Latest backlashes
Find more about the latest contestations of gender equality in countries across the Euro-Mediterranean region below.
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26 Jan 2024
Jordan: Crackdown on LGBTIQ+ activists
State Institutions/Bodies
Political homophobia
Anti-gender
Smearing campaign/Diffamation
Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions)
Military/Secret Services
Hate-speech
Enactment of violence (offline/online)
Freedom from violence
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Freedom of assembly and association
8 Sep 2023
Christian Extremist Group attacks on LGBTIQ+ community
16 Aug 2023
Backlash following Parliamentarians’ efforts to explicitly decriminalize same-sex intercourse
3 Aug 2023
Hezbollah repeatedly calls for anti-gay violence
31 Jul 2023
Feminist activists increasingly subject to cyberviolence
15 Mar 2023
Targeting of feminists in Lyon by far-right groups.
8 Mar 2023
Increase in complaints of violence and abuse since 2020, the majority of victims being women and girls
23 Feb 2023
LGBTIQ+ violence promoted on Irish-based (social) media platforms Facebook and Youtube
25 Nov 2022
Crackdown against women’s rights demonstrators by police
18 Aug 2022
Israeli crackdown on Palestinian CSOs, including Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees
6 Jul 2022
Pride march forcibly stopped by police in Ankara
24 Jun 2022