kartika Dewi *), Anis Fuad *), Titi Stiawati **)
*) Government Studies Department, Sultan Agung Tirtayasa University
**) Public Administration Department, Sultan Agung Tirtayasa University
Abstract
The research is motivated by the low level of Womens Digital Literacy in Indonesia. According to the World Wide Web Foundations main report entitled "Womens Rights Online", gender inequality in the digital field is quite significant in Indonesia, on average only 20% of Indonesian women have internet access, of whom only 26% express their opinions online and only 5% get information on the website regarding their rights. Phenomenon that occurs, Harassment and violence against women today not only occur in the real world also occur in cyberspace. Serang City as the capital of Banten Province in the use of the Internet is still low compared to three regions in the East Banten region such as Tangerang City, South Tangerang City and Tangerang Regency, which amounted to 41.26%. Womens Internet users in Serang City were also low at only 39.06%. Therefore it is necessary to do research on digital literacy in the city of Serang related to gender violence and the spread of hoax among women.
Keywords: Womens Digital Literacy, Against of Gender Based Violence in the Cyberspace, Against Hoax
Topic: Digital Governance and Citizenship