Countering Backlash partner WOUGNET are hosting a session at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2025, 1 May, on Reclaiming Gender Justice in the Digital Age: Countering Backlash and Advancing Digital Rights and Equity’.
The global progress towards gender equality is under threat, with political and social shifts fuelling patriarchal backlash that seeks to undermine women’s rights and shrink civic space. From online harassment and censorship of gender discourse to restrictive policies on reproductive rights and women’s leadership, gender backlash takes many forms. This growing backlash is infringing on the digital rights of women and girls, limiting their access to online opportunities and excluding them from the benefits of the digital space.
This session will explore strategies that undermine gender equality in digital spaces, strengthen counter-backlash efforts, share key research project findings, and disseminate key insights from the 2024 policy mapping and observatory research reports.
When:
- 1 May, 07:40 UK time
Speakers:
- David Iribagiza, WOUGNET
- Iffat Jahan Antara, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
- Peninah Igaga, Barefoot Law
- Peter Ongom, WOUGNET
- Wala Mohammed, Hopes and Actions Foundation