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Gender and Politics

Love, freedom and capital: the legacy of Alexandra Kollontai

March 14, 2025

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

March 13, 2025

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

March 12, 2025

🌈 Indigenous women defending land and democracy in the Amazon rainforest

March 11, 2025

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

March 10, 2025

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 […] Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

December 23, 2024

How Turkish anti-gender actors interpret Trump's win

Didem Unal Abaday Islamist anti-gender actors in Turkey celebrated Donald Trump’s recent victory in the 2024 US presidential election. They believe it will reinforce a growing transnational backlash against gender equality and LGBTI+ rights. Didem Unal Abaday argues that Trump's return to power will indeed strengthen the global anti-gender movement The US election and resistance to gender ideology […] Read more

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