Abstract
ABSTRACT Digital transnational repression arises when authoritarian states seek to silence dissent from nationals living abroad. Studies on digital transnational repression show that this extension of authoritarianism has negatively impacted dissidents and activists abroad and transnational political and social advocacy. In this article, we identify gender-based digital transnational repression as a form of what Marlies Glasius terms an ‘authoritarian practice’; this type of repression is used to ‘sabotage accountability’ by weaponizing gender to silence dissent and disabling access to information. We argue that researchers investigating transnational repression should pay greater attention to the gender dimensions of this phenomenon, and its unique and disproportionate impacts on women. As women play a central role in the furtherance of human rights and democracy in authoritarian states, their silencing presents a threat to progress towards state accountability, human rights, and democracy.
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