WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: Women’s Leadership in Addressing Emerging Threats to Peace and Security: Artificial Intelligence and Technology-Facilitated Violence
Publish Date: 2026-03-08 03:18:00
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- The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold its 1334th open session on Women’s Leadership in Addressing Emerging Threats to Peace and Security: Artificial Intelligence and Technology-Facilitated Violence on 9 March.
- The session forms part of the Council’s ongoing efforts to implement the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda across Africa.
- Key figures including the Chairperson of the PSC, AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Special Envoy on WPS, and others are expected to make presentations and statements.
- This thematic scope reflects the PSC’s institutional engagement with the WPS agenda; however, progress remains inconsistent and ad hoc across various thematic expansions.
- The session will occur against a backdrop of deteriorating peace and security in regions such as Sudan, eastern DRC, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa, where conflict-related sexual violence and women’s exclusion have worsened.
- There will be a focus on how digital technologies, including AI, are contributing new forms of violence against women peacebuilders, journalists, activists, and leaders.
- The session will explore gaps in the AU’s legal and policy instruments that fail to adequately address these digital threats and propose strategies to enhance enforcement across the Women, Peace and Security frameworks.
- The Council is likely to prioritize actions to integrate women’s leadership in digital governance spaces, scaling up women-focused AI training, and addressing structural barriers that impede women’s participation in digital and technology fields.
- It may also consider linking emerging technological threats to broader socio-economic and governance challenges to enhance comprehensive prevention strategies.
