Violencia sexual contra la mujer y los medios cibernéticos

Abstract

Social networks have been the scenario that has promoted communications, commerce and knowledge through the digital ecosystem on different platforms. Likewise, they have been the space in which hundreds of people hide in false profiles that are often used to commit crimes, including harassing people, among whom the main victims are women and minors; Although there are many women who have been harassed in the streets, today, this harassment has escalated to online platforms, where on many occasions, people who are mostly female are psychologically violent.

This monograph that through a qualitative study, based on a documentary review, whose objective was to identify the guarantees and shortcomings present in Law 906 of 2004 at the time of the sexual assault against women through cybernetic media, for which initially it was necessary to demonstrate the causes for which women have become the object of sexual violence through cyber media; then, through a review of Law 906 of 2004, analyze whether it provides guarantees to victims of sexual violence through virtual means; Finally, through a study of comparative law, it is reviewed how some countries have acted against cyber sexual harassment. Among the most representative conclusions, it was found that the Colombian Accusatory Criminal System presents gaps that allow crimes such as sexual harassment through cyber media to go unpunished.