FP Virtual Dialogue: Women, Peace & Security for the Digital Age

May 6, 2021

Putting gender on the tech agenda

Our digital lives are being shaped mostly by a small group of people working in big tech — and most of them are men. The gender divide at the heart of the world’s most powerful tech companies makes everyone – not just women – less safe online. Research shows that a less diverse tech ecosystem increases the likelihood of serious security gaps. What can be done about it?

Foreign Policy, in partnership with Our Secure Future, brought together leading voices at the intersection of tech, gender and digital governance to answer what’s at stake when it comes to national security, inclusive economic growth, and political stability around the world.

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Event Details

May 6, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The livestream will begin at 11:00 am EDT

Speakers

Kara Swisher

Host, Sway, New York Times and Co-host, Pivot, New York Media

Kara Anne Swisher is an American journalist. Described by Newsweek as Silicon Valley's "most powerful tech journalist", she is an opinion writer for The New York Times, a contri...

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Ifeoma Ajunwa, J.D., Ph.D

Professor and Founding Director of the Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making Research Program, UNC Law

Dr. Ajunwa is a tenured law professor at the UNC School of Law and an adjunct Associate Professor at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business where she is a Rethinc. lab Fellow. She...

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Ifeoma Ajunwaat Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Friday, July 12, 2019.
(Photo by Heather Ainsworth) — Ifeoma Ajunwaat Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Friday, July 12, 2019. (Photo by Heather Ainsworth)

Camille Francois

Chief Innovation Officer, Graphika

Camille François works on cyber conflict and digital rights online. She is the Chief Innovation Officer at Graphika, where she leads the company’s work to detect and mitigate...

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Lisa Roman

Vice President of Public Policy, Bumble

Lisa Roman is Vice President for Public Policy at Bumble, where she focuses on strengthening rules and norms to support healthy and equitable relationships. Previously, she work...

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Moira Whelan

Director, Democracy and Technology, National Democratic Institute

Moira Whelan has more than 20 years of experience at the forefront of international engagement and technology. Before joining NDI she was a foundi...

Moira Whelan has more than 20 years of experience at the forefront of international engagement and technology. Before joining NDI she was a founding partner in BlueDot Strategies, a consulting firm based in Washington, DC that specialized in assisting technology companies engage governments. She regularly engaged non-profits in training government and civil society leaders on using digital tools and developing strategies for integrating new technologies into practice for citizen engagement. Moira served as the U.S. State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy at the U.S. Department of State where spearheaded digital diplomacy efforts and counseled governments around the world in integrating digital tools into their outreach efforts. Prior to this, she served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs at the U.S. Agency for International Development where she oversaw the global communications team and integrated digital tools into development outreach. Before joining USAID, Moira worked at the Department of Homeland Security where she directed the National Joint Information Center and also served as Chief of Staff in the Office of Gulf Coast Rebuilding. Moira was a founding member of the National Security Network, a nonprofit advocacy organization. She has held the position of communications director both at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and, prior to that, on the House Committee on Homeland Security Democratic Staff. Moira started her career in editorial and legislative outreach roles at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Moira is a graduate of Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and completed her coursework for a master’s degree in international relations at Old Dominion University. Moira is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has served as a Senior non-resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics Lab and is a board member for the Digital Diplomacy Coalition. She annually teaches a course on digital diplomacy at the College of Europe Natolin.

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Sahana Dharmapuri

DIRECTOR, OUR SECURE FUTURE

Sahana Dharmapuri is the Director of Our Secure Future, a program of One Earth Future Foundation. From 2006-2016 she was an independent gender advisor on gender, peace, and secu...

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Amelia Lester

EXECUTIVE EDITOR, Foreign Policy

Amelia Lester is the executive editor at Foreign Policy. She has worked as a journalist on three continents, most recently reporting in Japan for publications including the E...

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