A recent research, “Disinformation Targeting Female Political Figures in Bangladesh,” investigates how gendered disinformation is produced, circulated, and weaponized against female leaders and student activists in Bangladesh. It reviewed 40 distinct fact-checked reports concerning 12 female student activists, constituting 22.7% of the overall sample. This analysis reveals systematic patterns in gendered disinformation -- several core strategies that work in combination to silence women’s political participation. Disinformation campaigns against female student activists in Bangladesh constitutes deliberate political warfare. Research on gendered disinformation in South Asian contexts demonstrates how attacks often layer gender with ethnicity, religion, and class through digital tools.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 31, 2026 03:08 UTC