27 February 2025, 14:30 – 15:30 CET
Gender and Identity Disinformation (GID) is a growing and sophisticated form of information manipulation that targets women, gender-diverse individuals, and LGBT+ communities to undermine democratic values and human rights, and to further polarise societies. Through case studies from Armenia, Poland, and Georgia, we explore how GID, a multi-vector security threat, can cause harm from individual harassment to systemic democratic destabilisation. Artemis Alliance presents how malign actors exploit social tensions around gender and identity to create vulnerabilities in national security frameworks.
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Speaker:
Kate Saner, Strategy Director, Artemis Alliance
Kate Saner is a strategist and partnership broker specialising in cross-sector collaboration on conflict dynamics and societal resilience. As part of Artemis Alliance, an international network of CSOs, she works to counter Gender and Identity Disinformation (GID) and build social cohesion and resilience against malign actors’ interference. Her expertise spans Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, focusing on behavioural change and social cohesion initiatives.
Moderator:
Maria Giovanna Sessa, Research Manager, EU DisinfoLab
Maria Giovanna Sessa is the Research Manager at EU DisinfoLab. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and has previously worked for research foundations, think tanks, and as a university teaching assistant. Her research interests focus on the use of disinformation in political communication, gender-based attacks, and international crises, including FIMI. Lately, she has been working around DSA enforcement, linking research and policy implementation.
The opinions expressed are those of the speakers/authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of EU DisinfoLab. This webinar does not represent an endorsement by EU DisinfoLab of any organisation.