In this episode, host Japleen Pasricha talks to Noura Aljizawi and Hira Amjad about how to counter gender-based disinformation - and why it’s important for democracy.

Noura Aljizawi is a researcher at the Citizen Lab at Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. Her work takes an in-depth look at digital transnational repression, digital authoritarianism, human rights, and digital surveillance more broadly. In addition to her research at the University of Toronto, Noura is the Chairwoman of Start Point, a nonprofit organization that works on human rights and gender in the course of the conflict in Syria, she serves as a board member of the Center of Victims on Torture CVT.

Co-Founder and Executive Director, ‘DASTAK Foundation’, Hira Amjad has been working to eradicate gender-based violence and to promote women rights across Pakistan since 2014. She specializes in the development and execution of grassroots level community engagement, awareness raising and social mobilization projects. Hira has worked with women and young girls across Pakistan, including those residing in various districts of former war-torn Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on projects supported by the US Embassy, British High Commission, USIP, UNDP etc.

Find more about Citizen Lab at Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy here:

https://citizenlab.ca/

To know more about Hira's work, check out:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hira-amjad-7a381028

https://instagram.com/hiraaamjad?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Find more about DASTAK Foundation here:

http://dastakpk.org/

www.Facebook.com/dastakpak

www.instagram.com/dastak.pk

Host: Japleen Pasricha
Producer: Shriya Roy
Conceptualisation: Japleen Pasricha, Shriya Roy, and Ulrika Engström
Research: Japleen Pasricha and Shriya Roy
Communication, Marketing, and Social Media Support: Aishwaryaa Kunwar, Japleen Pasricha and Shriya Roy