WHO IS AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD DYKES? LESBIANS AND THE ANTI-GENDER MOVEMENT

Public Round table “Anti-gender movements, nationalist and conservative attack on the rights of women and minorities: Ukrainian realities and international experience”

During the round table we will talk about the challenges faced by LGBTQI and women’s movement in Ukraine, the conservative discourse, the nationalist and religious components in it. Why is gender equality in Ukraine perceived as a threat to the “traditional values” of what “traditional values” are? How anti-gender movement connected to anti-migrants issues and how it affects the movement for human rights, against discrimination and violence