Ján Michalko

📣 Next week is the deadline for submitting your abstracts to our international Colloquium on far right, gender, and femonationalism. Don’t leave it until the last minute! All the information is in the @ceg-unil.bsky.social post below 👇

1/ 🚨 Our intro to the Special Section on #FeministForeignPolicy is out! Co-authored w/ @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social ky.social in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: "The Where, What & Who of Feminist Foreign Policy"
📖 #OpenAccess
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Here's a glimpse of Day 1 of our workshop with our partners from #dRPC and Data Pop Alliance led by @michalkojanv.bsky.social. Joined by experts to deepen analyses of ongoing research on #onlineviolence against women in politics in #Nigeria and #Brazil.

#gendernorms #genderjustice #TFGBV

🚨Working with @megandaigle.bsky.social & Leen we combined @aligngender.bsky.social expertise on norms & @odi.global expertise on #humanitarian protection to make a clear case for continued & improved gender analysis at this dangerous political moment of anti-gender mobilizations & aid cuts. More 👇

💡Observing #HRC59 was a very insightful experience. Helped me understand better how diplomats try to navigate anti #gender politics, funding cuts to the UN, & crisis of international #humanrights law. Many 🙏 to all who helped us in this phase of our @odi.global research as we move on to the next!

Yesterday, at the #HumanRightsCouncil our @odi.global experts @michalkojanv.bsky.social & Ayesha Khan saw firsthand how UN members are working to hold the line on gender equality norms amid growing backlash.

To know more about what's happening at the #UN, read our paper 🖇️ tinyurl.com/vcwyv24f

Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say Many who engage are ‘discriminating and value-driven’, with a minority consuming ‘extremely misogynistic content’, study for Ofcom suggests

It's kinda concerning that Ofcom, who we rely on to regulate internet companies in the UK, have published this. The only way we have overestimated the risk of the manosphere, is if we have underestimated the risk of patriarchal norms in society more broadly... www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🚨 URGENT!

Conversion practices aim to change or suppress who LGBTQ+ people are. They’re harmful, degrading, and condemned as torture by the UN.
The EU must act!

Sign the ECI to ban them across Europe and share the link!

✍🏻 eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

🌍How can we protect hard-won human rights norms from anti-gender actors working to undermine decades of progress?

Today, the #INTGenderChampions Secretariat partnered with ODI Global to convene a high-level workshop to discuss how to better understand norm-spoiling at the Council.

Episode promo flyer featuring the book’s cover: “Transnational Anti-Gender Politics. Feminist Solidarity in Times of Global Attacks,” and the podcast logo: “Feminism, Fascism, & the Future.” The image in the ad has a pink background and reads: “New episode! A new(ish) book and other cool research.”

Last year, Billy Holzberg, @aikoiiris.bsky.social, and I spoke with the team from the podcast "Feminism, Fascism and the Future" about our book. The episode is out 🤩 Tune in to learn more about the volume’s “origin story” and its key takeaways open.spotify.com/episode/7IYL...

📢 Do you work w/ political parties on gender equality in politics? 🫵 Then we want to speak to you for our @aligngender.bsky.social study on parties' responses to #tech facilitated #GBV. We want to learn from practitioners & academics so DM me for more info
www.alignplatform.org/political-pa...

Sorry to interupt our current horrors, but I am delighted to see Dave's and my latest paper out in POQ today! doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

tl;dr: When (Republican) adolescents are exposed to women candidates, they become more positive about women as political leaders. Adults, otoh, don't budge.

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NEW: Men and women belonging to Gen Z are more divided than those of any other generation on key questions about feminism, gender roles and women’s rights

Read our new 30-country study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social for #IWD2025: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-m...

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In a few hours I'll have the privilege to engage in conversation w/ feminist practitioners & researchers to discuss #Feminist #Funding. Join us to take stock of recent cuts & impacts on movements & evidence why feminist movements matter for equality & democracy us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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***Call for papers: Conference on "Representation, Democracy, and the Economic Backgrounds of Politicians"***

Paper proposals should be submitted by February 21, using this form: forms.gle/Stz7apkkHTgt...

