- Legal Protections for TFGBV: What Laws Apply to You?
- Legal Remedies for Online Harassment, Stalking, Spying, and Threats
- Legal Remedies for Image-Based Abuse
- Peace Bonds and Protection Orders for Victims of TFGBV
- Definitions of Legal Terms: Civil and Family Law
- Definitions of Legal Terms: Criminal Law
- An Overview of Canadian Courts
- An Overview of Legal Representation
- Legal and Victim Service Supports and Resources
- Technology Safety and Victim/Survivor Resources
The Legal Remedies for Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) Toolkit is a guide to help women and frontline anti-violence workers better understand the legal causes of action available in response to various forms of TFGBV. It may be read on its own, or in combination with the Preserving Digital Evidence of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Toolkit, which details the importance of collecting evidence of TFGBV and how such evidence can be preserved, and introduced in legal proceedings.
Technology misuse is becoming an increasingly common component of gender-based violence. Technology is not the problem; the problem is the underlying pattern of violent and misogynist behaviour that presents itself in digital forms. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is when technology is misused by perpetrators to commit violent abusive acts including domestic violence, harassment (stalking), sexual assault, impersonation, extortion, and the non-consensual filming and sharing of intimate images.
This Toolkit contains a variety of resources. It is recommended that you begin with Legal Protections for TFGBV: What Laws Apply to You? before proceeding to resources that are useful and applicable to your particular situation.
This toolkit provides general legal information and does not constitute legal advice.