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Countering Backlash @CounterBacklash

⚖️Creating and communicating evidence & methods on patriarchal backlash, erosion of gender policies and opportunities for feminist action. @Sida funded

Joined October 2020
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Femme Forte Uganda@FemmeForteUg
18 Jul 2025
Prof. @Josephineahiki1 reminded us that while the women’s rights movement has achieved hard-won milestones, it now faces new, more complex hurdles. Neoliberalism, donor demands, and state control have fractured the movement, shifting us from political struggle to professionalised survival. Invoking Prof. Tamale, she warned of a drift toward the “business of women’s rights” a terrain where competition eclipses solidarity, and activism risks losing its radical edge. But perhaps her most urgent provocation: that the battleground has moved. The struggle is no longer just about access. It is doctrinal. #FemmeForteKimeeza #ImagineCreateTeach
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How are gender activists responding to rising anti-gender backlash by state and policy actors? This set of working papers explores how gender activists are responding to backlash. Read all here 👇 counteringbacklash.org/learn…
A branded graphic card with shapes in the background. Text reads: New working papers. Countering Backlash: Reclaiming Gender Justice in Uganda by Josephine Ahikire and Amon Ashaba Mwiine. Analysis of Voice and Agency in Countering Backlash Against Gender Justice: Synthesis of Three Policy Cases in Bangladesh by Maheen Sultan, Mohaiminul Islam, Pragyna Maphara, Iffat Jahan Antara and Shamsad Navia Novelly. Backlash and Beyond: Anti-LGBTQ Lawmaking and Existential Panic in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda by Melanie Judge.

ALT A branded graphic card with shapes in the background. Text reads: New working papers. Countering Backlash: Reclaiming Gender Justice in Uganda by Josephine Ahikire and Amon Ashaba Mwiine. Analysis of Voice and Agency in Countering Backlash Against Gender Justice: Synthesis of Three Policy Cases in Bangladesh by Maheen Sultan, Mohaiminul Islam, Pragyna Maphara, Iffat Jahan Antara and Shamsad Navia Novelly. Backlash and Beyond: Anti-LGBTQ Lawmaking and Existential Panic in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda by Melanie Judge.

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Women of Uganda Network
@wougnet
2 Dec 2024
#AWIDForum2024 Day one ended strong 💪🏾 with lost of connections! Please do pass by and check out the amazing work done by @CounterBacklash partners in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Turkey, and Uganda including @wougnet tomorrow! #CounteringBacklash
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Did you miss our panel event yesterday?📽️ Catch up with the full recording and listen to insights from @nayelrahi @nomhossain @Josephineahiki1 @mairakubik, Maheen Sultan and Sohela Nazneen on eliminating violence against women. Watch here 👇 youtu.be/5QBmF6ePrHs?si=kWxP… #16days

Eliminating gender-based violence: Strategies to counter backlash

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2 hours to go!⏰ Join us at 12:30 midday today (GMT) for our panel event on strategies to eliminate gender-based violence. Click here to secure your spot👇 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #16Days #EVAW #EndGBV @IDS_UK @Sida @nomhossain @nayelrahi @Josephineahiki1 @mairakubik

Event: Eliminating gender-based violence: Strategies to counter backlash

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3 days to go 🗓️ Have you registered for our event on eliminating gender-based violence? Make sure to secure your seat here 🔗 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #16Days #EVAW #NoExcuse @Josephineahiki1 @nayelrahi @nomhossain @mairakubik @IDS_UK

Event: Eliminating gender-based violence: Strategies to counter backlash

Join Countering Backlash for an important and timely event on the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women 2024 to discuss this.

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Violence against women and girls is a persistent human rights violation across the world. How can we eliminate it, in the context of rising gender backlash? Join our panel event next Monday to discuss. Register here 👇 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #16days #NoExcuse #EndGBV #EVAW
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Countering Backlash retweeted
Institute of Development Studies@IDS_UK
18 Nov 2024
📣Join IDS for our #GenderJustice events To mark the UN’s #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-Based Violence, IDS is involved in a series of events that will share research findings to help analyse the challenges facing gender justice movements. 👉ac.pulse.ly/g0v8dx6rqt

Join IDS for our gender justice events - Institute of Development Studies

To mark the UN’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, IDS is involved in a series of events around gender equality. With gender and sexual rights increasingly under threat from a global...

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1 week to go ⏰ Join us next Monday for an important discussion about feminist strategies to eliminate gender-based violence. Sign up here 🔗 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #EndGBV #NoExcuse #16days #GenderEquality
A graphic card with a black background and red shapes. Text reads: Event. Eliminating gender-based violence: Strategies to Counter Backlash. 25 November 2024. 9:30 Brazil. 12:30 UK. 14:30 Lebanon. 15:30 Uganda. 18:30 Bangladesh. Online on Zoom & In person at Institute of Development Studies, UK.

