Interview with Alev Özkazanç, visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford with the research project on anti-gender movements and gender violence in Europe and Turkey How would you define anti-gender politics in Turkey? Firstly, I must say that the term “anti-gender” and “gender ideology” did not exist in the vocabulary of Turkish gender politics until … Continued
Interview Naima Hamoumi from the Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (ADFM) who joined EuroMed Rights on a mission to Poland and Hungary to monitor the state of anti-gender movements in Eastern Europe What are your impressions after this week in Warsaw and Budapest? I knew it was not easy, but what we learned is more … Continued
Interview with Andrea Pető, Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary and a Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. How does the blatant rejection of “gender ideology” by the Hungarian government influence your work? In what way did it change your way of working? It opened … Continued
Interview with Magdalena Świder, Programme coordinator for Campaign against Homophobia. What is the current state of LGBTQI+ people’s rights in Poland? Right now we are dealing with “LGBT free zones” and resolutions taken by local governments. We try to lobby and send letters to these local governments. We use the resolution from the European Parliament … Continued
Interview with Magdalena Kuruś, Deputy Director of the Department of Equal Treatment of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, and Agata Szypulska, Specialist in the Department of Equal Treatment of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights. The Commissioner also performs the role of the National Independent Equality body. As representatives of … Continued
In the last few years, the number of “backlashes” against women and LGBTQI+ persons’ rights across the world have risen. One of those growing anti-equality forces gathers under the common rejection of “gender ideology”. “Gender ideology” is used as an empty signifier which manages to gather many different movements under a shared resistance to progressive … Continued
In many countries of Europe and the MENA, we are witnessing a backlash against gender equality. The main forces behind it are conservative, fundamentalist and nationalist groups and movements. At first glance, they are diverse. But their rejection of feminism and gender is strong enough to create a common ground. Together with The Kvinna till … Continued
Brussels, August 01, 2019 Today marks the 5th anniversary of the entry into force of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, known as the Istanbul Convention. We asked our members what this convention meant for them. Here are their answers: Zeynep Gurcan, Human Rights Association – … Continued
In light of the current backlash against women’s rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region and beyond, EuroMed Rights is working to counter regression on progress made by actively opposing the forces driving the backlash. Discover more below on the situation of women’s fight in the following countries
Press Release Brussels, 7 March 2019 In light of the current backlash against women’s rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region and beyond, EuroMed Rights is working against backsliding on progress already made by actively opposing the forces driving the backlash. This year, important elections will take place in Tunisia, Algeria and for the EU Parliament. In this … Continued
