[Air-L] #CfA | Women’s Communication Rights in the Digital Era: The Beijing Platform for Action 30 Years on

[Ana Marta M. Flores]

Women’s Communication Rights in the Digital Era:
The Beijing Platform for Action 30 Years on
*18th - 19th September 2025*
Organised by *ICNOVA* and the *ECREA Gender, Sexuality and Communication
Section*

In 2025, we mark the 30th anniversary of the *Beijing Platform for Action*
(BPfA), a landmark framework for advancing gender equality.
Despite progress, gender and intersectional inequalities persist in the
media, exacerbated by digital harassment, algorithmic biases,
and limited representation in decision-making roles. This conference will
explore strategies to address these challenges and foster
dialogue on feminist media policy, intersectional representation, and
transformative practices.

We invite contributions on topics including (but not limited to):

   - The role of feminist movements in media and gender policy-making
   - Gender and media regulation
   - Online gendered harassment and abuse
   - Gender and intersectional issues in media production
   - Manifestations of misogyny in digital and popular media
   - Gendered implications of AI / automated technologies and algorithmic
   communications
   - Intersections of sexism, ableism, racism, lgtbqphobia, ageism,
   classism and other forms of oppression
   - Shortcomings and Possibilities of the Beijing Platform for Action
   - The pervasiveness of (neo)colonial framings in the global
   representation of women
   - The role of affect, emotion, and authenticity within gender and
   communication
   - Disinformation, misinformation, malinformation and threats to gender
   and intersectional equality
   - Far-right communication, social media and women’s rights
   - Alternative feminist media practices
   - Possibilities for building solidarity in and through the media,
   especially within the Global South and the Global North
   - Specific policy issues such as privacy, surveillance, issues of data
   justice and others
   - Feminist utopias in media production and representation.


Submission Details
Submit your abstract (max. 300 words) via EasyChair
<https://easychair.org/cfp/WomComRights25> by *31st January 2025, 23:59
(CET)*.
Abstracts should highlight your work’s relevance to the conference theme,
methodology, and contributions.

More information at https://womcomrights25.fcsh.unl.pt
For queries, contact: WomComRights25 at fcsh.unl.pt


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// ANA MARTA M. FLORES
www.anamartaflores.com