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March 13, 2025

🌈 Sexism in politics: a barrier to women’s representation

Hilde Coffé

Sexism in politics restricts women’s participation and weakens democracy. A study by Hilde Coffé and colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals the impact of sexist attacks, stereotypes, and dismissals on women candidates, shaping careers, silencing voices, and discouraging future leaders. Tackling these problems is crucial for building truly representative politics

March 12, 2025

🌈 How a new electoral reform has pushed women out of the Bundestag

Corinna Kröber

The new German Bundestag will be smaller and more right-wing wing. And it will be more male-dominated. Corinna Kröber and Lena Stephan discuss how the political shift to the right and the new electoral law have influenced this trend, and the potential long-term consequences for women’s political representation in Germany

March 11, 2025

🌈 Indigenous women defending land and democracy in the Amazon rainforest

Camila Montero

Across the Amazon, Indigenous women are at the forefront of the fight for democracy, environmental justice, and human rights. In a world where extractive industries threaten their land and lives, they are not just resisting destruction — they are transforming political systems, writes Camila Montero. From grassroots mobilisation to high-level policy-making, their leadership is shaping the future of environmental democratic governance

March 10, 2025

🌈 Who’s afraid of the Istanbul Convention? Understanding the debate over gender equality in Europe

Andrea Krizsán

In recent years, gender equality has become a major political battleground. At the heart of this conflict is the 2011 Istanbul Convention to combat violence against women. Andrea Krizsán and Conny Roggeband examine which factors drive support or opposition to the Convention, across a variety of European countries

March 7, 2025

🌈 How American gender politics is reshaping Canadian democracy

Elie Kallab

As Donald Trump's executive order on gender identity sends shockwaves through North America, Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre's calculated silence during a recent TV interview reveals how American cultural battles are crossing borders. Elie Kallab examines how this strategic pivot threatens to fundamentally alter Canada's democratic landscape A profound shift in North American […]

March 6, 2025

🌈 Lies, damned lies, and the far right

Iris B. Segers

Far-right politicians around the world have mastered the art of epistemic warfare, posing a serious threat to academic freedom. Iris B. Segers reflects on the challenges of feminist resistance to a bizarre political reality rife with lies

March 5, 2025

🌈 Brazil’s 'Rape Bill' and the fast track to legislative backlash

Daniel Baldin Machado

In just one month, a bill equating abortion with homicide reached the voting stage in Brazil’s Lower House. How did this happen? Daniel Baldin Machado examines how a decade of institutional changes has reshaped legislative processes to sideline scrutiny, deepen gendered biases, and weaken democratic accountabilit

February 20, 2025

🌈 German parties’ visions for gender economic equity: 2025 federal elections

Renée Krug

Germany heads to the polls on 23 February, amid an economic recession. Renée Krug, Stefan Wallaschek and Pauline Ahlhaus analyse the parties' main election programmes, and show how, in contrast with left-wing parties, those on the right rarely address gendered economic inequalities and LGBTQI rights. With polls indicating a CDU-led government, gender-related issues are at risk of being sidelined — or even reversed

March 8, 2024

🌈 Getting paid to have children: Hungary’s ‘carefare’ regime

Eva Fodor

Illiberal Hungary has become famous in recent years for paying families to have, or pledge to have, children. This, writes Eva Fodor, has transformed the criteria and practice for social citizenship and democratic participation

March 7, 2024

🌈 De-democratisation in South Asia weakens gender equality

Sohela Nazneen

This year, millions of people in South Asia head to the polls. Potential outcomes of elections in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, however, do not bode well for women’s rights or gender equality, says Sohela Nazneen. The road ahead is difficult for women’s and LGBTQ+ struggles, as autocratic leaders consolidate power, and right-wing populists, digital repression, and violence against women and sexual minorities are all on the rise

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🌈 Sexism in politics: a barrier to women’s representation

🌈 How a new electoral reform has pushed women out of the Bundestag

🌈 Indigenous women defending land and democracy in the Amazon rainforest

🌈 Who’s afraid of the Istanbul Convention? Understanding the debate over gender equality in Europe

🌈 How American gender politics is reshaping Canadian democracy

🌈 Lies, damned lies, and the far right

🌈 Brazil’s 'Rape Bill' and the fast track to legislative backlash

🌈 German parties’ visions for gender economic equity: 2025 federal elections

🌈 Getting paid to have children: Hungary’s ‘carefare’ regime

🌈 De-democratisation in South Asia weakens gender equality

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