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Gender and Politics

🌈 Anti-gender politics in Southwest Asia and North Africa

April 22, 2026

The political power of Latin America's first ladies 

April 15, 2026

🌈 Feminist solidarities in times of chronic crisis

April 14, 2026

🌈 Why we need to gender political analysis of religion

March 18, 2026

🌈 Abortion law reform in Germany amid democratic backsliding

March 10, 2026
March 5, 2026

🌈 A radical feminist kinship for democratic futures 

Víctor Hugo Ramírez García A radical feminist politics of kinship asks us to interrogate the roots of how we live together: how we form families, share resources, and imagine belonging. At stake, says Víctor Hugo Ramírez García is not only gender equality, but the future of democracy itself Read more
March 5, 2026

🌈 Digital activism: reshaping the fight against gender-based violence

Eiman Alabdulghani For decades, activists have worked to end gender-based violence through grassroots organising, legal challenges, and public education. But Eiman Alabdulghani’s research suggests that the digital world represents a powerful new front. Social media hashtags can spark global movements, and citizen journalists can hold power to account in ways previously unimaginable Read more
March 3, 2026

Why gender equality is stalling in the Western Balkans

Klaudia Koxha Gender equality is a fundamental EU value and a condition for the accession of new members. Yet political parties in Western Balkan candidate countries rarely prioritise it. Klaudia Koxha explains why: parties respond when Brussels and voters agree, but go quiet when their positions clash, especially on LGBTQ+ rights Read more
February 23, 2026

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

Başak Akkan In response to shifting gender hierarchies and demographic anxieties, authoritarian populists are pushing a 'family in crisis' narrative. Başak Akkan and Tuğçe Erçetin argue that ‘familyism’ ideology underpins pronatalist care politics aimed at restoring the patriarchal sexual contract  Read more
February 17, 2026

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

Sonia Sarkar Followers of the ‘Hindutva’ Hindu nationalist movement are using AI-generated pornographic images to degrade Indian Muslim women – including public figures. Their tactics, argues Sonia Sarkar, serve the movement’s wider drive to humiliate India’s 200-million-strong Muslim community  Read more

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