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Hello world, happy autumn!
We’re excited to share the latest news and updates from Push*Back*Lash with you.
Our highly anticipated Push*Back*Lash Brussels Conference "Countering Anti-Feminism & Gender Backlash" lies ahead. Find out more below and register now.
Are you working in education and want to teach on intersectional inequalities? Use our new educational cartoon #4 and its accompanying materials.
Interested in the intersectional impact of COVID-19 on gender attitudes? Download the latest policy brief.
Would you like to inform colleagues and friends about our project? Check out this Push*Back*Lash feature in Horizon - The EU Research and Innovation Magazine.
Want to know more about these and other developments? Read on now! |
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Countering Anti-Feminism & Gender Backlash
Push*Back*Lash Brussels Conference 2024
(12 December)
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On December 12, 2024, leading experts, policymakers, and activists from across Europe will convene at the European Economic and Social Committee for our highly anticipated conference titled "Countering Anti-Feminism & Gender Backlash in Europe."
Organized by our wonderful team from Gender Five Plus, this event aims to address the growing movements that challenge gender equality and strategize on reinforcing gender equality across the continent.
The full-day event will run from 09:00 to 17:30 and promises a robust agenda, featuring keynote speeches, expert panels, and in-depth reports on topics such as public attitudes toward gender equality, the impact of political discourse on intersectional inequalities, and strategies for combating online anti-gender movements.
The conference is a unique opportunity for representatives from civil society organizations, academia, and government sectors to share insights, collaborate, and build alliances to fight back against attacks on gender equality.
Join us in Brussels for a day of thought-provoking discussions, networking, and collaboration and register today to secure your spot!
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Push*Back*Lash at the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA)
August 27-30, 2024
Porto, Portugal |
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Three researchers from Push*Back*Lash gave presentations on their research at the 16th European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference titled “Tension, Trust and Transformation” in August 2024.
As the title suggests, the conference aimed to raise the question of what social sciences have to offer a world experiencing persisting global challenges and crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change as well as a noticeable retreat from democracy, and rising levels of populism and political instability.
With approximately 4 000 researchers, the conference was a great opportunity for team members of Push*Back*Lash to share and discuss their research:
- Zsuzsanna Vidra and Enikő Anna Virágh from Eötvös-Loránd-University (ELTE) gave two presentations connected to WP5, tackling the topic of intersectionality: "Family Policies and Roma Women in the Anti-liberal Political Regime and Workfare System in Hungary" and "Violence Against Roma Women - Discursive Positions On Domestic Violence And Prostitution With Roma Women As Victims".
- Magdalena Szarota from Humanity in Action Poland presented a paper on "Inter-Generational Gender Patterns: Disabled Women's Shifting Feminist Discourses" in the track “Women's and Gender Studies”.
Find out more about the conference here.
Photo (from left to right): Enikő Anna Virágh, Zsuzsanna Vidra and Magdalena Szarota
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Cartoons and Policy Briefs |
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Educational Cartoon #4:
Intersecting Inequalities
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We are excited to introduce Cartoon No. 4 in our Push*Back*Lash cartoon series. "Intersecting Inequalities" is a piece that has been created by Norbert Oláh and our team at ELTE.
The cartoon highlights Romani women’s voices on intersectional disadvantage, racism, and sexism. An actress, a pastor, a biologist and a fashion designer speak of intersectional disadvantage, determination and talent, luck and hard work, and of the people without whose help these remarkable women could not have achieved what they have.
The support material includes various questions for discussion. For example:
- What stereotypes (gender, ethnicity, social status) emerged in the interview snippets?
- What stereotypes were refuted in the interview extracts you read?
- What role might these experiences that contradict stereotypes play in individual life stories?
- Why is it important to raise awareness and break down stereotypes?
The cartoon and the supporting material in English and Hungarian are available here. Please distribute widely within your networks!
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Cartoon Promotion Pack for School Use
"Let’s Design Equality Together"
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Since the project launch, we have been producing the Cartoon Series “Let’s Design Equality Together” to translate research findings in an accessible and engaging way. The following four cartoons have been designed especially for school use:
#1 Make a Space, Take a Space: Equal Participation
#2 Digital Violence
#3 Nothing about Us without Us: Disability as Diversity
#4 Intersecting Inequalities: Voices of Romani Women
We have now created a cartoon promotion pack for schools and educational institutions. Each cartoon comes with its supporting material to further explore the topics of feminism, gender equality and intersectionality and to identify extra online resources to learn more about them. The whole series is available in English and other European languages.
If you are interested in receiving this cartoon pack, please send an email to pbl@plus.ac.at.