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10 days to go ⏰ Have you registered for your place on our webinar, addressing #feminist strategies for ending #GBV? Find all details and claim your space here 👇 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #16days #NoExcuse
A branded graphic card with a red background and the Countering Backlash logo. Text reads: Upcoming event. Eliminating gender-based violence: Strategies to counter backlash. Speakers: Nay El Rahi, Lebanese American University; Josephine Ahikire, Makerere University; Maheen Sultan, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development; Maria Kubik Mano, Nucleus of Interdisciplinary Women's Studies of the Fedeal University of Bahia. Discussant: Prof Naomi Hossain, SOAS. Chair: Sohela Nazneen, IDS. 25 November 2024. 12:30 midday GMT.

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1 in 3 women face gender-based violence during their lives. How can we eliminate this pressing human rights violation? Join our panel event on 25 November, to hear how GBV manifests, and what strategies we can use to eliminate it. Register here 🔗 counteringbacklash.org/updat…
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How does gender-based violence manifest? And what can be done to eliminate it? These are some questions we’ll be discussing in our upcoming panel event on 25 November at 12:30 midday GMT. Find all details and register here 👇 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #16days #EndGBV #NoExcuse
A red graphic card with black shapes in the background. Text reads: Upcoming event. Eliminating gender-based violence: Strategies to counter backlash. Speakers: Nay El Rahi, Lebanese American University. Josephine Ahikire, Makerere University. Maheen Sultan, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development. Maira Kubik Mano, Nucleus of Interdisciplinary Women's Studies of the Federal University of Bahias. Discussant: Prof. Naomi Hossain, SOAS. Chair: Sohela Nazneen, IDS. 25 November 2024. 12:30 Midday GMT.

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Event reminder ⏰ Sign up for a panel discussion on how gender-based violence manifests, and what feminists can do to eliminate it. Join us in person or online & register here 🔗 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #Feminism #GenderEquality #Gender
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What actions can we take to eliminate gender-based violence?⚖️ Register now for our event on 25th November, where we’ll be discussing strategies to eliminate gender-based violence Online on Zoom & In person at @IDS_uk 🔗 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #16days #gender
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Join us on 25 November to mark #16days of activism against gender based violence 📢 Our panel will be discussing strategies to counter gender backlash and eliminate gender-based violence. Register here 👇 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #GBV #Gender #activism
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New event 🚨 Join us to mark the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women. You’ll hear from practitioners, academics and activists on how gender-based violence manifests, and how we can eliminate it⚖️ Register here👇 counteringbacklash.org/updat… #16days #EndVAW
A branded graphic card with a red background and the Countering Backlash logo. Text reads: Upcoming event. Eliminating gender-based violence: Strategies to counter backlash. Speakers: Nay El Rahi, Lebanese American University; Josephine Ahikire, Makerere University; Maheen Sultan, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development; Maria Kubik Mano, Nucleus of Interdisciplinary Women's Studies of the Fedeal University of Bahia. Discussant: Prof Naomi Hossain, SOAS. Chair: Sohela Nazneen, IDS. 25 November 2024. 12:30 midday GMT.

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Countering Backlash retweeted
ALIGN Gender Norms Platform@ALIGN_Gender
11 Sep 2024
⚠️ Do you advocate for gender equality or inclusive education? Then our new report is a must read! Find out how gender propaganda & misinformation affect our #education policy, & anti-gender movements are reversing progress worldwide. Download it here ⬇️ rb.gy/86eno2
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Institute of Development Studies@IDS_UK
31 Aug 2024
Is now an opportunity to bring about greater gender justice in #Bangladesh? Maheen Sultan @BIGD_bracu discusses the urgent need to bring about systemic and sustainable change under the interim government. Read in full 👇 ids.ac.uk/opinions/lets-seiz… @CounterBacklash @su_pwr
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Anti-gender backlash is rising across the world. How can we strengthen movements for #GenderEquality to put us back on track? Our bulletin released earlier this year explores rise in anti-gender backlash in locations across the world. Read here 👇 counteringbacklash.org/resou…
A branded Countering Backlash graphic card. Words read "IDS bulletin out now! Understanding Gender Backlash: Southern Perspectives". In the left corner there is an illustration of three people attending a protest, holding signs in support of gender equality.

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Institute of Development Studies@IDS_UK
27 Aug 2024
Is now an opportunity to bring about greater gender justice in #Bangladesh? Maheen Sultan @BIGD_bracu discusses the urgent need to bring about systemic and sustainable change under the interim government. Read in full 👇 ids.ac.uk/opinions/lets-seiz… @CounterBacklash @su_pwr
Four women painting murals in bright green, red and yellow colours on a wall outdoors. They are sitting on the ground facing the wall with paint pots and brushes in hand.

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