CCINDLE Joint Statement on the Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization in Europe and Beyond | CCINDLE The CCINDLE Joint Statement on the Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization in Europe and Beyond is out now. This is a key output of the project’s work on the intersection of anti-gender and anti-democratic political movements and the feminist responses to these trends. The report was led by project partner Elżbieta Korolczuk from Södertörn University in Stockholm. It […]

Read the full Statement for recommendations on turning the tide, based on CCINDLE’s fieldwork with activists, politicians, and NGOs across Europe:

The recent #CCINDLE Joint Statement on the Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization in Europe and Beyond outlines the dynamics of how far-right and populist forces weaponise institutions and democratic processes to promote exclusionary ideologies.

Their tactics range from the framing and language of gender issues to policy opposition, and feminist responses are essential and creative. Read the full article on our website: ccindle.org/wp-conte...

This #CCINDLE publication from Johanna Kantola, Barbara Gaweda and Valentine Berthet explores ‘unpolitics’ in the European Parliament, or how radical right populist groups work to derail the processes of a parliament historically known for its pioneering gender equality initiatives.

CCINDLE’s Helsinki team takes student demands to the highest university levels | CCINDLE Discussion points from the University of Helsinki’s Student Jury In November 2025, the CCINDLE team in Helsinki took an important step toward strengthening democratic and inclusive practices within academia. As part of Work Package 5, on co‑creation, the team organized a Student Jury; a format inspired by citizen assemblies, and designed to bring doctoral researchers directly […]

Last month, the University’s senior leadership met to discuss their recommendations and support needs:

Fifteen doctoral researchers working around the intersection of feminist, queer, trans, and critical race research gathered to discuss the challenges of supervisory power dynamics, inequalities of funding and opportunities, and dangers when promoting contentious research findings.

A new #CCINDLE blog from Valentine Berthet explains how a ‘Student Jury’ at the University of Helsinki helped to bolster inclusive processes in academia.

New CCINDLE Evidence Bites Released | CCINDLE The CCINDLE evidence bite series provides short, accessible summaries of our research findings, with practical takeaway messages for activists, campaigners, and practitioners. If you are interested in how anti-gender and anti-democratic forces operate around the world, how they intersect, and how feminist responses can counter their harms, check out the latest additions: Look out for more […]

records, and what makes parties foreground or sidestep gender equality in their manifestos:

Catch up on the latest editions here, covering how anti-gender forces draw on colonial and fascist legacies, how trans issues have moved into the centre stage, why knowledge production is a crucial battleground, how far-right forces adapt their messaging in countries with strong gender equality

#CCINDLE evidence bites are available now! These handy summaries of academic publications are designed to give quick, practical takeaway messages from partners’ research on anti-gender and anti-democratic mobilisations round the world.

of evidence bites. Read the latest project news, blogs, and publications here: ccindle.org/wp-conte...

The March edition of the #CCINDLE newsletter captures reflections on the Gender-Based Violence and Online Harms Symposium, the difficulties and triumphs of queer parenting in Poland, the challenges of neoliberal universities for marginalised groups, and the newest additions to our handy series

They note that cis writers dominate these discussions, focusing on tropes such as sports, freedom of speech, and healthcare issues in ways that implicate trans identity itself: ccindle.org/wp-conte...

The recent #CCINDLE publication from Emma Verhoeven and Rylan Verlooy at Ghent University and the University of Antwerp explores the media framing of transgender issues, and in particular the overlooked dynamics of opinion pages where commentators are at their most unbridled.

Feminist Communication Strategies in the Face of Anti-Gender Mobilizations: Lessons for CCINDLE? | CCINDLE Feminist and LGBTQIA+ movements continue to reclaim public space and language — reframing resistance through solidarity and care. Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash Across Flanders (Belgium), feminist and LGBTQIA+ civil society organisations are working together to challenge anti-gender movements. A central part of this resistance involves how Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) communicate, how they […]

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A recent #CCINDLE blog from Yanni Deneweth and Rylan Verlooy explores how Civil Society Organisations are adjusting their communications amidst anti-gender mobilisations and backlash, with tactics such as reframing or renaming phenomena and centring the building of solidarity.

