This panel with Pauline Verhaeghe (ELECTA), Marya Negrouche and Tomáš Halasz (TrollWall) reframes digital safety not just as defence, but as empowerment—showing how the right political tech stack can give female candidates the confidence, protection, and strategic advantage they need to lead boldly online.  

Instead of treating gendered harassment, coordinated hate campaigns, and deepfake attacks as inevitabilities, the speakers explore how technology can flip the script: real-time monitoring that exposes attackers, AI-driven pattern recognition that predicts emerging threats, rapid-response tools that neutralise harmful narratives, and supporter-activation platforms that turn communities into protective allies.  

The conversation highlights how digital resilience can become a core asset for women in politics—freeing up time, energy, and emotional bandwidth to focus on campaigning rather than crisis management. Drawing on case studies from electoral campaigns and leadership programmes, the panel will outline how organisations can build proactive safety infrastructures, train candidates to use tech strategically, and cultivate digital environments where women not only withstand attacks, but outshine and outperform because they are better equipped.  

Attendees will leave with a vision of political tech as a force multiplier that enables women to compete—and win—on their own terms.