Author: Bárbara Libório,Ana Carolina Araújo

In the Brazilian digital realm, social media platforms serve as battlegrounds for intense discussions, often leading to toxic environments, particularly for women. Women excelling in politics, science, and culture face online harassment, attacks, and a barrage of negative comments that reinforce gender stereotypes. Persistent insults, even seemingly minor, create a hostile atmosphere that can result in silencing important voices in political discourse and opinion sharing. Without change, institutional politics risks losing valuable female talents. Monitoring Gender-Based Political Violence In 2020, the AzMina Institute, InternetLab, and Núcleo Jornalismo introduced MonitorA, an observatory for digital gender-based political violence. The initiative aimed to…