Yogyakarta, July 17th 2025—UGM’s Fisipol Crisis Center (FCC) organizes yet another webinar with the title “Digital Survivor: Recovering From the Trap of Sextortion and Non-Consensual Intimate Images (NCII)”. The issue raised in this webinar includes the prevalence of Gender-Based Violence (KBGO) which is still prevalent in social media. Due to this, the discussion session presented two speakers that are experienced in the field of advocating said issues, namely Chatarina Pancer Istiyani (Komisi Paripurna Komnas Perempuan) and Nabillah Saputri (SAFEnet).
NCII and sextortion is a form of Gender-Based Violence, done with an intent to spread content without the victim’s consent. NCII is an act of spreading intimate content without the approval or consent from the other party in the content related. NCII includes many forms of violence, such as sexploitation and cyber stalking. Meanwhile, sexploitation includes sextortion, which is sexual exploitation done online in an attempt for the individual to extort something from the victim (usually money, sexual deeds, and many more), with the release of the victim’s intimate content as leverage if the other party disagrees. In both cases, the intention of the perpetrator is different, as NCII is done without the consent and threat to the victim before spreading the content, while sextortion is done with threats in mind to the victim.
“We (Komnas Perempuan) accept the mandate regarding the dissemination of knowledge. Dissemination of knowledge includes disseminating as much knowledge as possible regarding any form of violence against women. In this case, we are talking about Gender-Based Violence and how to handle such cases,” Chatarina spoke.
Consent becomes a very fundamental concept to grasp in order to protect victims from consent manipulation. There are several elements of consent, in that it is freely given, reversible, informed, enthusiastic, specific, considered, and participatory.
The victim of Gender-Based Violence also has the right to receive safe recovery and justice. Komnas Perempuan, as well as other civil society organizations, more specifically SAFEnet, is currently working with each other to help victims with their recovery process. The yearly notes provided by Komnas Perempuan shows that victims of violence seek the process of recovery, which usually includes the removal of digital contents which lowers the dignity of the victim, restoration of the victim’s reputation, as well as psychological help.
This lengthy discussion with the stakeholders can help to increase the awareness of the people regarding Gender-Based Violence. It can even be said that this is a way to create a safer space for women other than helping to safeguard their private information. “And how is the safe space for women itself? Actually, it is somewhat common for us to release publications. Mrs Katarina has also explained that there are several publications highlighting the problems of Gender-Based Violence. At SAFEnet, we also have Awaskbgo.id.” Nabillah explained.