Experiences, Consequences, and Coping of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review Protocol

This scoping review is an initiative of the Sub-Saharan University Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Research (SUBVERT). Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) has emerged as a significant global public health and human rights concern, affecting individuals across the gender spectrum through the misuse of digital technologies to perpetrate gender-based harm. Although evidence on TFGBV has grown rapidly, existing reviews have primarily focused on technology-facilitated sexual violence or the consequences of TFGBV among adult women, leaving limited understanding of the broader range of TFGBV experiences, associated consequences, and survivor coping strategies across genders, age groups, and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This scoping review protocol aims to comprehensively identify and describe the experiences of individuals who have experienced TFGBV in LMICs, including the modalities of abuse, associated consequences, and coping strategies employed by survivors. A comprehensive search strategy was developed by a health sciences informationist. The review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews and reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. Findings will be synthesized using descriptive qualitative content analysis and presented through narrative summaries and tabular mapping to characterize the current evidence base, identify knowledge gaps, and inform future research, policy, and interventions aimed at preventing and responding to TFGBV in LMICs.