Essay: “Borrowed or Homegrown? Examining Russia’s Influence in Georgia’s Anti-Gender Politics”
April 7, 2026
Call for Contributions for a Special Issue: “Health Feminism and Anti-Gender Politics: Knowledge, Body Politics and Reactions in a Historical Perspective” (Deadline: May 10, 2026)
April 24, 2026Programme of the WG2 WORKSHOP
Mapping Actors and Transnational Networks in Anti-Gender Mobilizations
Date: 28-29 May 2026
Venue: P545, Porthania building, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Yliopistonkatu 3
Organisers: Susana Galán (Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals), Šárka Kolmašová (Metropolitan University Prague), Marianna Muravyeva (University of Helsinki), Didem Unal Abaday (University of Helsinki), Yuliya Brin (University of Helsinki)
Funded by COST Action CA23149
Day 1: Thursday 28 May
13:45–14:00 Registration
14:00–15:30 Opening Session
Welcome remarks
Dorota Godzecka, Vice-Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki
Marianna Muravyeva – Vice-Chair, COST CA23149 Network, University of Helsinki
Šárka Kolmašová, Katerina Krulisova, Susana Galán
Constellations of Anti-Gender Politics: Positionality, Connectivity, and the Effects of Mobilization across CEE and the NME/SWANA Region
Discussants: Didem Unal Abaday, Lenka Vochocová
15.30-16.00 - Coffee/Tea
16:00 - 17:30 Panel 2
Kristine Margvelashvili, Sandro Tabatadze
Mapping the Anti-Gender Mobilization Constellation: The State, Far Right, and the Orthodox Church in Georgia
Discussants: Marianna Muravyeva, Bianka Vida
Helen Murphey
The Intersection of State Feminism, Anti-Islamism, and Anti-Gender Politics
Discussants: Susana Galán, Tutku Ayhan
Day 2: Friday 29 May
09:00-10:30 Panel 3
Haley McEwen
Ordo Iuris and the Rhizomatic Constellations of Anti-Gender Influence in Foreign Affairs
Discussants: Šárka Kolmašová, Sandro Tabatadze
Vincent Reillon
Synchronisation and differentiated effects: the Istanbul Convention as a catalyst for transnational anti-gender mobilisation in Europe
Discussants: Didem Unal Abaday, Timo Koch
10:30-11:00 Coffee/tea
11:00 - 12:30 Panel 4
Timo Koch
Strategic dissonance: Methodological Confrontations and the Constellation of Anti-Gender Networks
Discussants: Šárka Kolmašová, Kristine Margvelashvili
Lenka Vochocová, Julia Gottstein
Engineering Fear: How Narratives of Normalcy and Threat Drive the Mainstreaming of Anti-Gender Discourse in the Czech Republic
Discussants: Katerina Krulišová, Haley McEwen
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Panel 5
Bianca Vida
Transnational Constellations of Anti-Gender Mobilisation: Russian Ideology, Local Actors, and Network Dynamics across Ukraine, Moldova, and Hungary
Discussants: Marianna Muravyeva, Julia Gottstein
Tutku Ayhan, Didem Unal Abaday
The Anti-Gender Power Bloc: How Moral, Legitimating, and Mobilizing Authority Stabilize Authoritarian Rule in Turkey
Discussants: Susana Galán, Helen Murphey
15:00 - 16:30
Roundtable: How to Study Anti-Gender Politics: Concepts, Methods, Tools
Moderators: Marianna Muravyeva, Didem Unal Abaday
Kris Clarke, University of Helsinki
Olga Andreevskikh, Tampere Universities
Katja Kahlina, University of Helsinki
Julian Honkasalo, University of Helsinki
Barbara Gaweda, University of Helsinki
16.45 - 17:45 Special Issue Coordination (Editorial Meeting)
The programme can be downloaded here.