Creating safer online workplaces for women across the Asia-Pacific region
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is an increasing concern in the workplace.
Whether it’s online stalking, doxing, deepfakes, or abuse over email or messaging apps, these harms pose a growing threat to women’s safety and participation in the workforce.
To address this issue, eSafety is delivering a regional project through the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), with support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) APEC Support Program. The ‘Empowering Women and Businesses to have Safe Online Workplaces’ project aims to strengthen responses to TFGBV in the workplace and support women’s full and equal participation in the digital economy.
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Safer Online Workplaces: A Toolkit for Empowering Women and Businesses
Safer Online Workplaces: A Toolkit for Empowering Women and Businesses is a practical guide designed to help businesses strengthen their approach to online safety in the workplace, with a particular focus on supporting women employees. It provides clear steps to prevent, identify and respond to tech-based abuse in the workplace, recognising that digital safety is a cornerstone of modern workforce wellbeing.
The toolkit:
- raises awareness of tech-based abuse and its impact on women’s participation in the workplace
- provides practical tools to prevent and address tech-based abuse, with low-cost, actionable steps
- includes editable resources that can be adapted and used by businesses and organisations in the APEC region to help them address tech-based abuse
- empowers organisations to support women employee’s safety online and support their full economic participation.
This publication is a key deliverable of the project 'Empowering Women and Businesses to Have Safe Online Workplaces' (PPWE_04_2024S).
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About the project
Delivered under APEC’s Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy (PPWE), the ‘Empowering Women and Businesses to Have Safe Online Workplaces’ project focuses on practical strategies to prevent and respond to online abuse by:
- raising awareness of the gendered impacts of online abuse in workplace contexts
- supporting practical solutions to prevent and respond to technology-facilitated abuse
- empowering employers and policy makers to create safer digital working environments.
Key project activities include:
- An international roundtable workshop hosted during APEC’s Third Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM3) in the Republic of Korea in August 2025 with policymakers, experts and business leaders from across the APEC region to share knowledge and shape effective responses to TFGBV.
- Development of the ‘Safer Online Workplaces: A Toolkit for Empowering Women and Businesses’ for employers, human resources staff and policy agencies that provides clear, actionable resources to help prevent and respond to TFGBV in the workplace.
Regional collaboration
APEC is a regional forum of 21 member economies working together to promote sustainable and equitable growth across the Asia-Pacific. This project contributes to broader regional efforts under APEC’s La Serena Roadmap, supporting inclusive digital participation and safer work environments for women. The initiative is part of eSafety’s international engagement efforts to build safer online environments through collaboration, capacity building and knowledge sharing.
More information
Contact the eSafety International team at international@eSafety.gov.au.
Learn more about Australia’s involvement with APEC.
Learn more about APEC’s work on women and the economy.
Last updated: 14/10/2026