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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.

 

Moonshot
September 12, 2024
UN Women says AI can intensify online threats against women in politics

Online threats of death, rape, and physical violence against women in politics and public life have become alarmingly common, and the rise of artificial intelligence may further intensify the scale and reach of such online abuse,

Abusing women in politics

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August 14, 2024

Abusing women in politics

How Instagram is failing women and public officials

New research by CCDH shows that Instagram failed to act on 93% of the abusive comments targeting high-profile US women politicians we reported, including death and rape threats.

How Instagram is failing women and public officials

New research by CCDH shows that Instagram failed to act on 93% of the abusive comments targeting high-profile US women politicians we reported, including death and rape threats.

wired
August 14, 2024
Instagram isn’t protecting women politicians from hate speech

A report found that Instagram left up 93 percent of violent comments toward female candidates—the kind of online abuse that has led them to not seek office.

Fast Company
July 31, 2024
Google is making it easier to remove sexually explicit deepfakes from search

Google is joining the growing number of companies standing up to sexually explicit deepfakes.

An MP’s perspectives on tech – Tamika Davis, Member of the House of Representatives of Jamaica

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July 22, 2024

An MP’s perspectives on tech – Tamika Davis, Member of the House of Representatives of Jamaica

Tamika Davis is a first-term MP from Jamaica, part of the historic high of 29% of incoming women MPs in the House of Representatives and the first woman to be elected in her constituency.

Tamika Davis is a first-term MP from Jamaica, part of the historic high of 29% of incoming women MPs in the House of Representatives and the first woman to be elected in her constituency.

Weaponising gendered disinformation across Africa

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May 16, 2024

Weaponising gendered disinformation across Africa

Gendered disinformation is being used across Africa as a tactic to silence critics and exclude women from online civic discourses, new research shows.

Gendered disinformation is being used across Africa as a tactic to silence critics and exclude women from online civic discourses, new research shows.

The Netherlands Times
May 15, 2024
Netherlands: Half of women in local politics face online harassment

Nearly half (47 percent) of women in local politics face threats and hate online, compared to 35 percent of their male colleagues.

Global Voices
April 25, 2024
How gendered disinformation on social media harms Kenyan women seeking political office

Gender-based violence has crept up in the digital era in the form of online violence against women and girls, especially affecting women with