In the Philippines, a sitting senator is not allowed to use electronic devices, see her son graduate, or leave her jail cell. Her name is Leila De Lima, and she was arrested five years ago.
That same year, Svitlana Zalishchuk, a Ukrainian member of parliament, had given a speech at the UN on the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on women.
Gendered disinformation is defined as, “a subset of online gendered abuse that uses false or misleading gender and sex-based narratives against women."
In response to the rise of gendered disinformation, women’s groups and activists have been speaking out and launching campaigns to raise more awareness.