Countering Misogyny: The Link Between Online Misogyny and Violent Extremism

On International Women’s Day 2024 we invite you to join us for a discussion on the links between online misogyny and violent extremism. This webinar will be the third in a series on Countering Misogyny hosted by the Influence and Decision-Making Action Hub of the National Council of Women - Te Kaunihera Wāhine o Aotearoa (NCWNZ). 

We are honoured to hear from three experts in this field bringing both a New Zealand and an international lens to our discussion. The webinar will cover observations from the Classification Office’s work and global trends that led to the commissioning of a research project, key findings on how misogyny and violent extremism intersect, and some of these issues relevant to understanding the complex dynamics present between online misogyny and violent extremism. It will also consider how New Zealand’s experience compares to what is happening around the world, and what needs to be done in New Zealand to combat online misogyny.  

Our speakers are: 

• Caroline Flora, New Zealand’s Chief Censor. Caroline has led the Classification Office since July 2022 where she is responsible for protecting New Zealanders, especially tamariki and rangatahi, from the harms that can come from depictions of sex, crime, cruelty, horror and violence in media.
• Caroline Cooney, Acting Director of the Gender-Based Violence and Cross-Cutting Issues Team at the U.S. Department of State's Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues. In this role, Caroline leads the implementation of the U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally. 
• Eva Hartshorn-Sanders, expert consultant on online harm and gender-based violence. Eva was recently Head of Policy for the Center for Countering Digital Hate and has worked on online media law reform for the New Zealand government and the United Nations.

The webinar will be held at 12.30pm on Friday 8 March 2024 via Zoom and will be recorded. Zoom details will be sent out in the confirmation email after registration and a link to the recording will be circulated to all registrants after the webinar. 

Please feel free to send us questions you’d like answered during the webinar to influence@ncwnz.org.nz so we can collate these ahead of time. 

If you’d like to watch the previous webinars in this series, you can find the recordings here:

• Countering Misogyny (July 2022)
• Countering Misogyny: How do we counter it? (June 2023)