Make Misogyny Great Again Anna Grudzinska shows, how, in the Polish case, “populist nationalism” becomes a tool used to obliterate not only women’s rights but also constitutional democracy as such. By Anna Grudzinska
Same-sex partnerships in Montenegro - love outside the system Today’s Montenegro, has slowly started to understand and accept diversity, outside of what is traditionally seen as a “minority” - religious, national, ethnic, etc. Thus, talk about LGBT people began picking up pace slowly and quietly as early as 2002, at first within institutions of the system, under the influence of reform processes and the international community. By John Maximillian Barac
An Uncertain Step Toward Marriage Equality At the beginning of the 2010s, the queer movement in Serbia started its race for marriage equality. The deadline set by the state for this was the last quarter of 2017. However, not only was the Draft of the Law on Same-Sex Partnerships not compiled until this year, but not a single activity has been initiated by the competent authorities which would have resulted in awareness-raising among the general public on the necessity of regulating this issue. By Miloš Kovačević
COVID-19 and the Statue of Mother Armenia: The Appropriation of Armenian Motherhood The artwork, which was published on the company’s Social Media platforms with the caption “Stay home, Armenia! By Lala Mouradian
Women’s Faces of Ukrainian Contemporary Memory of World War II Background We are currently witnessing and participating in the processes of reinterpreting the history of World War II and the formation of the modern historic narrative in Ukraine. An important aspect of this relevant discourse is the visibility of diverse women’s experiences in World War II. By Kateryna Kobchenko
How the new EU gender strategy fails east-central European women The coronavirus epidemic exposes the care crisis and underlying class and regional inequalities — which the new strategy does not equip us to handle. By Elena Zacharenko and Eszter Kováts
The Pandemic, Coronavirus, and Quarantine: Women at Risk The consequences of COVID-19 for society are yet to be studied. However, we can already predict the impact of the pandemic on the situation of women in Ukraine. Their families and their wellbeing, especially that of single mothers, are at risk. By Olena Strelnyk
Love Makes a Family Analytics The op-ed has been written by Omid Nouripour together with Manuel Sarrazin. It was first published in Ukrainian on the website of Novoye Vremia media outlet.
The Power of Knowing – How Knowledge Reproduces Inequality: A Glance from Armenia to Europe Knowledge needs an intersectial approach when deconstructed. A new type of knowledge is needed. By Anna Muradyan
Broadening the just transition debate Report At the end of June, in the Warsaw office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, an incredible group of women met. A dozen female activists from two coal-mining regions – the Konin area and Silesia – came together to discuss how to make the voices of women better heard in the debate about ecological transformation. In order to find answers, they used a lot of their own wisdom and… Lego bricks. By Piotr Trzaskowski