https://www.ids.ac.uk/campaigns/building-solidarities-for-gender-justice/ Global progress on gender equality is under threat, and rights are being eroded amid a rising onslaught of repression. Our report identifies six ways to push back. Read more: Six ways to build solidarities for gender justice Our report traces progress made in recent decades towards gender equality, shows the unprecedented backlash currently faced by activists, and outlines some of the ways in which that feminists and LGBTQI+ groups can resist this backlash. Join our International Women’s Day events Making gains for gender justice: Lessons from women’s movements in South Asia Countering Backlash: Towards a feminist future Book talk with Jessica Horn, author of African feminist praxis: Cartographies of liberatory worldmaking Study with us IDS has been at the cutting edge of debates on gender and development for the last 50 years, and our MA in Gender and Development was one of the first in the world. Our teaching challenges ideas about gender, with students benefiting from convenors’ research expertise and relationships with global partners. Work with us Get in touch if you’d like to collaborate on new research initiatives or improve your organisation’s use of evidence about gender justice. Our work on backlash and struggles With our partners, IDS is working to investigate the forces that are acting to reverse gains made for women’s rights, and researching how women’s power struggles succeed in retaining power. Learn more about our two initiatives: IDS contributions to gender and development Over 50 years, IDS and our partners have played a role in the movement towards gender equality. Click on the graphic to find out more.
Building Solidarities: Gender Justice in a Time of Backlash
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