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Gender and Politics

Why gender equality is stalling in the Western Balkans

March 3, 2026

🌈 ‘Familyism’ and the remaking of care politics in authoritarian populism 

February 23, 2026

​​​🌈 Hindu nationalists are targeting Muslim women via AI porn 

February 17, 2026

Strongmen and mother-figures: role models in today’s populist politics 

December 22, 2025

🌈 Metapolitical digital wars on gender, race, and queer life 

December 19, 2025
December 11, 2025

🌈 Online toxicity and political equality 

Jana Belschner Jana Belschner analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election. Here, she reveals complex patterns in online toxicity between citizens and elites. Politicians’ behaviour matters, but identity markers also shape experiences of digital political toxicity  Read more
December 11, 2025

🎈 Youth and the new gender divide 

Marco Improta Who benefits from feminism, and who loses from it? Marco Improta and Elisabetta Mannoni reveal an ideological gap between young men and women across Europe. This gap – strong in the UK, but absent in Norway – may relate to perceptions of the 'winners and losers' of feminism  Read more
December 2, 2025

🌈 Why gendering democracy matters now, more than ever  

Paloma Caravantes González To kickstart a new round of blogs in the Gendering Democracy series, Paloma Caravantes, Laura Eigenmann and Francesca Feo recap the discussion so far, explaining why we need to keep gender at the centre of research on the politics of our time – and where we should go next Read more
November 4, 2025

Tackling gender-based violence in European universities — through intersectionality

Marcela Linková Intersectionality is already shaping Europe’s fight against gender-based violence in research and higher education. Using evidence from the UniSAFE project, new EU policy frameworks, and the next generation of gender equality plans, Marcela Linkova and Lut Mergaert reveal the impact of intersectional initiatives Read more
October 2, 2025

🌈 El Salvador’s crackdown on gang violence has failed to make life safer for women

Julia Zulver Under President Bukele’s perpetual 'State of Exception', El Salvador has made international news for its historic decline in homicides. Despite this, women report that problems of violence are far from over in the country, write Julia Zulver and Anne Ruelle Read more

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