Overcoming the Backlash

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union and the Gunda Werner Institute are pleased to invite you to a discussion on the backlash against gender equality movements in the EU. The gender and equality policies of the EU have been a success story for several decades. The gender mainstreaming strategy and many anti-discrimination directives set the framework for human rights-based and participatory policies. Undeniably, a lot of progress has been made, but this progress is far from being a reason for complacency.

Not a single EU country is even close to achieving full gender equality. Moreover, right-wing populist movements have developed throughout Europe and have been mobilising against gender politics and sexual self-determination in recent years. The increase in hostility towards gender, gender equality and feminism is closely correlated to the rise of far-right and right-wing populist forces. We would like to discuss why feminism and gender serve as negative projection screens within society and how feminist movements in the EU can fight the right-wing backlash.

The program can be found below.

Venue: L42, Rue de la Loi 42, 1040 Brussels

We hope you will be able to join us and kindly ask you to register before Monday, 30 September 2019 via this link.

For further questions, please refer to
Zora Siebert Head of EU Policy Programme
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union,
Rue du Luxembourg,
47-51 1050 Brussels Belgium
T: +32 2 743 4 105
E: zora.siebert@eu.boell.org