European Feminist Platform Project archive The European Feminist Platform connects activists, scholars and political decision makers to collect, display and contextualize knowledge and best feminist practices in order to make them fruitful for feminist struggles and policies. Our mission is to shape a feminist future.
European Green Deal: Europe’s (wo)man on the moon moment Commentary How can the European Green Deal, aimed at transforming the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, become a vehicle for gender equality and women’s empowerment? By Eva van de Rakt and Lisa Tostado
Surveillance: Feminist Perspectives Urgently Required Dossier A collection of articles which show different aspects of gender questions in a world of data collection and digital surveillance.
Brexit is a Threat to Human Rights: A Feminist Analysis Analysis Brexit is patriarchal and a threat to human rights. Turning a feminist lens onto Brexit, then, reveals a host of concerning power struggles running throughout the process and wider British politics. From racist and Islamophobic narratives underpinning the Vote Leave campaign, to the idealisation of Britain the Empire: Brexit is a feminist issue. By Marissa Conway
Women’s Rights and Brexit: Collateral Damage? Analysis Brexit, Boris Johnson, Backstop - these are the November 2019 headlines of the British media. But with each new passing headline, every new article title aimed to draw the reader in, and in all the subsequent debates at both the domestic and regional level, the issue of gender has been notably absent. By Jennifer Cassidy
A 'Feminist' Ethiopia? What’s Really Behind the Country’s Recent Reforms? Analysis The reforms of Ethiopia's Prime Minister, including a cabinet with 50 percent women ministers, have attracted interest in his country and beyond. What has really changed for the population? By Zemdena Abebe
‘Taking an Ethical Stand’: Moral Principles and Colonial Logics in Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis A feminist foreign policy is associated with being ethical, principled and visionary, yet a government’s actions based on Western standards and values can easily come across as moral superiority or even racism when it comes to other countries. By Fiona Robinson
The Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis In 2015 Sweden announced to adopt a feminist foreign policy, making it the first country in the world to implement this aspect in the work of Swedish foreign affairs. What happened since then? By Johan Frisell
Why intersectionality can’t wait Article Kimberlé Crenshaw on the development of her "intersectionality" and its implementation in everyday practice.
Anti-feminism is making right-wing stances socially acceptable Article Anti-feminism as well as anti-gender rhetoric are playing a central role in the “centering” of right-wing ideologies. They are making right-wing mindsets acceptable in mainstream society and enabling parts of society to shift to the right without appearing right-wing. By Franziska Schutzbach
