Women / The Web / Violence / Responsibility

39% of Internet users in Poland who are women personally experience cyberviolence. 64% see that it affects other women.

These are findings from research conducted in 2024 on the initiative of the European Fem Institute by the IQS studio, published in the report “Cyberviolence against women in Poland”.

Violence against women did not begin on the Internet. But with technological development it has gained new tools, scale and speed. Although everyone can experience online violence, women are particularly exposed to it.

Cyberviolence against women is not only individual harm. It is a human rights issue. It is an issue for the quality of public debate. It is an issue for democracy.

We will discuss this at the Roundtable “Women / The Web / Violence / Responsibility”.

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Thursday, 5 March 2026

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17:00–18:30

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Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

The event is organized by the European Fem Institute in cooperation with the Museum of Modern Art. OKO.press kindly provided patronage.

• Magdalena Bigaj – president of the Digital Citizenship Institute Foundation, media scholar and author of the books “Upbringing by the Screen” and “Your Phone, Your Rules”
• Renata Durda – certified specialist and supervisor in the field of countering domestic violence, long-time head of the “Blue Line”
• Aleksandra Karasińska – journalist, activist, director of the Ringier Axel Springer Foundation, author of the book “Why Feminism Pays Off”
• adw. Natalia Klima-Piotrowska – member of the National Bar Council, chair of the Human Rights Committee at the NBC, initiator of the campaign “Bar Against Violence”
• dr Magdalena Kocejko – assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy at SGH, researcher of public policies regarding equality, disability and human rights

The discussion will be moderated by dr. Sylwia Spurek – lawyer, president of the European Fem Institute, former Deputy Ombudsperson for Civil Rights.

We will talk about responsibility: of public institutions, the media and digital platforms. About what does not work. And about what can realistically be changed.

We invite you to a substantive conversation.