How to  recognise, respond to, and prevent technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in the workplace

The workplace has changed, and harassment has changed with it. Artificial intelligence, social media, and digital technologies have created new opportunities for connection and innovation, but they have also enabled new forms of gender-based violence that organisations are often unprepared to recognise or manage.

AI-generated sexual harassment, non-consensual deepfakes, voice cloning, cyberstalking, image-based abuse, online impersonation, and digital coercive control are no longer hypothetical risks. These behaviours can have devastating consequences for employees’ psychological safety, well-being, reputation, and ability to work, regardless of whether they originate inside or outside the workplace.

Employers have a duty to create safe working environments, yet many managers and HR professionals lack the knowledge and confidence to respond effectively to technology-facilitated abuse.

This practical, trauma-informed workshop provides organisations with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to recognise, prevent, and respond appropriately to Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV), helping create safer, more respectful, and legally compliant workplaces.

Format

Duration: 3 hours

Location: Online or in person

Who Should Attend

This workshop is suitable for:

• HR professionals
• People and Culture teams
• Line managers and senior leaders
• Safeguarding and well-being leads
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) professionals
• Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams
• Security professionals
• Employee Relations specialists
• All employees as part of workplace harassment and respectful workplace programmes

What This Workshop Covers

Participants will explore the rapidly evolving landscape of technology-facilitated gender-based violence, including:

• AI-generated sexual harassment
• Non-consensual deepfakes
• Voice cloning and digital impersonation
• Image-based abuse
• Cyberstalking and online surveillance
• Doxxing and malicious disclosure of personal information
• Digital coercive control
• Workplace social media abuse
• Risks associated with hybrid and remote working
• Preserving digital evidence
• Responding to disclosures using trauma-informed practice
• HR investigations involving digital abuse
• Employer responsibilities and emerging legal developments
• Policies and procedures for AI misuse, including Smart eyewear
• Creating psychologically safe reporting cultures
• Practical prevention strategies for leaders and organisations

Participants will also examine how technology-facilitated abuse intersects with workplace sexism, harassment, discrimination, domestic abuse, and psychosocial safety, and what organisations can do to reduce risk while supporting those affected.

What you will leave with

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Recognise the different forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence and their impact in the workplace.
• Understand the psychological, organisational, and legal implications of AI-enabled abuse.
• Identify warning signs and respond appropriately to disclosures.
• Preserve digital evidence and understand good reporting practices.
• Apply trauma-informed principles when supporting colleagues affected by online abuse.
• Develop practical strategies for preventing technology-facilitated abuse within their organisation.
• Strengthen organisational policies, reporting pathways, and psychosocial safety practices.

Why this workshop is important

Technology is evolving faster than many workplace policies and training programmes. Organisations that fail to recognise technology-facilitated abuse risk not only legal and reputational consequences but also the loss of employee trust, engagement, and psychological safety.

This workshop helps organisations move beyond traditional harassment training by addressing one of the fastest-growing workplace risks with practical, evidence-informed guidance that managers, HR professionals, and employees can apply immediately.

The 3Plus difference

3Plus International delivers this programme through a trauma-informed practice, psychosocial safety lens, recognising that technology-facilitated abuse is not simply a cybersecurity or compliance issue; it is a workplace wellbeing, leadership, and inclusion issue.

Drawing on expertise in workplace culture, gender equity, trauma-informed practice, and psychological and psychosocial safety, this workshop equips organisations to respond with confidence, compassion, and accountability while building workplaces where dignity, respect, and safety extend into the digital world.

Additional Free Resources

✅ Women & AI Resource Hub | Gender Equity

✅Wellbeing Terms HR Leaders Need to know

✅Trauma Informed Coaching

Book this workshop for your organisation

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is an emerging workplace risk that requires informed leadership and proactive action.

This workshop can be delivered as a standalone programme or integrated into broader harassment, psychological safety, safeguarding, or inclusive leadership initiatives. It can also be tailored to your sector, organisational policies, and legal jurisdiction to ensure maximum relevance and impact.