Emanuela Lombardo

A new edition of the #CCINDLE newsletter is out now!

Researching for CCINDLE: Navigating interpersonal relationships in political organising  | CCINDLE “Will Trade Racists for Refugees” by alisdare1 is licenced under CC BY-SA 2.0. At the end of April I joined Work Package 3 of the CCINDLE project, which focuses on how activists in the UK resist far-right and anti-gender movements. Before continued participant recruitment in England, finishing up data collection in Scotland (namely Edinburgh and Glasgow) gave […]

The latest CCINDLE blog from Aerin Lai at the University of Sheffield reflects on the personal challenges of political activism, and how relationships can both drive and inhibit effective campaigning:

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⛓️ Political science at risk: challenges to academic freedom Scholars have the essential right to pursue knowledge, to engage in critical thinking, and to challenge dominant ideas and practices. Yet, in countries around the world, academic freedom is under thre...

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Important plenary in Academic freedom at risk in Naples at Sisp with representatives from Ipsa Pablo Oñate, Ecpr Daniela Irrera, Sisp Franca Roncarolo, scholars at risk network Claudia Padovani and scholars experts on this like Donatella Della Porta and Lorenzo Zamponi

Enjoying debates in lovely scenario at the Sisp conference in Naples ☀️

‘Stop torpedoing women's rights!’: Feminist institutional responses to anti-gender politics in Spain and Catalonia parliaments EMANUELA LOMBARDO, PALOMA CARAVANTES, SILVIA DÍAZ FERNÁNDEZ

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'Stop 🛑 torpedoing women's rights!"

@elombardo.bsky.social, @pcaravantes.bsky.social & @ilheenk.bsky.social observe 🇪🇸 Spanish and Catalonia feminist strategies to find how parliaments respond to anti-gender politics and what can be done to defend #WomensRights.

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Happening now at Sisp in Naples! Semiplenary on gender mainstreaming 30 years afyer Beijing organized by Gender and Politics group with excellent speakers!

💫 Join us in September at the Sisp conference on political science in Naples! 
️Panel 12.3 ‘Feminist Politics for Democratizing Societies and Institutions’ we coordinate with Karen Celis and Johanna Kantola! 🌙

Speakers at #CCINDLE’s Gender-based Violence and Online Harms Symposium in September will include Dr Silvia Díaz Fernández from the CCINDLE project, which explores the links between anti-gender and anti-democratic movements across Europe, (1/4)

🌟The book European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen: Gender, Leadership, Policies, and Crises is announced on the OUP web!

Edited by Gabriele Abels, Johanna Kantola, Emanuela Lombardo, and Henriette Müller

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Stay tuned for its publication in autumn!

New battlegrounds for gender equality and intersectionality in the European Parliament, one year into its tenth term | CCINDLE In January 2025 the University of Helsinki’s CCINDLE team organized a Feminist Democracy Lab at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels, featuring key actors from across the parliament and EU-level intersectionality advocacy. The Lab aimed to co-create feminist and anti-racist solutions to contemporary threats to democracy, gender equality, and intersectionality. In the CCINDLE project, Feminist Democracy […]

#CCINDLE’s June blog came courtesy of Valentine Berthet at the University of Helsinki. How has a more far-right, anti-gender intake changed the European Parliament, one year after elections reshaped its dynamics? ccindle.org/new-batt...

The first #CCINDLE video is out now! It provides a handy introduction to the project, its partners, and our mission to explore the connections between anti-gender and anti-democratic movements around the world.

🌟 Friday 5 September 2025 14:00-15:45 ROOM FG, Courtyard of the Statues via Paladino n. 39 -3th floor
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💫 Join us in September at the Sisp conference on political science in Naples! 
️Panel 12.3 ‘Feminist Politics for Democratizing Societies and Institutions’ we coordinate with Karen Celis and Johanna Kantola! 🌙

Gender-based Violence and Online Harms Symposium: 12th September 2025 | CCINDLE Where: The Royal Society, London When: 12th September 2025, 09:30 – 16:30 The CCINDLE project and Trilateral Research are pleased to invite you to the Gender-based Violence and Online Harms Symposium, a one-day event at the Royal Society in London focused on the dynamics of gender-based violence and online harms. This event will gather guests […]

The Gender-based Violence and Online Harms Symposium on September 12th will feature #GBV researchers and expert speakers from #CCINDLE, #SALVUS, #VERITY and beyond. Spots are limited, sign up now to join us in person at London’s beautiful Royal Society: ccindle.org/gender-b...

A new #CCINDLE blog from Mirjam Sagi at the Central European University reflects on the success of the recent #BudapestPride march, which drew record crowds despite a ban from the #Orban government.

The latest #CCINDLE publication from Emanuela Lombardo, Paloma Caravantes and Silvia Díaz Fernández at the #UniversidadComplutensedeMadrid is all about the dynamics of anti-gender forces and feminist resistance within the halls of the Spanish and Catalan Parliaments.

New battlegrounds for gender equality and intersectionality in the European Parliament, one year into its tenth term | CCINDLE In January 2025 the University of Helsinki’s CCINDLE team organized a Feminist Democracy Lab at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels, featuring key actors from across the parliament and EU-level intersectionality advocacy. The Lab aimed to co-create feminist and anti-racist solutions to contemporary threats to democracy, gender equality, and intersectionality. In the CCINDLE project, Feminist Democracy […]

A new #CCINDLE blog by Valentine Berthet at the University of Helsinki explains shifts in the current European Parliament, one year after elections boosted its anti-gender and far-right membership and tilted its policy outlook: ccindle.org/new-batt...

On September 12th, the #CCINDLE project and Trilateral Research will host the Gender-based Violence and Online Harms Symposium at the historic Royal Society in the heart of London.

A new CCINDLE journal article from Conny Roggeband, Marta Rawłuszko, Petra Meier, Silvia Díaz Fernandez, Emanuela Lombardo, and Paloma Caravantes explores the broader legacies of capitalism, colonialism and fascism and how they lay the groundwork for anti-gender actors.

Rémi Parmentier, adiós al indomable defensor de los océanos Fue cofundador de Greenpeace, tripulante del Rainbow Warrior, impulsor de las campañas en defensa de las ballenas y contra los vertidos radiactivos en el mar, activista indomable h

Remembering with affection, gratitude and deep admiration Remi Parmentier, inspiring, indomable environmental activist who did so much to save the oceans, whales and other living creatures. Rest in power ‘nasty little agitator’ and keep inspiring us all.

Miles de personas defienden en la calle los derechos LGTBIQ en el Orgullo de Budapest a pesar del veto del ultra Orbán La multitudinaria marcha supera las expectativas de asistencia y desafía la prohibición del Gobierno de Fidesz sin incidentes relevantes con la extrema derecha y con la presencia de políticos de una t...

Miles de personas defienden en la calle los derechos LGTBIQ en el Orgullo de Budapest a pesar del veto del ultra Orbán vía @eldiarioes www.eldiario.es/1_bd8b28