The Future is now! On the relevance of the Beijing Platform for Action today Comment Equal power for women, a life with less violence and more justice are the goals that were set 25 years ago at the 4th World Conference on Women and in the Beijing Platform for Action. So far, gender equality has never been achieved. By Barbara Unmüßig
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
Enabling an Equal World for Indigenous Women in the Time of Climate Crisis Article March is often celebrated as International Women’s Month with March 8 officially declared as International Women’s Day to shine the light on the different issues and inequalities women around the world face. This year’s theme is aptly described as “An equal world is an enabled world”, a fitting line to describe the various inequalities that women experience around the world and the need for us to acknowledge and work towards dismantling the structures of inequalities that exist.
The Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis In 2015 Sweden announced to adopt a feminist foreign policy, making it the first country in the world to implement this aspect in the work of Swedish foreign affairs. What happened since then? By Johan Frisell
‘Taking an Ethical Stand’: Moral Principles and Colonial Logics in Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis A feminist foreign policy is associated with being ethical, principled and visionary, yet a government’s actions based on Western standards and values can easily come across as moral superiority or even racism when it comes to other countries. By Fiona Robinson
Women and Men in the Ukrainian Energy Sector: Equal Rights and Opportunities or a Sector of Discrimination? Last week, presentation of the research “Women and Men in the Ukrainian Energy Sector” was held. The research was conducted during 2018 and early 2019 to identify possible ways to resolve the problem of gender imbalance in the Ukrainian energy sector in order to ensure its sustainable and socially fair development. The research was conducted by the state institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” at the initiative, and with the support, of Heinrich Böll Foundation, Kyiv — Ukraine Office and Women’s Energy Club of Ukraine with active facilitation and support of the apparatus of the Government Commissioner for Gender Policy. Here, we publish key outtakes of the research presentation.
‘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
Women, Security and Israeli Politics – Going Backwards The number of women in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, reached a record high last year, but even then they accounted for only 30% of all Knesset Members (34 out of the 120 Knesset members). However, it is already projected that following the elections the number of women Members of Knesset will be even lower. By Anat Saragusti
The life of men in the North Caucasus Survey In 2016, with the support of the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the international center Free Happy People, a group of researchers investigated problems and beliefs of men living in four Russian republics: Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia. By Irina Kosterina and Ekaterina Ivanova
