Please note updated timing. The event will start with a pre-reception from 4:30 - 5:00 PM with light refreshments. The panel discussion will be from 5:00 - 6:30 PM.

Please join us for a panel discussion about Lucina Di Meco's groundbreaking report, She Persisted: Women, Politics and Power in the New Media World. In this discussion, women in politics, journalism, and tech will explore how traditional and digital media impact women in politics, and call for all relevant actors to do their part to end media bias and online violence against women in politics.

This event is held in partnership with Vital Voices, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, RepresentWomen, Smash Strategies, and NYU DC Dialogues.

Introduction by Federiga Bindi, Institute of Women's Policy Research

Panel Moderator: Alyse Nelson, Vital Voices

Panelists:

• Lucina Di Meco, Global Fellow, Wilson Center

• Farahnaz Ispahani, Author and Former Member of Parliament, Pakistan

• Soraya Chemaly, Director, Women's Media Center Speech Project

• Moira Whelan, Founding Partner, Blue Dot Strategies; Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab

• Purna Sen, Executive Coordinator and Spokesperson on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination, UN Women

The event will start with a pre-reception from 4:30 - 5:00 PM with light refreshments. The panel discussion will be from 5:00 - 6:30 PM.

Please contact VVEngage@VitalVoices.org with questions.