Gender, Security and Digital Space: Exploring Risks, Opportunities, and Security Implications Webinar Series

Gender, Security and Digital Space: Exploring Risks, Opportunities, and Security Implications Webinar Series

The Centre of Excellence for National Security at RSIS and the Canadian High Commission to Singapore collaboratively organised a three-part webinar series on “Gender, Security and Digital Space: Exploring Risks, Opportunities, and Security Implication” on 11, 18, and 25 May 2021.

The webinar series featured industry experts and speakers at the forefront of research and practice, and explored various issues concerning security in cyberspace, including disinformation campaigns, hate speech, and internet shutdowns. Acknowledging that these issues have disproportionate effects on the population by gender, and that policy responses to online threats have gendered impacts, the webinar series amplified the need for a gendered approach to security and cyberspace. Read more at https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-event-article/rsis/gender-security-and-digital-space-exploring-risks-opportunities-and-security-implications/

Panel 1: Securing Digital Space with Attention to Gender

Katharine M. Millar, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics (LSE), Department of International Relations.

Fitriani B. Timur, Researcher, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia.

Sarah Shoker, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo.

Moderator Tamara Nair, Research Fellow, Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS),    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Please click on this link for the bios and abstracts.

Panel 2: Gender, Disinformation and Politics

Gabrielle Bardall, Research Associate, Centre for International Policies, University of Ottawa, and Principal, Herizon Democracy LLC.

Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Fellow, Wilson Center.

Lucina Di Meco, Co-Founder, #ShePersisted.

 Moderator: Prof Sun Sun Lim, Head, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

Please click on this link for the bios and abstracts.

Panel 3: Fighting Gender-Based Hate Speech and Disinformation, and The Role of Social Innovation

Maria Ressa, CEO and Executive Editor, Rappler.

Priyank Mathur, Founder and CEO, Mythos Labs.

Moderator: Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

 Please click on this link for the bios and abstracts.