📋 Decisions about what governments collect and publish can shape more than statistics.
🗂️ Sebastián León-Giraldo argues public knowledge is part of democratic infrastructure.
📊 When states make some populations harder to see, they exacerbate inequality.
⤵️ bit.ly/4z5wi0i
📋 Decisions about what governments collect and publish can shape more than statistics.
🗂️ Sebastián León-Giraldo argues public knowledge is part of democratic infrastructure.
📊 When states make some populations harder to see, they exacerbate inequality.
⤵️ bit.ly/4z5wi0i
👩⚖️ A recent ruling in the case of a Slovak journalist who suffered years of online abuse is a stark reminder of widespread gendered violence against women in public life.
⚠️ This form of violence puts democracies at risk, argues @michalkojanv.bsky.social.
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👩⚖️ A recent ruling in the case of a Slovak journalist who suffered years of online abuse is a stark reminder of widespread gendered violence against women in public life.
⚠️ This form of violence puts democracies at risk, argues @michalkojanv.bsky.social.
👉 buff.ly/vBau64T
🪖 US far-right & #manosphere influencers have appeared at Russian state-linked events and in military propaganda
🤝 Anya Kuteleva of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how
Russia offers legitimacy, while the anti-gender right recasts authoritarianism as culture war bit.ly/4vNOxGr
🪖 US far-right & #manosphere influencers have appeared at Russian state-linked events and in military propaganda
🤝 Anya Kuteleva of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how
Russia offers legitimacy, while the anti-gender right recasts authoritarianism as culture war bit.ly/4vNOxGr
💭 #AntiGender politics is an epistemic conflict as much as a political one, generating political fatigue among researchers in the field.
😴 We must address such fatigue through distance + collective reflection, argues @massimoprearo.bsky.social #Pride2026
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💭 #AntiGender politics is an epistemic conflict as much as a political one, generating political fatigue among researchers in the field.
😴 We must address such fatigue through distance + collective reflection, argues @massimoprearo.bsky.social #Pride2026
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👨⚖️ A Nigerian High Court has declared parts of the country's #SameSexMarriage (Prohibition) Act unconstitutional.
🏳️🌈 Matthew Gichohi, @ayosogunro.bsky.social + Liv Tønnessen argue queer rights are eroded through bureaucracy, not legislation. #Pride2026
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👨⚖️ A Nigerian High Court has declared parts of the country's #SameSexMarriage (Prohibition) Act unconstitutional.
🏳️🌈 Matthew Gichohi, @ayosogunro.bsky.social + Liv Tønnessen argue queer rights are eroded through bureaucracy, not legislation. #Pride2026
👉 buff.ly/jlqXQLS
🏳️🌈 Amid rising far-right + anti-gender movements, many LGBTQAI+ people worry about the future of #Pride events. @frammaturo.bsky.social reveals that throughout its history, Pride has reflected many different visions of activism + community. #PrideMonth
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🏳️🌈 Amid rising far-right + anti-gender movements, many LGBTQAI+ people worry about the future of #Pride events. @frammaturo.bsky.social reveals that throughout its history, Pride has reflected many different visions of activism + community. #PrideMonth
👉 buff.ly/ZAQe0sl
🌍️ In countries across Europe, #Pride events celebrating LGBTQ visibility face threats of violence. This, warns @sabinedvolk.bsky.social, reveals the transnationalisation of far-right activism + the mainstreaming of queer-hostile discourse. #Pride2026
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🌍️ In countries across Europe, #Pride events celebrating LGBTQ visibility face threats of violence. This, warns @sabinedvolk.bsky.social, reveals the transnationalisation of far-right activism + the mainstreaming of queer-hostile discourse. #Pride2026
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🗣️ Reactionary gender politics are not the preserve only of the far right.
↘️↙️ @romainbiesemans.bsky.social & @archibaldgustin.bsky.social show how conservative and far-right parties in Spain and Belgium converge in their opposition to #GenderEquality.
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🗣️ Reactionary gender politics are not the preserve only of the far right.
↘️↙️ @romainbiesemans.bsky.social & @archibaldgustin.bsky.social show how conservative and far-right parties in Spain and Belgium converge in their opposition to #GenderEquality.
