Workshop on Protecting Women Online - Call for Papers

Important Dates

• Workshop paper submission: 21 January, 2025
• Workshop paper notification: 27 January, 2025
• Workshop paper camera-ready: 7 February, 2025
• Workshop date: TBD. 28 April or 29 April, 2025

All submission deadlines are end-of-day in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

Overview

The issue of online violence against women and girls has reached critical levels globally, affecting safety, mental health, and social participation in digital spaces. From hateful content and the misuse of emerging technologies like deepfakes to the reinforcement of gender bias in AI systems, women face significant risks online.

The workshop aims to review progress in technology combating online violence against women, identify persistent barriers, and propose solutions to emerging challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Detection and prevention of gender-based online violence (e.g., harassment, stalking, cyberbullying)
• Sentiment and emotion analysis in abusive or harmful online interactions towards women
• Gender bias identification and mitigation in AI
• Human-centered approaches for online safety applications
• Approaches to preventing, understanding, identifying and mitigating online harms faced by women with multiple marginalised identities (e.g., misogynoir, LGBTQ+ women, or women from religious or cultural minorities)
• Analysis of tracking devices, surveillance tools, and hidden cameras misused against women
• Detection and mitigation of non-consensual deepfake generation and dissemination
• Interdisciplinary approaches to identifying and addressing online harm
• Legal and ethical frameworks for protecting women online
• Psychological, social, and legal impacts of online technology when used for gender-based abuse.

Submission

We welcome both new and recent research, including non-archival submissions to showcase work published elsewhere, if it is especially relevant to the workshop's theme. Accepted formats include:

• Long papers: Up to 8 pages (excluding references)
• Short papers: Up to 4 pages (excluding references)
• Position, idea, or emerging problem papers: Up to 4 pages (excluding references)
• Non-archival submissions: Up to 2 pages (excluding references).

Please submit your contributions electronically via the EasyChair conference submission system at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tsww25

Format and Styling

Submissions should be single-blind due to the limited publication time. Submissions must be in English, in double-column format, and must adhere to the ACM template and format (also available in Overleaf). Word users may use the Word Interim Template, and the recommended setting for LaTeX is:

        \documentclass[sigconf, review]{acmart}
        

Submissions must be in PDF format and adhere to the guidelines provided. For further details on style and formatting, please refer to the official guidelines provided by The Web Conference.

Contact Information

For any inquiries, please contact the organising committee at angel.pavon-perez@open.ac.uk.