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Gender issues

What Is the Hungarian “Pedophilia Act” and What Is behind It?

Rita Béres-Deák
Analysis
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On June 10, 2021, the Hungarian parliament made public the contents of a proposed “Pedophilia Act,” to be voted on less than a week later, on June 15. The bill has caused general outrage among national and...

June’s thumb-ups & thumb-downs: Sex education in Romania — a storm in a teacup!

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Gender issues
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“On the barricades” and 1+1 invite you to an interesting discussion on the law that would introduce sexual education in Romanian schools. We, Maria Cernat and Boyan Stanislavski, are happy to announce that from now...

Security and the Left in Europe – Perspectives from the European Parliament

The Barricade
Gender issues
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Security is a basic need and an urgent necessity for everyone, particularly for those affected by war, violent conflict, police brutality, hate crimes, or domestic violence. Yet, current debates on security are mostly co-opted by...

A Polish priest teaches how to “cure” homosexuality using electroshocks. A Deputy Mini..

Boyan Stanislavski
Gender issues
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Homosexuality is a "mental disorder" caused by "hormonal imbalances during pregnancy," "failed relationships with women," or living in a "hermetic male environment," among other things. To "treat homosexuality," electric shocks, ovaries or clitoris excision, and...

Poland: A student is expelled from school for opposing Catholic fundamentalism

Boyan Stanislavski
Citizens Movements
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Teachers with a favorable attitude toward the government, it turns out, could also be used for the same purpose. According to Polish media, a Catholic school in Białystok, north-eastern Poland, expelled a 17-year-old female student...

New hope in the fight against neoliberalism!

Maria Cernat
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In 1973 the democratically elected leader of Chile, socialist Salvador Allende, was toppled from power. Army general Augusto Pinochet became the leader of Chile for the next sixteen years. During that time, the Chicago Boys...

Will prosecutors in Poland go after Pope Francis for “offending religious feelings”?

Boyan Stanislavski
Gender issues
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The Catholic-fundamentalist craziness in Poland has just reached new heights! The District Prosecutor's Office Warszawa-Śródmiecie Północ is investigating whether Pope Francis' words "God loves you as you are,'' displayed on a rainbow flag, offend religious...

A transnational response to the attacks on the Istanbul Convention

The Barricade
E.A.S.T. (Essential Autonomous Struggles Transnational)
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On April 11th, EAST members, women and LGBTQIA+ people from Turkey, Poland, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, […], drawing from Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, gathered together in a public assembly. This assembly was called...

Feminism in Turkey – an Epic Battle With a Neoliberal Conservative President

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Citizens Movements
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Being a feminist in a conservative country with a government that overtly fights to limit the rights of women can be a very challenging task. Nevertheless, there are fierce women that do not back down...

Feminism in Italy and the US Return to Demonizing Putin!

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Gender issues
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Italy was the EU country that significantly suffered the Pandemics for quite a while. It was the first Western European country to implement national lockdown. After the three years Giuseppe Conti, an independent technocrat that...