Department of English Language at the College of Education for Girls Organises an Awareness Workshop on Online Blackmail against Women and Its Relationship to Pathways of Violent Extremism

Department of English Language at the College of Education for Girls organises an awareness workshop on online blackmail against women and its relationship to pathways of violent extremism.

As part of the activities of Global Entrepreneurship Week, and within the framework of raising community awareness and protecting targeted groups from digital and intellectual risks, under the patronage of the President of the University of Shatrah, Prof. Dr. Basim Abdul-Hussein Jarallah, and the supervision of the Dean of the College of Education for Girls, Prof. Dr. Afrah Abd Maktouf Al-Ghazi, the College of Education for Girls – University of Shatrah, in cooperation with the National Sub-Committee for Combating Violent Extremism Conducive to Terrorism, held an awareness workshop entitled

«Online Blackmail against Women and Its Relationship to Pathways of Violent Extremism Conducive to Terrorism».

The workshop was organised by the Department of English Language and presented by members of the National Committee:

Dr. Ali Abdul-Hassan Al-Nashi and Major Ali Jabr Al-Aboudi,

while the workshop was moderated by

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Nasser Hassoun, a lecturer in the Department of English Language and head of the Scholarships and Cultural Relations Unit at the college.

The workshop shed light on the concept of violent extremism conducive to terrorism, reviewed its most prominent forms and its dangers to social peace, and explained the relationship between online blackmail and the exploitation of victims, especially women, as one of the indirect pathways used to draw individuals towards extremism and intellectual deviation.

The workshop also addressed methods of preventing online blackmail and the legal and security reporting mechanisms, in addition to emphasising the role of peer-support stories in preventing blackmail and extremism and the importance of early awareness in building digital awareness that protects individuals from falling into the traps of online exploitation.

The workshop saw notable interaction from teaching staff and students, with an exchange of views and proposals that confirmed the need to continue awareness programmes and to set future plans for holding multiple educational workshops that contribute to raising community awareness and protecting women and young people from the dangers of online blackmail and violent extremism.

This workshop comes as part of a series of awareness activities carried out by the College of Education for Girls during Global Entrepreneurship Week, in support of its academic and community role in building a safe, aware university environment capable of facing contemporary intellectual and behavioural challenges.

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