(Dis)connected? Women’s agency and meaningful participation in the digital space

There are growing calls for greater inclusion of women in digitalisation and digitally-facilitated processes, including those related to peace and peacebuilding. However, there is little discussion of what such participation may look like. Using the notion of ‘“meaningful participation”’ as a conceptual framework, the paper seeks to explore both the pathways towards greater participation of women in digital peacebuilding, and the challenges in doing so. Applying a feminist lens, the paper goes beyond viewing digital inclusion simply as a matter of having access to the internet and explores the questions of agency and presence in the digital realm.