Women And The Far Right

We are in a new age of terror, with self-radicalising, hard-to-categorise individuals planning violence. Each one caught by the British state tells us something about British society. Security services are striving to contain a staggering 3,000 far-right extremists, Islamist and other potential threats. As the far right has gained popularity and acceptance around the world, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women. Understanding how and why women join movements that explicitly aim to restrict their autonomy is essential if we want to fight back.

In their book Pink-pilled, journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women. Shining a light on women's experiences within these movements, Shearing offers key insights for countering women's radicalisation and building communities resistant to far-right thought.

Lizzie Dearden is 'The Independent's' Home Affairs Editor. She has been covering terror attacks, prosecutions and extremism of all kinds in the UK, in depth, since 2017. Lizzie is also a long-term observer of global terrorism. trends; she previously reported on Isis-inspired attacks in Europe and elsewhere. Lizzie is the author of Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed.

Presented by Conway Hall.

This is an all ages event. Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult.