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Latest backlashes

Find more about the latest contestations of gender equality in countries across the Euro-Mediterranean region below.

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Lebanon

15 May 2024

Lebanon : Female Comedian Shaden Fakih accused of 'blasphemy'

Conservatism Religious-based discourse Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Religious Leaders and/or Institutions

Egypt

9 Mar 2024

Egypt: Coptic Orthodox Church reiterates its opposition to homosexuality

Political homophobia Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Religious-based discourse Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Lebanon

8 Sep 2023

Christian Extremist Group attacks on LGBTIQ+ community

Anti-gender Political homophobia Enactment of violence (offline/online) Hate-speech Religious-based discourse Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Law Enforcement Authorities

Jordan

17 Aug 2023

New Cybercrime Law endangers LGBTIQ+ people

Anti-gender Political homophobia Religious-based discourse Sexual and reproductive health and rights Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Draft Law/Decree/Reform Surveillance

Lebanon

16 Aug 2023

Backlash following Parliamentarians’ efforts to explicitly decriminalize same-sex intercourse

Political homophobia Religious-based discourse Sexual and reproductive health and rights Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Political Party Heads of State/Government Officials Members of Parliament Draft Law/Decree/Reform Enactment of violence (offline/online) Surveillance

Lebanon

3 Aug 2023

Hezbollah repeatedly calls for anti-gay violence

Political homophobia Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Political Party Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Religious-based discourse Enactment of violence (offline/online) Hate-speech

Morocco/Western Sahara

30 Jun 2023

Sheikh calls for measures against LGBTIQ+ rights defenders

Anti-gender Political homophobia Religious-based discourse Statement/Publication Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Freedom of assembly and association Sexual and reproductive health and rights Religious Leaders and/or Institutions

Lebanon

4 Jul 2022

Leading cleric says Sunni authority would not permit homosexuality to be legalized

Anti-gender Religious-based discourse Freedom from discrimination Sexual and reproductive health and rights Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Statement/Publication

Lebanon

25 Jun 2022

Lebanon's Interior Minister issues a memo urging security forces to crack-down on "queer events".

Anti-gender Political homophobia Freedom from discrimination Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Heads of State/Government Officials Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Other act of discrimination

Palestine

30 Mar 2022

Online campaign against director of Women’s Studies Centre

Anti-feminism Conservatism Freedom from violence Highest attainable standard of physical and mental health Political Party Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Smearing campaign/Diffamation Enactment of violence (offline/online)

Syria

1 Aug 2021

Religious cleric calls women working in civil society “recruits of the UN and the West”

Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Spread of false information Hate-speech Religious-based discourse Anti-feminism Freedom from violence Freedom from discrimination Highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Turkey

25 Jul 2021

Women’s volleyball team denounced by religious cleric for indecency

Religious Leaders and/or Institutions Statement/Publication Religious-based discourse Conservatism Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Freedom from discrimination