Women Parliamentarians as Peacebuilders: Displacing Hate Speech with the discourse of respect

Experience during the pandemic confirms that the deployment by political actors of hate speech in the digital space exponentially promotes real-time political violence, particularly in countries with populist or authoritarian leanings. It acts as a powerful gender-based disincentive to political participation, activism, and leadership at precisely the time when more diversity and inclusion is needed. In response, women champions of peace and inclusion within parliaments - and their male allies - are creating their own modalities for online engagement, brokering new partnerships for inclusive public debate to displace hate speech with the discourse of respect.

To address the challenges, APHR and UNDP will coorganise a joint event on “Women Parliamentarians as Peacebuilders: Displacing Hate Speech with the discourse of respect”, which will be held on 23 March 2021, 8.30 am EST / 8.30 pm GMT+7.

SEAPFoRB Member, Hon Kasthuriraani Patto, MP will be speaking at the event.

Please register your participation here.