Institutional and Digital Harassment and Violence against Women: A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and South Korea

Women Violence in Pakistan and South Korea

Abstract

Background: Women violence is an increasing menace all over the world. In this digital age, the modes of violence have changed altogether The Asian countries have specific historic manifests in this regard, which need to be studied comprehensively.

Objective: In this research the complicated dynamics were studied between institutional, socio-cultural norms and shifting digital ecologies and a growing gender-based violence against women. This research particularly, compared the challenges of institutional and digital harassment between Pakistan and South Korea. This study further analyzed various attitudes towards institutional responses to the issues both countries face and how these responses influence women's approach to justice.

Methodology: In this research, atypical use of legal and technological foundations was made. It is a mixed-method qualitative study leveraging feminist legal theory and structural violence theories. A comparison was made in the issues encountered by Pakistan in weak implementation, limited persuasion of the laws and entangled patriarchy system, as compared to South Korea's use of science-based and advanced digital crimes/image-based violence, and accompanying deepfake pornography.

Results: It is found that digital violence is not a unique issue in the world of disparity but an incredibly harmful, troubling and larger issue, and that institutional responses play a key role in shaping access to justice for women in this context. However, institutional responses in both cases of digital violence are exacerbated by issues of disparity and institutional inertia.

Conclusion: it is crucial to design a strategy with multiple facets, legal changes as well as accountability measures for organizations, effective technical solutions that help prevent and deal with gender-based violence. Culture-changing solutions to dismantle the institutional structures that permit and support gender-based violence and give women equal access to justice are also imperative.