Workshop on Protecting Women Online

Towards a Safer Web for Women: Second International Workshop on Protecting Women Online at the Web Science Conference 2026

Schedule

Time Session Details
13:00 - 13:10 Workshop Opening Workshop Opening
13:10 - 13:45 Paper presentations
  • 13:10 - 13:17: Zeeshan I. Ali – Gendered Disinformation and the Delegitimization of Women Politicians Online
  • 13:17 - 13:24: Sarah Hesterman – Beyond Existing Frameworks: Generative AI-Facilitated Gendered Harms Facing Women Politicians in the European Union
  • 13:24 - 13:31: Afef Bahri – Ontology-Guided Causal Modeling of Online Abuse: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • 13:31 - 13:38: Cigdem Sengul – BiasShield: An AI Browser Extension Against Online Misogyny
  • 13:38 - 13:45: Natálie Binderová – Limitations of Current EU Legal Frameworks Addressing Online Violence Against Women and Girls
13:45 - 14:00 Panel for questions to the authors Panel discussion and questions to the authors
14:00 - 14:30 Group activity Group activity
14:30 - 15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00 - 15:30 Keynote Keynote presentation
15:30 - 16:00 Group activity Group activity
16:00 Closing remarks Closing remarks