👉 buff.ly/KMlNqnS
🗣️ @krishogl.bsky.social, @annikabjorkdahl.bsky.social & @johannamannergren.bsky.social show how women's testimonies have transformed the way the world recognises wartime violence.
📃 Despite this, women remain marginal to many accounts of conflict.
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🗣️ @krishogl.bsky.social, @annikabjorkdahl.bsky.social & @johannamannergren.bsky.social show how women's testimonies have transformed the way the world recognises wartime violence.
📃 Despite this, women remain marginal to many accounts of conflict.
👉 buff.ly/bE5xBkm
🤝 #Belgium often prides itself on being an LGBTQ-friendly country, yet anti-trans activists hide their #Transphobia behind superficial pro-trans statements.
🪧 Rylan Verlooy explores how this paradox affects trans people’s activism.
🏳️⚧️ #IDAHOT
👉️ bit.ly/4dkRKGV
🤝 #Belgium often prides itself on being an LGBTQ-friendly country, yet anti-trans activists hide their #Transphobia behind superficial pro-trans statements.
🪧 Rylan Verlooy explores how this paradox affects trans people’s activism.
🏳️⚧️ #IDAHOT
👉️ bit.ly/4dkRKGV
🔎 What do battles over #GenderEquality reveal about the state of multilateral democracy?
♀️ Serena Fiorletta draws on her participation at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women in NYC to show how shifting rules point to a deeper political crisis.
👉️ bit.ly/48Tn1ht
🔎 What do battles over #GenderEquality reveal about the state of multilateral democracy?
♀️ Serena Fiorletta draws on her participation at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women in NYC to show how shifting rules point to a deeper political crisis.
👉️ bit.ly/48Tn1ht
⚖️ On 21 April, the European Court of Justice delivered a landmark ruling that Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law is incompatible with #EU values.
🔎 @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social analyses the Court’s ruling + its wider implications beyond #Hungary.
👉️ bit.ly/42hODcl
⚖️ On 21 April, the European Court of Justice delivered a landmark ruling that Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law is incompatible with #EU values.
🔎 @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social analyses the Court’s ruling + its wider implications beyond #Hungary.
👉️ bit.ly/42hODcl
📈 #GenderEquality is rising in parliaments, cabinets + party leadership.
🔎 But Catherine Bolzendahl & @hildecoffe.bsky.social argue that we need to look beyond elite politics, to explore how ordinary women + men take part in democratic life.
👉️ bit.ly/4t0Pb14
📈 #GenderEquality is rising in parliaments, cabinets + party leadership.
🔎 But Catherine Bolzendahl & @hildecoffe.bsky.social argue that we need to look beyond elite politics, to explore how ordinary women + men take part in democratic life.
👉️ bit.ly/4t0Pb14
🌍️ Susana Galán & Tutku Ayhan of @ecprgender.bsky.social explore why existing theoretical frameworks are not helpful for studying #AntiGender politics in the #SouthwestAsia + #NorthAfrica region, and offer alternatives to tackle the phenomenon.
👉️ bit.ly/4cZr4ek
🌍️ Susana Galán & Tutku Ayhan of @ecprgender.bsky.social explore why existing theoretical frameworks are not helpful for studying #AntiGender politics in the #SouthwestAsia + #NorthAfrica region, and offer alternatives to tackle the phenomenon.
👉️ bit.ly/4cZr4ek
👭 Feminists all over Europe embrace solidarity as a form of political dissent + face systematic repression as a result.
🪧 Yet, Marta Rawłuszko of @ecprgender.bsky.social argues, they continue to resist + offer political alternatives to capitalist logics.
👉️ bit.ly/3QDGU5F
👭 Feminists all over Europe embrace solidarity as a form of political dissent + face systematic repression as a result.
🪧 Yet, Marta Rawłuszko of @ecprgender.bsky.social argues, they continue to resist + offer political alternatives to capitalist logics.
