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Gender and Politics

🌊 How Romania’s educational institutions resisted illiberal pressures

August 15, 2025

🌈 The impact of ‘anti-gender’ politics and queer, feminist resilience in Poland

July 28, 2025

Romania's misogynist political apparatus 

July 3, 2025

‪The patriarchal symbolism of India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’

July 1, 2025

Are young men increasingly supporting the far right?

May 1, 2025
April 30, 2025

🌈 Who gets a hearing? Intersectionality, NGOs, and political access 

Orly Siow Representation is not just about who gets elected. It is also about who gets access to decision makers. Orly Siow, Ashlee Christoffersen and Ceri Fowler conducted research into the engagement between government ministers and NGOs. Their findings reveal striking inequalities in who gets access to political decision-makers  Read more
March 14, 2025

Love, freedom and capital: the legacy of Alexandra Kollontai

Yuting Alina He Yuting Alina He and Ruairidh Brown consider the thought and contemporary relevance of a Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat who became an early advocate of International Women’s Day, and the resonating ideas in contemporary East Asian societies Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more

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