GENDER DISINFORMATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS PART OF THE HYBRID WAR AGAINST UKRAINE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

Olha DUNEBABINA, Yevheniia LUKIANCHENKO

DUNEBABINA O., LUKIANCHENKO Y. (2023), GENDER DISINFORMATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS PART OF THE HYBRID WAR AGAINST UKRAINE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION; Scientific Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, № 2, 429-433

DOI: 10.31733/2078-3566-2023-2-429-433

 

ABSTRACT. The newest propaganda narratives of russia related to gender issues are presented, which are used by the aggressor country in the conduct of information warfare and are part of the broad russian propaganda against Ukraine and the countries of Western liberal democracies – with the aim of debunking them. Russian politicians and propagandists claim that the desired state of affairs is sacrosanct for adherents of «traditional values.» Therefore, it needs protection and preservation. the Russian Federation did not sign the Istanbul Convention because, according to Russian ideologues, the provisions of the Convention are not compatible with the norms of traditional morality and the foundations of state family policy existing in the country. The actions of the Ukrainian Government aimed at ensuring constructive strategic communications in the field of gender policy have been summarized.

According to the authors, a powerful step in countering manipulation is Ukraine’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the prevention of violence against women and domestic violence and the fight against these phenomena, which Russia and its satellites have opposed for many years.

Ukraine expects that systematic measures will significantly reduce the impact of disinformation on society. These measures are carried out in strict accordance with the legislation of Ukraine and its international obligations in the field of human rights, which provide for a set of necessary counterbalances that will ensure a balance between the fight against disinformation and the observance of the right to freedom of expression.

Keywords: gender policy, hybrid information warfare, strategic communications in the field of ensuring gender equality.

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