👉️ bit.ly/3QDGU5F
💭 Political analysis often conceptualises religion as a conservative force opposed to #GenderRights, incompatible with feminist politics. @albertagiorgi.bsky.social explores a growing body of research that challenges this assumption. #IWD2026
👉️ bit.ly/4uywGmC
💭 Political analysis often conceptualises religion as a conservative force opposed to #GenderRights, incompatible with feminist politics. @albertagiorgi.bsky.social explores a growing body of research that challenges this assumption. #IWD2026
👉️ bit.ly/4uywGmC
⚖️ Germany recently passed incremental liberalisations to its abortion law. Yet access to abortion remains under threat, with far-right forces blocking it. Lisa Brünig explains how these processes are symptomatic of broader #DemocraticBacksliding. #IWD2026
👉️ bit.ly/4ssPYba
⚖️ Germany recently passed incremental liberalisations to its abortion law. Yet access to abortion remains under threat, with far-right forces blocking it. Lisa Brünig explains how these processes are symptomatic of broader #DemocraticBacksliding. #IWD2026
👉️ bit.ly/4ssPYba
series on #GenderingDemocracy🌈, we’re marking 8 March – International Women’s Day with a series of special pieces on feminism, gender, and democracy.
Stay tuned throughout March!
#IWD2026
🪧 For decades, activists have worked to end gender-based violence through grassroots organising, legal challenges + public education.
📱But research by Eiman Alabdulghani shows that the digital world represents a powerful new frontier.
#IWD2026
👉 bit.ly/4riwwwZ
series on #GenderingDemocracy🌈, we’re marking 8 March – International Women’s Day with a series of special pieces on feminism, gender, and democracy.
Stay tuned throughout March!
#IWD2026
Stay tuned throughout March!
#IWD2026
👩👩👦 A #RadicalFeminist politics of kinship asks us to interrogate the roots of how we live together: how we form families + share resources. At stake, says @victorhugoramirez.bsky.social isn't just #GenderEquality but the future of democracy itself. #IWD2026
👉 bit.ly/3N5ia55
Stay tuned throughout March!
#IWD2026
👩👩👦 A #RadicalFeminist politics of kinship asks us to interrogate the roots of how we live together: how we form families + share resources. At stake, says @victorhugoramirez.bsky.social isn't just #GenderEquality but the future of democracy itself. #IWD2026
👉 bit.ly/3N5ia55
👩👩👦 A #RadicalFeminist politics of kinship asks us to interrogate the roots of how we live together: how we form families + share resources. At stake, says @victorhugoramirez.bsky.social isn't just #GenderEquality but the future of democracy itself. #IWD2026
👉 bit.ly/3N5ia55
🪧 For decades, activists have worked to end gender-based violence through grassroots organising, legal challenges + public education.
📱But research by Eiman Alabdulghani shows that the digital world represents a powerful new frontier.
#IWD2026
👉 bit.ly/4riwwwZ
🪧 For decades, activists have worked to end gender-based violence through grassroots organising, legal challenges + public education.
📱But research by Eiman Alabdulghani shows that the digital world represents a powerful new frontier.
#IWD2026
👉 bit.ly/4riwwwZ
👨👩👧 Authoritarian populists are pushing a 'family in crisis' narrative. @basakakkan.bsky.social & Tuğçe Erçetin argue that ‘familyism’ ideology underpins pronatalist care politics aimed at restoring the patriarchal sexual contract.
👉 bit.ly/46P8Xo4
👨👩👧 Authoritarian populists are pushing a 'family in crisis' narrative. @basakakkan.bsky.social & Tuğçe Erçetin argue that ‘familyism’ ideology underpins pronatalist care politics aimed at restoring the patriarchal sexual contract.
👉 bit.ly/46P8Xo4
💻️ Followers of the Hindu nationalist #Hindutva movement are using AI-generated pornographic images to degrade Indian Muslim women. Their tactics, argues @sonias26.bsky.social, serve the movement’s wider drive to humiliate India’s Muslim community.
👉 bit.ly/4riRtbR
💻️ Followers of the Hindu nationalist #Hindutva movement are using AI-generated pornographic images to degrade Indian Muslim women. Their tactics, argues @sonias26.bsky.social, serve the movement’s wider drive to humiliate India’s Muslim community.
👉 bit.ly/4riRtbR
💭 #DigitalViolence research must account for its metapolitical dimension.
🗣️ @ilheenk.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. 👉 bit.ly/4j3e4pL
💭 #DigitalViolence research must account for its metapolitical dimension.
🗣️ @ilheenk.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. 👉 bit.ly/4j3e4pL
Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us!
Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝
bit.ly/4pwm452
Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us!
Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