You can also access and download each cartoon individually online (free of charge for school use).
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Policy Brief No. 3
"Mitigating the intersectional impact of COVID-19" |
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Our third policy brief is out!
It was developed by the University of Salzburg team, Nadine Zwiener-Collins, Zoe Lefkofridi, Vera Beloshitzkaya and Matilde Ceron and analyses gender role attitudes. It explores the gendered impact of COVID-19 through an intersectional lens. It presents the first results from a systematic review along with the results of the EU-wide survey data analysis.
Its key findings include:
- Although the gendered impact of the COVID-19 crisis across various social domains is well documented, intersectional perspectives are missing. Research that takes other dimensions of inequality in addition to gender into account, for example, by the level of education, parenthood, migration status, or disability, is scarce.
- Our analysis shows that in the EU the negative impact of the crisis on paid employment and income is structured not only by gender but also by the level of education. Low-educated women have experienced impacts on their paid employment, such as a reduction in working time or the requirement to take unpaid leave, most often. This group was also most at risk of experiencing a complete loss of their personal income.
- The consequences of the pandemic for the time spent on domestic work depend on gender and parenthood status. In the EU, mothers have experienced the strongest increase in housework and childcare, while men without minor children have experienced the lowest increase - thus exacerbating the existing inequalities in domestic work. Consequently, mothers were most likely to experience work-family conflict during the pandemic. This aligns with the findings from the systematic review of available evidence and a case study on the Austrian province of Salzburg. Gender inequalities in the division of unpaid labour were evident in Portugal, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Finland, France, and the UK. Fathers’ involvement in childcare, albeit increased during the pandemic, was not sufficient to eliminate the gender care gap.
The policy brief also contains a case study on Salzburg, Austria. In a focus group the researchers conducted with 15 Equal Opportunity Officers (EOO) of the Arbeitsmarktservice (public employment service) of the state Salzburg (Austria).
Read the full brief here.
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Work Package 2 has successfully completed Milestone 2.1. This involved the creation of a harmonized dataset of gender measures from various sources, including the EVS, ISSP, ESS, and Eurobarometer, covering the period from 1981 to 2017. Now the focus lies on creating the documentation. The first report will be presented at the Brussels Conference in December.
The Push*Back*Lash Work Package 4 team from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has made progress on various tasks, including netnography, network analysis, and an interview study. The data gathering for the netnography on platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok has been completed. The interview phase is currently underway.
Work Package 5 has completed part of Task 5.4 (In-depths interviews with intersectional feminist activists) and conducted 11 interviews in Hungary.
One of their major findings on intersectionality and gender-based violence from the last three months was the following:
In their research, they study political, activist, and civil society discourses appearing in media texts portraying gender-based violence against Romani women. It was revealed that although different discourses on Roma and gender-based violence could be identified, one of the main observations was that all these discourses had an extremely low prevalence. In other words, considering gender-based violence as having an ethnic or intersectional relevance, is hardly present in the media.
Work Package 8 is finishing the systematic review on the intersectional gendered impact of the pandemic. The team is about to launch the second phase of the project that compares machine learning with human coding approaches.
Work Package 9 has completed all the necessary course preparations for an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program on Theater of the Oppressed. It launches on November 8 in Austria, Hungary and the Netherlands.
Stay tuned for updates! |
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Push*Back*Lash in the Spotlight |
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Push*Back*Lash featured in
Horizon - The EU Research and Innovation Magazine
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We are happy to share that Push*Back*Lash has been featured in Horizon, the official EU Research and Innovation Magazine.
The article highlights our ongoing efforts to tackle attacks against gender equality in politics and society, showcasing key insights and progress from our work. With insights from principal investigator and project coordinator Zoe Lefkofridi and researcher Vera Beloshitzkaya, the article also looks into the role of grassroots activism and collaborative efforts to bring about real change.
Read the whole article under this link.
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30th Anniversary of EWMD Austria: Inspiring Discussions on Women's Networks and Gender Equality
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Zoe Lefkofridi, principal investigator and project coordinator of Push*Back*Lash delivered a keynote titled "Networking in Times of Backlash Against Gender Equality: Networks as a Success Factor for Women’s Careers" at the 30th anniversary of the European Women's Management Development (EWMD) Austria at the University of Arts Linz.
She talked about the project and emphasised the critical role of networks in advancing women’s careers, particularly in an era when progress on equality faces resistance. Lefkofridi called for solidarity among women and encouraged more exchange and support through networks to overcome gender stereotypes.
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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101061687. |
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UK consortium partners funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant numbers 10051932 and 10048433].
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Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, European Research Executive Agency, or UK Research and Innovation. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. |
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