Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) is the non-consensual production and/or distribution of intimate photographs and videos, or the sexualised digital alteration of photographs or videos of the victim. It also includes threats to non-consensually produce, distribute or alter photographs or videos.*

This study seeks to explore the recourse available to survivors of IBSA in Singapore. It centres the experiences of survivors who have taken action to (i) hold perpetrators accountable, (ii) have their images removed from platforms, (iii) seek other remedies.

For example, you may have called on your school or workplace to take action against perpetrators; made police reports; applied for Personal Protection Orders; contacted social media platforms or moderators of groups on platforms; and so on. If you are a survivor of IBSA who has taken any of those types of actions, we would love to speak with you.

Participant criteria

• You are aged 18 – 65 years,
• You have experienced a form of IBSA,
• You sought recourse for the IBSA that happened, and
• The IBSA happened in Singapore within the last 5 years.

OR

• You have not experienced IBSA but helped a victim-survivor (meeting the criteria above) with seeking recourse, and
• The victim-survivor has not been interviewed for this study.

Interview details

• Each interview will be approximately 1 to 1.5 hours long.
• Interviews will be conducted online over a secure video conferencing platform, at a date and time of your convenience. Alternatively, should you be more comfortable with having the interview in person, arrangements can be made for that.
• You will receive a token of appreciation of $30 upon the conclusion of the interview.
• All interview findings will be anonymised, and your personal details kept confidential.

Please email Yi Ting at lyt.leeyiting@gmail.com, to indicate your interest in participating. Indicate “IBSA Research” in the subject title. You will receive a response within three working days.

*As IBSA falls under a broad umbrella of technology-facilitated sexual violence, and is not always sharply delineated, please feel free to email lyt.leeyiting@gmail.com if you are unsure if you have experienced IBSA.