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This evidence bite is based on the article by Emanuela Lombardo and Paloma Caravantes, explaining the key dynamics by which feminist knowledge production and democratic practices can be marshalled in opposition to anti-gender and anti-democratic forces.

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Check out one of our June #CCINDLE blogs from Dr Ruth GazsĂł Candlish at the CEU Democracy Institute. In this piece, Ruth discusses the findings from their workshop on academic freedom which assembled more than 70 scholars from around the world.

A new blog from Aerin Lai at the University of Sheffield explores student jury insights on the repression of protest on university campuses, and the marginalisation of students that has resulted as authorities use bureaucracy and threats to stifle their advocacy: ccindle.org/repression-a...

Repression and Alienation on Campus: Reflecting on Student Juries | CCINDLE

Student encampment at the University of Toronto. “Student encampments – UofT – Disclose and Divest (through a fence)” by Can Pac Swire is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. As more governments in Western Eu...

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This #CCINDLE article from elena pavan, Aurora Perego, and Matteo Scianna at the UniversitĂ  di Trento explores how the galaxy of Italian anti-gender actors, including right-wing, anti-trans, and religious organisation, share a familiar set of themes as they spread their rhetoric across

The #CCINDLE project Joint Statement on the Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization in Europe and Beyond draws on extensive fieldwork with activists, CSOs, and politicians to offers concrete conclusions on how anti-gender politics operates internationally as a core component

This #CCINDLE journal article from Conny Roggeband, Marta RawƂuszko, Petra Meier, Silvia Díaz Fernández, Emanuela Lombardo, and Paloma Caravantes discusses how deep legacies of capitalism, colonialism and fascism underpin the modern context and strategies of anti-gender actors across Europe.

In a #CCINDLE blog from earlier this year, Aurora Perego and Cristina Mazzero from the UniversitĂ  di Trento dived into the concept of academic freedom and how this is operating in a contemporary context of neoliberal universities and autocratic governments keen to suppress critical voices.

A brand-new publication from #CCINDLE partners Julia PaƂejko and Conny Roggeband explores democratic turmoil in Poland, with exemplary democratisation in recent decades leading to swift decline and then an ongoing democratic resurgence.

This #CCINDLE blog from Julia PaƂejko at the University of Amsterdam explored the distinct challenges of queer parenthood in Poland, with the explicit demonisation of the previous Law and Justice government giving way to disappointment at the watering down of subsequent efforts at reform (such

A new #CCINDLE blog from Dr Ruth GazsĂł Candlish at the CEU Democracy Institute reflects on the challenges facing feminist scholars, and how inequalities and competition undermine academic freedom in the modern neoliberal university context.

The latest #CCINDLE blog from Marta RawƂuszko at the University of Warsaw discusses the dynamics of feminist solidarity as a response to overlapping contemporary crises of democracy and state hostility towards marginalised groups.

The #CCINDLE interactive map outlines numerous practices of feminist campaigners across Europe, with activists building safe spaces in-person and online, tailoring their protests, and pursuing self-care and wellbeing strategies in the most challenging of circumstances.

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The European Commission’s new Gender Equality Strategy states that at the current rate it will take 50 years for the EU to achieve full gender equality, and that between Member States there are significant and enduring disparities.