TechTalk Replay | Unseen and Unheard: How Technology Facilitates Gender-Based Violence and What We Can Do About It

From harassment to sexual exploitation and forced prostitution, including doxxing (the malicious publication of personal information) and deepfakes (AI-manipulated pornographic imagery), gender-based violence facilitated by technology is growing in scale and complexity alongside digital innovation.

This roundtable will explore how technology perpetuates, facilitates, and amplifies gender-based violence, while examining the consequences for victims. What are the consequences for the victims? What are key stakeholders in the digital sector, feminist organizations, and political institutions doing to tackle these issues?

Moderation

• Sabrine Tebessi, Digital Task Team Leader, AFD  
• Claire Zanuso, Head of the Emerging Tech Lab, AFD 

Speakers

• Delphine O, Ambassador and Secretary General of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies
• Chinasa T. Okolo, Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Founder & Scientific Director, Technēculturǎ 
• Taibat Hussain, Researcher and Director of the Gender-Based Violence Program, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative