Silvia Díaz Fernández
Research on digital violence must account for its metapolitical dimension. Silvia Díaz Fernández reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. Digital violence against women, racialised people and queer communities is all part of their strategy Read more
Sonia Sarkar
In May 2025 India launched a military assault against Pakistan to avenge the terrorist killings of Hindu men. Putatively carried out in the name of avenging the victims' widows, Sonia Sarkar argues that it was laden with patriarchal symbolism, the ruling Hindu nationalist BJP failing to conceal its anti-Muslim sentiment Read more
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 Read more
Cherry Miller
In the European Parliament, ‘delegations’ are formal groupings of Members who maintain inter-parliamentary relationships. At recently held constitutive delegation meetings, the gendered allocations of leadership positions revealed a complex picture. Cherry Miller and Lorenzo Santini find that, despite initiatives to improve gender representation, there has been a decline in the number of ‘head’ women delegation […] Read more
Isabel Inguanzo
Sexist attitudes affect the credibility of statements on gender (in)equality. However, Isabel Inguanzo, Hugo Marcos-Marné, Araceli Mateos and Homero Gil de Zúñiga argue that the gender and expertise of the source of the message interact with these attitudes. Here, the authors suggest possible improvements to communication strategies in gender equality campaigns Read more
Tiffany D. Barnes
Contemporary politics seems besieged by crises, from pandemics to wars to economic austerity. What does crisis mean for women leaders, who remain underrepresented as chief executives and legislators across the globe? Building on their research, Tiffany D. Barnes, Diana Z. O’Brien and Jennifer M. Piscopo identify five ways to ‘think crisis, think gender’ Read more
Janet Elise Johnson
Russia has engaged in some dramatic genderbashing. Most notably in its proclaimed embrace of 'traditional values' as part of an attempt to justify its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. However, writes Janet Elise Johnson, its politics of domestic violence over the last decade have been remarkably contentious Read more
Raquel Santos Fernandes
The less democratic the political regime, the more asymmetrical gender relations become. Raquel Santos Fernandes terms this phenomenon ‘gendering de-democratisation’. Based on data from Turkey, she explains how the process increasingly excludes women, and limits their experiences of citizenship in politics, in the economy, and in their intimate lives Read more
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