WS 04 2026

27 May 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30 CEST | Room B
Consolidated programme 2026

Workshops are organised in a multi-stakeholder bottom up manner. Anyone interested in the topic can become a member of the Org Team. The EuroDIG session principles must be followed.

All sections of this page should be completed by 30 April 2026.

Please use the discussion tab as a sandbox and collaborative space for the Org Team. You can post there meeting minutes, resources and timelines. It will help new Org Team members to catch up.

DO NOT edit the title of the page yourself, the link to your session may otherwise disappear. Please send an updated title as early as possible to wiki@eurodig.org.

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Title: Advancing Gender Equality in the Digital Public Sphere: Tackling Online Violence and AI-Discrimination
Proposals: #29, #35, #36, #57

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Kindly note that it may take a while until the Org Team is formed and starts working.

Check the discussion tab and the mailing list archive for information on the development of the session.

Session teaser

Digital technologies are reshaping European societies, creating opportunities to advance gender equality by expanding access, participation, and empowerment for women, girls and diverse groups. At the same time, online and technology-facilitated violence is a growing cross-border threat to democracy, human rights, and gender equality, as digital tools can amplify and reinforce structural inequalities, including online and offline violence, discrimination, and exclusion.

This session examines how effective measures and regulatory frameworks – such as the Council of Europe’s monitoring mechanism GREVIO and the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) – combined with best practices and multistakeholder cooperation, can address online violence, prevent AI-driven discrimination, and harness digital technologies to protect fundamental rights and advance gender equality in the digital public sphere.

Session description

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Format

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Further reading

Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents. Please note we cannot offer web space, so only links to external resources are possible. Example for an external link: Main page of EuroDIG

People

Please provide the name and affiliation/institution of all people you list here like this:

• First Name Last Name, Affiliation/institution

Programme Committee member(s)

• Milica Vesović, Programme Manager in the Digital Development Unit, Directorate of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law at the Council of Europe
• Minda Moreira, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition (IRPC)
• Yrjö Länsipuro, ISOC Finland

The Programme Committee (PC) supports the programme planning process throughout the year and works closely with the Secretariat. Members of the PC give advice on the topics, cluster the proposals and assist session organisers in their work. They also ensure that session principles are followed and monitor the complete programme to avoid repetition. 1-2 PC members have signed up to each session and will compile the messages.

Co Focal Points

• Oona Kurppa, Chairperson, Generation Equality Youth Group Finland
• Grit Marti Lange, Netzforma* e. V., Youth IGF Germany

Focal Points take over the responsibility and lead of the session organisation. They work in close cooperation with the Programme Committee and the EuroDIG Secretariat and are kindly requested to follow EuroDIG’s session principles

Organising Team (Org Team)

List Org Team members here as they sign up.

• Ella Cancara
• Iina Jauhanen
• Flurina Frei
• Simayijiang Zumureti
• Milica Vesović, Programme Manager in the Digital Development Unit, Directorate of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law at the Council of Europe

The Org Team is a group of people shaping the session. Org Teams are open and every interested individual can become a member by subscribing to the mailing list.

Key Participants

Key Participants are experts willing to provide their knowledge during a session – not necessarily on stage. Key Participants should contribute to the session planning process and keep statements short and punchy during the session. They will be selected and assigned by the Org Team, ensuring a stakeholder balanced dialogue also considering gender and geographical balance. Please provide short CV’s of the Key Participants involved in your session at the Wiki or link to another source.

Messages

The Programme Committee is responsible for taking notes during the session and to formulate 3 (max. 5) bullet points that are presented at the end of each session. The audience shall agree on the messages in (rough) consensus.

Messages should:

• reflect the discussion in the particular session
• relate to European Internet governance policy
• be forward looking and propose goals and activities

Video record

Will be provided here after the event.

Transcript

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