How authoritarians use gender as a weapon – The Washington Post

To defend against this threat, we must carefully pick through information and events with a gender lens. Disinformation monitoring groups can track and expose gendered narratives. Journalists can be trained to limit the amplification of authoritarian themes. To help inoculate democratic institutions, the establishment of parliamentary gender equality committees, such as those of Denmark, India, Georgia, and the Dominican Republic, can scrutinize legislation to protect against discriminatory impacts.