The Afterlife of Empire: Unlearning Russocentrism Through a Feminist Politics of Knowledge

Russocentrism operates not only as a geopolitical orientation but also as a knowledge regime shaping how gender, race, violence, and modernity are understood across Eurasia, a term the author use broadly to encompass East Europe, the Baltics, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia, the Far East, and

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New book: Gender, Violence, and Public Policies When Women Act for Peace

This book is the first publication that comprehensively addresses the Mulheres da Paz Project, implemented throughout Brazil by the federal government, and examines the execution of the program in two different territories in Rio de Janeiro: one dominated by criminal drug trafficking organisations

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Book Announcement: Disorienting Phenomenology//Queer Space and Trans Life

Disorienting Phenomenology takes as its point of departure the trans mundane: entering a public restroom, moving through airport security, navigating professional spaces. These ordinary yet unsettling encounters become portals into urgent philosophical questions about space, embodiment, perception,

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Tipping point: Online violence impacts, manifestations, and redress in the AI age

This publication is the second instalment in the Tipping Point series. It examines how online violence against women in public life is becoming more technologically sophisticated, more invasive, and more damaging in the age of artificial intelligence.Focusing on women journalists, human rights

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Submissions for Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy

An exciting publication opportunity for a special issue of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy , dedicated to the theme "Gender and Nation" Given the resurgence of nationalism globally, this issue aims to explore how the idea of "nation" is constructed, governed, and contested through logics

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Joint Statement on Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization

The CCINDLE project has released a critical Joint Statement on Best Practices for Countering Gendered De-Democratization. This document identifies "anti-gender politics" not merely as a cultural disagreement, but as a systemic threat and a core tool used by populist and far-right actors to undermine

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Viktor Orbán’s Affairs with Women - The Illiberal Playbook: Gender, Power, and Control

There is a recently published book - Viktor Orbán’s Affairs with Women (The Illiberal Playbook: Gender, Power, and Control) which offers a popular but comprehensive analysis of Viktor Orbán’s illiberal policies on human and gender rights. It provides an accessible introduction to how the illiberal

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New Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030 for a more equal, cohesive and successful Europe

The European Commission is presenting its new Gender Equality Strategy for 2026 to 2030. The Strategy embeds gender equality into every aspect of life, online and offline, from education and health to work and public life, and addresses modern threats such as cyberviolence and AI-related risks,

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Publication - Why EDI Matters

The Equ(al)ity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) group of the Coimbra Group published a book - “Why EDI matters” on which worked professors Annalisa Oboe, Věra Sokolová, and Helena Wahlström Henriksson. The book does not ask this question, but rather highlights why equality, diversity and inclusion

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Call for Papers | Gender-specific and Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Violence in Higher Education Contexts

As part of an on-going thematic cooperation between Open Gender Journal (Germany/Austria) and Debate Feminista (Mexico), the editorial boards of both journals always welcome submissions of new scholarly articles in English, German, or Spanish on the topic of gender-specific and sexual harassment,

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Climate Resilience and the Role of Five Indigenous Women

By Lucia Lupotti With the beginning of 2024, we have entered the second year of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, established by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to prevent the extinction of 50-90% of spoken languages that are spoken today. Estimates claim that this

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Gender in Medical Treatment: Invisible Illnesses

by Francesca Tosi and Lucia LupottiGender-specific medicine, according to the World Health Organization, consists in studying the influence of biological (sex-defined) and socio-economic and cultural (gender-defined) differences of the state of health and disease of each person. These differences

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