Description:
The project aims to increase women and girls' access to civic and political leadership opportunities in Chile, Bolivia, Honduras, Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Argentina to achieve better representation and gender equality. Over a 24-month period, the project would monitor and document the impact of information manipulation on women participating in electoral processes through national-level surveys and statistical analysis, conduct training and workshops to equip women candidates and activists with strategies to identify and combat gendered information manipulation, and launch awareness and advocacy campaigns to educate the public and policymakers on its effects on women's political participation. Additionally, the project would collaborate with regional partners, multi-stakeholder organizations, and tech platforms, where appropriate, to influence improved digital governance measures and policies instituted by state authorities.
Expected Results:
The proposed ultimate outcome of this project is increased women and girls' access to civic and political leadership opportunities in Chile, Bolivia, Honduras, Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Argentina to achieve better representation and gender equality.
This outcome would be accomplished through the following intermediate outcomes:
• Improved participation of women candidates and activists in addressing online disinformation targeting women candidates in target countries;
• Increased public support for women's rights and political engagement; and
• Improved digital governance measures and policies instituted by state authorities and autonomous agencies within the states designed to shield women candidates from escalating online disinformation.