A common question often posed when it comes to the topic of right-wing women is whether these women are feminists. Before attempting an answer, it is worth to consider the assumptions behind this question.

From Catholic fundamentalism to the far right, a diverse and loosely connected network of anti-gender movements is growing in the country and creating new challenges.

This project aims to dismantle the stereotypes about motherhood. It will use a digital narrative art form, to interview single mothers, first time mothers, queer mothers, men who are mothering, grandmothers and women who don’t want to be mothers.

Domestic violence puzzles people. Why does one person in a relationship abuse another; why does the one being abused stay in this relationship; and what should those who know about this do about it? The solution to these dilemmas, proposed by the Department of Justice in its amendments to the 1998 Domestic Violence Act, is this: that everybody must report any knowledge of domestic violence to the police or a social worker – or face criminal charges. This article, based on a submission to Parliament by the author in collaboration with a range of other organisations, including HBF, interrogates this new proposed provision.

“The hell of women is in full swing” is is one of the most pertinent comments on the decision of the governmentally controlled Polish Constitutional Court to further restrict the anyway very limited public access of women to abortions in Poland. Although the measure had been part of the public discourse for years, the timing for its implementation comes partly as a surprise. What does this tell us about the further prospects for the rule of the Law and Justice party?

Some political parties in Myanmar start mentioning to tackle LGBTI* issues and include in their party policy, which can be considered as improvements.