How sexual freedom became a global battleground

 

Vrij Nederland publishes a longread with colleague Nadia van der Linde, Subha Wijesiriwardena (partner organization CREA ) and Karin van der Velde (member organization Rutgers, expertisecentrum seksualiteit ) on global developments in women's rights & gender equality. 

"From the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan to Putin in Russia, Bolsonaro in Brazil, Orbán in Hungary, Erdogan in Turkey, Duterte in the Philippines and Museveni in Uganda, in many countries leaders pursue a patriarchal, heteronormative world and explicitly oppose women's rights and gender equality. Back to traditional values, to the family, they say."

 

 Read the article here (in Dutch)