This open access book provides a comprehensive mapping of anti-gender mobilizations in Italy, Slovenia, France, Spain, Turkey, Poland, Greece, and Denmark. In recent years, Europe has witnessed the rise and consolidation of these mobilizations, posing significant challenges to progress in equality politics. While analyzing the key actors, strategies, and discourses driving these movements, the book also shifts its focus to feminist and LGBT+ resistance. Drawing on interviews with activists from eight European countries, it identifies key opposition strategies that increasingly reflect productive resistance. By examining these evolving forms of activism, the book sheds light on the threats posed by anti-gender mobilizations and the innovative responses that sustain feminist and LGBT+ movements in today's struggles. It will be of interest to researchers and students in gender studies, feminist studies, political sociology, and comparative politics.
This publication has been conducted in the context of the FIERCE project. FIERCE has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101061748. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor European Research Executive Agency can be held responsible for them.
The Rise of Anti-Gender Mobilizations.- Contentious Gender Politics in Italy: Feminist Responses to Anti-Gender Mobilizations.- Navigating Antagonism: Feminist and LGBT+ Responses to Slovenian Anti-Gender Mobilizations.- The Battle of Concepts: French Feminist Mobilizations Against the Far Right’s Appropriation of the Feminist Legacy.- From Confrontation to Avoidance: Feminist Responses to Anti-Gender Mobilization in Spain.- Anti-Feminist and Anti-Gender Coalitions and Feminist Resilience in Turkey.- Not Just Ranting in the Streets, but Also Concrete Actions: Polish Feminist and LGBT+ Responses to Anti-Gender Politics.- Patriarchal Backlash and Feminist Responses in Greece Today.- "So Common to Score Cheap Points on Being an Antifeminist": The Rise of Antifeminist and Anti-Gender Mobilizations in Denmark and the Feminist Response.- Productive Resistance.
