09/12/2025
Digital violence harms women deeply. But for global majority women, the impact often carries extra layers that are too often unseen or unspoken.
These layers can make online abuse feel heavier, more isolating and harder to escape. Here are some of the additional pressures many women face:
✨ Racialised harassment and misogynoir
Online abuse often contains racist language, stereotypes or dehumanising comments, targeting both gender and race.
✨ Fear of not being believed
Many Black and minoritised women have experienced being dismissed when they speak up, leading to silence, self-doubt and delayed help-seeking.
✨ Immigration and visa concerns
For migrant women, threats made online, even false ones, can feel terrifying, with safety or immigration security tied to their digital reputation.
✨ Cultural stigma and family pressures
In some communities, discussing abuse (especially digital abuse) can bring shame or fear of blame, creating even more isolation.
✨ Language barriers
Reporting abuse or accessing mental health support becomes harder when services aren’t culturally informed or available in a woman’s language.
✨ Lack of culturally sensitive support
Many mainstream services do not fully understand the cultural, racial or faith-based contexts that shape a woman’s experience of digital harm.
These layers make digital violence not just a safety issue, but a racial justice and mental health issue.
🧡 At The Maya Centre, we provide free, specialist counselling shaped by culture, identity and lived experience.
Our therapists support global majority women to process trauma, rebuild safety and reclaim their digital and emotional wellbeing.
But we cannot meet the growing need alone.
Your support helps us reach more women, in the ways they truly need.
🧡 Donate through our website - https://www.mayacentre.org.uk/how-you-can-support/
Together, we can create safer digital spaces for all women.
