Women & Girls’ Online Safety Conference
About event organiser
The Centre for Protecting Women Online is a research centre within The Open University. The Centre works to understand and and address challenges posed to women’s safety online through a novel, interdisciplinary and ambitious research agenda.
Event information
About the event
For more information, see the conference webpage.
The conference is not currently open for registrations. Subscribe to our Events mailing list to be notified when this changes.
The conference is currently accepting abstract submissions. The deadline is 15 April 2026.
About the conference:
The Centre for Protecting Women Online is pleased to announce the 2nd Women & Girls’ Online Safety Conference. This interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from all sectors to build a shared understanding of how we can address the challenges of online safety for women and girls. The conference will be an in-person event held at The Open University’s campus in Milton Keynes, UK
For any enquiries, please contact the organisers: protecting-women-online@open.ac.uk.
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