Gender backlash is continually gaining momentum across the globe, and social and political institutions and policies are being dismantled. Gender justice activists and women’s rights organisations are having to mobilise quickly to counter these attacks.
Organised by the Countering Backlash programme, this official NGO CSW68 event asks, ‘how is gender backlash weakening institutional contexts for gender justice globally?’
Speakers from Bangladesh, Uganda, Lebanon, Serbia and India discussed: stalling and lack of implementation of the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act (2010) in Bangladesh; the infiltration of conservative religious and political actors in democratic institutions in the context of Serbia and neighbouring countries; anti-feminist backlash as institutional by default in Lebanon; and the legislative weakening of institutional contexts in Uganda, examining Acts which exert control over Civil Society Organisations.
Speakers
- Pragyna Mahpara, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
- Sandra Aceng, Executive Director, Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
- Nay El Rahi, Activist and Researcher, Arab Institute for Women (AIW)
- Nađa Bobičić, Researcher, Center for Women’s Studies Belgrade (CWS)
- Santosh Kumar Giri, Director, Kolkata Rista
- Jerker Edström, Research Fellow, IDS
Chair
Chloe Skinner, Research Fellow, IDS
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