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ICTs and Women’s Political Participation

ICTs can be potentially used to foster wider political participation. Look here for inspiration and examples of how women around the world used ICTs to change their societies.

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2186057/artificial-intelligence-fuelling-abuse-women
March 30, 2026
Artificial Intelligence is fuelling abuse of women and girls at 'unprecedented scale'

Countering Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence in Tunisia

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March 25, 2026

Countering Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence in Tunisia

Since Tunisia’s 2011 revolution, digital platforms have become central to political participation in the country, enabling female politicians, elections candidates, activists and public figures to mobilise communities and shape public debate.However, this visibility has

Since Tunisia’s 2011 revolution, digital platforms have become central to political participation in the country, enabling female politicians, elections candidates, activists and public figures to mobilise communities and shape public debate.However, this visibility has

https://havanatimes.org/features/digital-violence-impacts-latin-american-women-in-politics/
March 23, 2026
Digital Violence Impacts Latin American Women in Politics

HAVANA TIMES – Women’s political participation in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased over the last 25 years, especially in the legislative branch, but this rise has been accompanied by more discrimination and violence, amplified and accelerated by cyberspaces.

https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/23/sixteen-days-of-activism-amid-the-rise-of-digital-harm-across-africa/
February 20, 2026
Sixteen days of activism amid the rise of digital harm across Africa

For Kgomotso Modise, a South African journalist covering courts and criminal justice, online harassment has

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Interview with Cristina Gallach

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February 12, 2026

Interview with Cristina Gallach

Former senior official of the European Union, NATO and the United Nations, and former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Spain
Former senior official of the European Union, NATO and the United Nations, and former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Spain
Former senior official of the European Union, NATO and the United Nations, and former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Spain
https://tribuneonlineng.com/initiative-launches-chatbot-to-fight-fake-news-targeting-women-in-nigerian-politics/
January 27, 2026
Initiative launches chatbot to fight fake news targeting women in Nigerian politics

During Nigeria’s election cycles, a particular kind of misinformation circulates alongside the usual false claims about candidates and voting procedures.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/12/uk-threatens-action-against-x-over-sexualised-ai-images-of-women-and-children
January 14, 2026
UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children

Elon Musk’s X “is not doing enough to keep its customers safe online”, a minister has said, as the UK government prepares to outline possible action against the platform over the mass production of sexualised images of woman and children.