Please direct any questions to centerforglobaldemocracy@vanderbilt.edu.

Why online safety policies and digital advocacy are essential for women’s political participation | Align Platform

Without safe online platforms, #womeninpolitics face an impossible choice: endure abuse or withdraw from political life, leading to unfair electoral competition & inequality.
 
Today on #SaferInternetDay, our new blog shows how to tackle online violence & promote inclusivity.

💡 tinyurl.com/5n6n9tb5

Growing ‘anti-gender’ movements are trying to restrict equality and sex education in schools around the world Conservative foundations from the US and Europe are targeting Africa and Latin America in particular.

Conservative foundations from the US and Europe are targeting Africa and Latin America in particular.

Tackling "anti-gender" movements in schools is vital to protecting all children's rights to a quality education.

Our Senior Research Fellow Rachel Marcus shares findings from recent research with @theconversation.com ⤵️

In Memoriam

Mala Htun (1969-2025)

Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025.

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With the #GlobalGagRule back & cuts to European ODA looming in 2025, now is NOT the time to abandon SRHR funding. People's dignity & bodily autonomy are at stake. Europe must step up for global solidarity & human rights! 🌍✊👇

In the piece, we discuss how groups opposing gender-affirming care have used the Cass report to relativise the evidence around suicide while advocating for harmful restrictions or banning access to this vital care. The report and its political misuses have had a damaging impact in Chile 👇

YouTube video by White Ribbon Stopping the Spiral: Preventing Radicalization and Its Devastating Impact

Great campaign by @whiteribbon.bsky.social-launched a new series of educational videos to support the education sector & address the latest & most pressing forms of GBV and discrimination in our communities. These videos are available in English and French. Visit lnkd.in/gfdfU34G to watch them all!

We are alarmed by the #Meta moderation policy changes announced yesterday, allowing dehumanising language targeting #LGBTI people. This threatens safety and dignity. We urge the EU to enforce the Digital Services Act to combat hate speech and misinformation. Hatred has no place online or anywhere.

As the forces of populism and isolationism deepen global divides, the need for collective leadership has never been greater.

At Davos 2025, we will hear from a group of inspiring sectoral leaders as they lay out joined up solutions to the world's toughest global challenges.

https://buff.ly/4jahwyd

Six headlines from 2024: a seismic year for gender norms | Align Platform

💭Are you reflecting on the past year?
🤔Have a look at what our team @aligngender.bsky.social picked out as key themes and trends of 2024 in #genderequality based on our research

www.alignplatform.org/resources/bl...

Our upcoming Horizon Project MEN4DEM exploring how masculinities are mobilized in extreme-right politics and their impact on European democracy, will be launched in Amsterdam on January 24th. Join us! aissr.uva.nl/content/even...

Ghana’s election system keeps women out of parliament. How to change that Ghana, an emerging democracy, lags far behind in women’s representation in parliament.

Some more EJPG research in the media 👀

Gretchen Bauer & Akosua Keseboa Darkwah on the consequences of Ghana electing the country’s first woman vice president 📰 🇬🇭

theconversation.com/ghanas-elect...

EJPG paper: doi.org/10.1332/2515...

Sounds familiar? Violence against #LGBTQI+ ppl comes from the same anti-democratic playbook of anti-gender actors. They're attacks on #humanrights & democratic principles protecting us all. Feminist & queer NGOs are at the frontline & require funding & support to hold the line #HumanRightsDay2024

🚨 It rings close to home: In 🇸🇰 a nationalist party is running a campaign bragging abt its 'success' of cutting funding to #LGBTQI+ NGOs. This comes as the govt pushes through a bill that sought to label NGOs w/ foreign funding as foreign agents. Currently it seeks to label civil society as lobby.

Rising violence against LGBTQI+ people: lessons on backlash and resistance This conversation will explore how to combat gender-based violence in a time of transnational anti-gender politics. Drawing on insights from scholarship and civil society, this event will outline the ...

As we wrap up #16daysofactivism, I go back to our @odi.global discussion with Rasha, Charbel, Stella & Evie on the power of hateful rhetoric that drives GBV 👇 odi.org/en/events/ri...