Latest backlashes
Find more about the latest contestations of gender equality in countries across the Euro-Mediterranean region below.
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20 Jun 2024
Ireland: Online sexist attacks against Helen Maher, female election candidate
10 Jun 2024
France: Pro-Palestinian women activists face online harassment and police violence
5 Apr 2024
Morocco: Cyber-harassment and death threats against feminists amidst family code reform
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