A curious feminist gaze into the right-wing shift The progessive camp must not ignore the nuanced complexities within the seemingly ostensibly unified masculinizing project of the Right - there is a need for femisnist curiosity and a fresh gaze. By Weronika Grzebalska
Anti-feminism is making right-wing stances socially acceptable Anti-feminism as well as anti-gender rhetoric are playing a central role in the “centering” of right-wing ideologies. They are making right-wing mindsets acceptable in mainstream society and enabling parts of society to shift to the right without appearing right-wing. By Franziska Schutzbach
‘Agenda Europe’: an extremist Christian network in the heart of Europe The 'Agenda Europe', a pan-European, Christian-extremist network, is committed to the 'restoration of natural order'. A text on why one should be aware of the existence of such networks. By Neil Datta
New courage instead of new taboos - overcoming dilemmas of gender politics in the EU Why do feminism and gender serve as negative projection screens within society? How should progressive forces in the EU deal with the right-wing backlash? By Eszter Kováts
Europe heads to the polls: right-wing networks form along family policy issues Right-wing populists are trying to restructure Europe. The common starting point is family policy. By Stefania Vittori and Aziz Dziri
“We have allowed things to run their own course for far too long. It’s about democracy.” Christiane Seiler in conversation with Terry Reintke, MEP, about right-wing populist antifeminist developments at European level and in the EU. By Christiane Seiler and Terry Reintke
She Thought Spain Would Give Her A New Life. Instead, It Took Her Son Transatlantic Media Fellowship At the gates to Europe, trafficking victims are being separated from their children. By Haloren Mellendorf
"Movements, Borders, Rights? Feminist perspectives on global issues in Europe": Final Conference Statement On October 24th and 25th, Women In Development Europe+ (WIDE+) and the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) organized an international conference in Brussels to develop a feminist analysis for the political developments in Europe. The fincal conference statement calls for a repoliticization of feminist perspectives and for building alliances to counter the recent Backlash.
Public consultation on "Equality between women and men in the EU" - Executive Summary On 30 October 2015 - the European Commission has published an analysis report of the public consultation “Equality between women and men in the EU”, which ran between April and July this year. Find the executive Summary here.
EU consultation: Gender Equality policy remains necessary The EU commission consultated 5000 EU-protagonists, ranging from NGOs, universities, politicians and other individuals on their views on EU Gender Equality policy.