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Introduction: Understanding Gender Backlash Across Regions

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posted on 2024-09-05, 21:31 authored by Jerker Edstrom, Jenny Edwards, Chloe Skinner, Tessa Lewin, Sohela Nazneen
Whilst international policy between the mid-1990s and mid-2010s gave some hope for progress on gender equality, events since then – including conflicts, climate change, the pandemic, and an increasingly insecure world – have thrown these hopes into doubt. Far from steady progress on gender equality, we now face backlash against gender and sexual rights. This article introduces our IDS Bulletin which explores understandings of backlash from a primarily global South perspective. Articles from Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Uganda, and the UK detail examples of anti-gender backlash in different contexts, and the actors, interests, and tactics involved. This introduction groups the issues into three themes: voice and tactics, framings and direction, and temporality and structure. It also briefly touches on the tactics gender activists have used in countering backlash. In conclusion, the article calls for an increased analysis of backlash from more diverse settings to develop better strategies for resistance and reclaiming gender justice.

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Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

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Institute of Development Studies

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Edström, J.; Edwards, J. and Skinner, C. with Lewin, T. and Nazneen, S. (2024) 'Introduction: Understanding Gender Backlash Across Regions', IDS Bulletin 55.1: 1–14, DOI: 10.19088/1968-2024.102

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IDS Bulletin 55.1

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Institute of Development Studies

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Uganda; Brazil; Lebanon; Bangladesh; Kenya; India

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en

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Power and Popular Politics

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