Three interconnected legal fronts — abortion rights, gender-based violence, and parental leave — framed this session on how legislation either reinforces or dismantles patriarchal structures. We examined the global rollback of abortion rights following the US Supreme Court ruling, the data on femicide and intimate partner violence across Europe, and what countries’ parental leave policies reveal about how much they actually value caregiving. Project 2025 featured prominently as a case study in policy as ideology.
Materials
Main
- Podcast on abortion rights post-2022 episode (Spotify)
- Video on Project 2025's consequences for women (YouTube)
- Video: what is Project 2025? — general explainer (YouTube)
- Data on femicides and violence against women in Europe (website)
- Women's Aid: No More Years of Hurt campaign — domestic abuse spikes during major football tournaments (article)
- Video explainer on the Istanbul Convention (YouTube)
- Video on paternity leave — what it is, what it changes (YouTube · 10 min)
Supplementary
- Project 2025 podcast episode (Spotify)
- Video on France enshrining abortion rights in the constitution (YouTube)
- Video on femicide — intense (YouTube · CW: violence)
- Paper on football tournaments and domestic violence (paper · Sage)
- Podcast on the pandemic and gender-based violence (Spotify)
- EU citizen initiative: My Voice My Choice — European abortion rights initiative (website)
- Podcast on parental leave policy (Spotify)
Session structure
- Abortion rights
- Personal experiences and where each of us stands
- Abortion regulations by country across Europe
- Project 2025 — what it proposes and what it would mean for women
- The EU citizen initiative My Voice My Choice — what it aims to enshrine
- Gender-based violence
- The Istanbul Convention: what it is, and which countries have not signed
- Femicide data across Europe — patterns and causes
- Football tournaments and spikes in domestic abuse
- Parental leave
- Definitions: maternity vs paternity vs shared parental leave
- Country comparisons — who leads and who lags
- Why paternity leave matters for gender equality at home
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