CCINDLE Joint Statement on the Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization in Europe and Beyond | CCINDLE The CCINDLE Joint Statement on the Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization in Europe and Beyond is out now. This is a key output of the project’s work on the intersection of anti-gender and anti-democratic political movements and the feminist responses to these trends. The report was led by project partner Elżbieta Korolczuk from Södertörn University in Stockholm. It […]

NGOs around the world, and recommendations on what can be done to counter anti-gender politics:

Check it out for insights on how populist and far-right actors manipulate the language and institutions of democracy, wield violence, and intervene in knowledge production, as well as findings from CCINDLE’s co-production initiatives with participants from academia, government, activism, and

This is a key output of the project’s work on the intersection of anti-gender and anti-democratic political movements and the feminist responses to these trends, led by Elzbieta Korolczuk from Södertörn University.

The #CCINDLE Joint Statement on the Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization in Europe and Beyond is out today!

Reflections on the Gender-Based Violence and Online Harms Symposium | CCINDLE Attendees at the Gender-Based Violence and Online Harms Symposium The Royal Society in London was founded in 1660, and is the world’s oldest continuously existing scientific establishment. 365 years later, guests from around the world gathered in its beautiful Wolfson Rooms to explore a very contemporary set of issues under the stern eyes of statues and oil […]

extreme politics to AI. Read about the Symposium here, and check out the slides from our speakers Dr Silvia Diaz Fernandez, Dr Hayley Watson, Dr Alba Morales Tirado, Giles Herdale, Dr Orla Drummond, and Dr Agata Gurzawska:

The latest #CCINDLE blog from Alexander Murphy at Trilateral Research offers conclusions from last year’s Gender-Based Violence and Online Harms Symposium at the Royal Society in London, which gathered experts and guests from around the world to analyse the current trends in #GBV from

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A new issue of the #CCINDLE newsletter is out today, with plenty of project updates and outputs. In this edition, we reflect on the Gender-Based Violence and Online Harms Symposium, the travails and rewards of LGBT+ parenting in Poland, and the neoliberal precarity of contemporary universities.

Register for the First Feminist Futures Workshop: Feminist Responses to Anti-Democratic Politics | CCINDLE When: Friday 20th March 2026, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm Where: CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest. Budapest Site Nador u. 15, Auditorium A Across Europe and beyond, feminist actors are at the forefront of resisting anti-gender and anti-democratic movements. What strategies are working? What challenges are emerging? And how can feminist futures be collectively imagined and […]

Read more about the event and its expert panellists below, and sign up to join us on the 20th March and learn about the challenges and practices of feminist resistance to anti-gender and anti-democratic politics. Stay tuned for more #CCINDLE events in the coming months:

Today is the very last chance to register for the first #CCINDLE Feminist Futures Workshop in Budapest next week at the CEU Democracy Institute of the Central European University.

Register for the First Feminist Futures Workshop: Feminist Responses to Anti-Democratic Politics | CCINDLE When: Friday 20th March 2026, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm Where: CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest. Budapest Site Nador u. 15, Auditorium A Across Europe and beyond, feminist actors are at the forefront of resisting anti-gender and anti-democratic movements. What strategies are working? What challenges are emerging? And how can feminist futures be collectively imagined and […]

Hovhannisyan, Tània Verge, Ulrika Westerlund, Bernadett Szél, Natalia Broniarczyk, and Viktória Radványi:

Join us for in-depth roundtable discussions on the strategies and challenges of building feminist futures amidst anti-gender and anti-democratic movements around the world, with expert guests including Andrea Krizsán, Conny Roggeband, Silvia Díaz Fernández, Saskia Brechenmacher, Tatev

Sunday 15th is the closing date for registration for the #CCINDLE Feminist Futures Workshop, hosted by the CEU Democracy Institute of the Central European University in Budapest on the 20th March.

Illegitimate Care Beyond Activism: Queer Parenthood as Everyday Resistance? | CCINDLE Warsaw Equality Parade, June 2022, with the Palace of Culture and Science visible in the background Can existence be resistance? In Poland queer parenthood remains largely unthinkable and care within rainbow families illegitimate – yet for many it is a lived reality. What does it mean to care, parent, and sustain kinship under conditions of […]

But what if we shift the frame from the ‘social sterilisation’ of these obstacles to the practices and creativity that allow queer parents to live and raise children despite this context? In this way, existence becomes a form of resistance: