Agenda

Full title: Violence Against Women and Gendered Disinformation: Intersecting Perspectives from Research, Policy, and Practice from Bulgaria, Italy and Lithuania - Final Project Conference

Day 1

9.45 Registration
10.00 Welcome and presentation of the conference programme
10.10 Presentation of the results of the RESIST Project by Dr. Gergana Tzvetkova
10.40 FIRST PANEL - From Research to Action: Practices, Policies, and Projects
moderated by Dr. Gergana Tzvetkova

• Gloria Trifonova (Analyst, Center for the Study of Democracy) - Shaping Perceptions: Exploring Gender and Identity Disinformation Narratives in Bulgaria
• Kristina Tsabala (Analyst, Center for the Study of Democracy) - Driving Change: Analyzing Effects and Countering Gendered Disinformation
• Luba Kassova (Director and Co-founder, AKAS) - News media’s coverage of women and the endemic violence against them: stereotypes, traps and solutions for positive social change
• Maria Palumbo (Project Officer of the menABLE project, European Schoolnet (EUN)) - Educational Tools and Youth Engagement to Tackle GBV Online: Insights from the menABLE Project

12.30 Lunch
13.30 Discussion of the Commentary on the Istanbul Convention Interview with Prof. Sara De Vido
14.30 SECOND PANEL - Rights at the Crossroads: Research Insights on Gender-Based Violence and Disinformation
moderated by Prof. Sara De Vido

• Viktorija Mažeikienė (Associate professor, Mykolas Romeris University) - Linguistic analysis of gender-based disinformation in the Lithuanian political discourse
• Emilia Slavova (PhD, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia) - Toxifying Gender in Bulgaria, A ‘special linguistic operation’ against women and LGBTQ+ people
• Chiara Gius (Junior Assistant Professor, University of Bologna) - Technology-facilitated gender-based violence: emerging insights from current research

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This event is organized within the framework of the project “Stereotyping, Disinformation, and Politicisation: links between attacks against the Istanbul Convention and increased online gender-based violence” (RESIST). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 945361.