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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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Egypt
1 May 2024
Egypt : Authorities arrest 16 women protesting in solidarity with Palestinian and Sudanese women
Law Enforcement Authorities Anti-feminism Freedom of assembly and association Protest
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Turkey
11 Mar 2024
Turkey: Government bans International Women Day’s march and tear-gasses peaceful protesters
Anti-feminism Law Enforcement Authorities Protest Freedom of assembly and association Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion
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Turkey
25 Sep 2023
Conservative NGOs march against LGBTIQ+ associations
Conservatism Anti-gender Political homophobia Freedom from discrimination Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Freedom of assembly and association Civil Society Organisations Protest Hate-speech
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Ireland
20 Sep 2023
Rival protests over trans rights take place in Dublin
Anti-gender Protest
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Ireland
24 Aug 2023
Far-right figures targeting libraries with LGBTIQ+ content
Anti-gender Conservatism Education Sexual and reproductive health and rights Political Party Protest
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Ireland
11 Aug 2023
‘Ireland First’ against the availability of LGBTIQ+ reading materials for children at the library
Anti-gender Education Political Party Protest
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Ireland
23 Oct 2022
Upsurge in extreme right-wing movement after the murder of a 12-year-old girl
Citizens' Initiative Members of Parliament Protest Statement/Publication Femonationalism/homonationalism Illiberalism Freedom from discrimination Freedom of movement
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Turkey
19 Sep 2022
Thousands attend anti-LGBTQI demonstration in Istanbul
Anti-gender Conservatism Sexual and reproductive health and rights Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Freedom of assembly and association Citizens' Initiative Protest
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Spain
17 Dec 2021
Proposal to repeal LGBTQIA+ rights in the regional government of Madrid
Political Party Members of Parliament Statement/Publication Protest Conservatism Anti-gender Freedom from discrimination
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Spain
25 Nov 2019
Far-right party Vox hinders women’s rights by refusing to sign declaration
Political Party Members of Parliament Protest Statement/Publication Conservatism Anti-feminism Freedom from violence
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Spain
24 May 2019
LGBTIQ+ rights under fire by far-right Vox party threatening consensus
Political Party Members of Parliament Statement/Publication Protest Conservatism Anti-feminism Anti-gender Freedom from discrimination
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Spain
21 Feb 2019
Expansion of LGBTIQ+ rights blocked by senator
Political Party Members of Parliament Statement/Publication Protest Conservatism Anti-gender Freedom from discrimination
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