Major political and social shifts are resulting in new forces and alliances that are visibly pushing back, stifling the possibilities of equal women’s rights and gender justice.
Gender justice
is under attack.
How can we counter
backlash together?
What is needed for women’s rights organisations and gender justice defenders to counter backlash and the subtle erosion of gender transformative discourse, policy, and practice?
India.Kenya.Lebanon.
Turkey.Uganda.
Serbia.Turkey.
What's Happening?
Gender justice is increasingly contested the world over. Yet, equity across the genders is a critical foundation of human rights and sustainable development.
Backlash wages against the possibilities of transformative gender justice. To counter it, we must understand its diverse manifestations - from the subtle to the spectacular, the hidden to the explicit.
Solidarity, collaboration, and co-creation are the greatest tools in the box to mutually resist and counter coordinated and global attacks on gender and social justice.
Civic Space for Countering the Anti-gender Backlash: A Literature Review
This literature review maps changes in civic space across different contexts around the globe over the last ten years. […]
Holding the Line: Defending Civic Space to Counter the Gender Backlash
This brief synthesises insights from interviews with gender justice activists living and working at the confluence of these tendencies. Their experiences and navigation strategies offer grounded perspectives and suggest some refinements in how governments, funders, and allies support them. […]
Digital Backlash: Manifestations and Resistance
This working paper shows how recent power shifts in socio/digital relations reflect, facilitate, and amplify a broader backlash agenda. […]