Antifeminist narratives on the rise - Insights on Arabic-speaking online spaces

With digital environments increasingly shaping public discourse, antifeminist narratives are gaining ground online. 

In the new FES report ‘The Manosphere in Arabic: Mapping Subcultures, Narratives, and Impacts Across Arabic-Speaking Online Spaces’, feminist researcher Sarah Kaddoura examines the Arabic-speaking ‘manosphere’, a loose network of online communities in which such narratives thrive.

On 7 May, the author will join our roundtable to present the report’s findings, followed by a discussion with experts and participants on key questions, including:

• the role these online spaces play in shaping debates on gender, authority and social norms;

• the way antifeminist content spreads online, and what is needed to counter it;

• possible EU responses to online harms, both within Europe and through EU external action

• ways to help shape EU approaches to gender justice-programming

Date: 7 May, 11:00-12:30 CEST

Venue: FES EU Office, Rue du Taciturne 38, 1000 Brussels

The event takes place under the Chatham House Rule. 

As we have reached the maximum number of participants, the event registration is closed. For more information, please contact Agnes.Mach(at)fes.de.