CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS for the Conference: Gender, Law, Backlash What? Conference Where? University of Haifa (Israel) When? June 7-8, 2026 Deadline for Abstracts: February 16, 2026 Responses: March 19, 2026

CALL FOR PAPERS: Mapping Actors and Transnational Networks in Anti-Gender Mobilizations What? Workshop Where? University of Helsinki When? May 28-29,, 2026 Deadline for Abstracts: January 15, 2026

What? Hybrid event: "Women’s Rights in Liberal States and the Challenge of Right-Wing Populism" When? December 3, 2025, 14:15-15:45 (IST/GMT+2) Where? The University of Haifa and on Zoom

Digital Book Launch of "Challenging Norms. Family Planning as a Reflection of Social Change in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe. When: October 15, 2025, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Where: online via Zoom

From October 2025 to March 2026, leading scholars will share fresh insights into family, parenthood, and societal change across the region. Join us for the opening talk on October 23 with Ivett Szalma & Judit Takács on Political demography and parenting rights in Europe.

On September 23 and 24, 2025, the COST Action Workshop “Challenging Patriarchy, Facing Backlash: Transnational Health Feminism and Antifeminist (Re)Actions, 1970s through 2000s” organised by working group 1 took place in Bielefeld, Germany.