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.
Patriarchal Backlash against Gender Equality in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study
This study conducted in Kenya explores the multifaceted dimensions of patriarchal backlash and resistance to gender equality initiatives. […]
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This special issue seeks to critically explore the diverse strategies utilised by feminist advocacy to advance gender justice rights, present the interests of the historically oppressed, and offer feminist and decolonial approaches to the workings and operations of mainstream advocacy, largely led, funded, and deter-mined by the politics of the Global North. […]
Al-Raida Journal: Countering Backlash Vol. 49 No. 1 Special Issue
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