Event organised by Osez le Féminisme, the European Women’s Lobby, and its French coordination (CLEF).
Join us our peer-learning webinar where we will explore the urgent issue of cyber violence against women and girls and work together to build safer digital spaces for all.
This webinar brings together experts and activists to share strategies, highlight challenges, and shape bold policy solutions at the EU level.
Through engaging discussions, we will unpack the growing threats women face online, including non consensual sharing of intimate images (NCII), pornography, child sexual abuse and grooming, online sexual harassment, cyberstalking, and misogynistic hatred. We will explore how legal frameworks and digital platforms can better protect women and girls everywhere.
The fight against cyber violence against women and girls (cyberVAWG) is a fight for equality, for democracy, and for the future of a free and inclusive digital world.
- Date: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Time: 13:00 – 17:00 (CET)
- Languages: English, with subtitles available
- Online Access: Please join the event via the following link (on ZOOM)
Registration is available via the following form
PROGRAMME
| 13:00 – 13:50 | Welcome and introduction > Welcome, housekeeping (5mn) > Keynote speeches: Arthur Delaporte, French Parliamentarian Céline Piques, member of the French High Council of Equality between Women and Men Representative of the European Commission – TBC |
| 13:50 – 14:55 | Panel 1 Title: From Online Hate to Democratic Erosion: CyberVAWG as a Threat to Rights and Freedoms Contextualisation: This panel will explore how technology-facilitated violence against women and girls not only undermines individual rights and freedoms but also corrodes the foundations of democracy, requiring urgent political and institutional responses. Facilitation: Alyssa Ahrabare, advocacy lead of Osez le Féminisme, president of the French coordination of the European Women’s Lobby Speakers: Isabelle Rauch, French Parliamentarian (video intervention) Evin Incir, Swedish MEP, member of the LIBE committee Alejandra Mariscal, director of Point de Contact, trusted flagger specialised on removal of NCII |
| 14:55 – 15:10 | BREAK |
| 15:10 – 16:15 | Panel 2 Title: Digital Sexual Exploitation: Protecting Children and Women from Online Threats Contextualisation: This discussion will examine the rise of pornography and online sexual exploitation, highlighting their devastating impact on children and women’s fundamental rights, and the urgent need for stronger regulation and accountability. Facilitation: Alyssa Ahrabare, advocacy lead of Osez le Féminisme, president of the French coordination of the European Women’s Lobby Speakers: Mié Kohiyama, spokeswoman of Be Brave (France) Lea Castel, Spanish senator, member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Ruth Breslin, director of the SERP Institute (Ireland) Astrid Carsbring, representative of the Swedish Women’s Lobby (Sweden), expert on men’s violence against women. |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Discussion with participants + Q&A |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Closing remarks: > Mary Collins, EWL Secretary General > Céline Piques, spokeswoman of Osez le Féminisme!, member of the French High Council of Equality between women and men (presentation of the Strasbourg Call recommendations) |
| 17:00 | End of the meeting |
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