24/07/2026
Digital spaces have become powerful tools for civic engagement, but they have also become battlegrounds where women in politics face coordinated attacks designed to silence, intimidate, and exclude them.
At the Solidarity Alliance side event, Digital Battlegrounds: TFGBV Targeting Women Political Leaders in Africa's Election Cycles, leaders, advocates, and changemakers confronted the growing threat of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and explored collective strategies to protect women participating in political life.
As election cycles unfold across the continent, safeguarding women's voices online is not just a digital rights issue—it is essential to the future of democracy, representation, and inclusive leadership.
When women are silenced online, democracy loses. When we stand together, solidarity becomes our strongest defence.