Vol. 25 No. 2 (2025): The Rise of Anti-Gender and Anti-Feminist Discourses in International Politics (Part II)

The second part of this special issue examines how anti-gender movements operate across borders and adapt their strategies to political institutions, advocacy networks and digital technologies. Violeta Colmán compares Guatemala and Paraguay to show how anti-gender actors both reject and seek to influence international institutions such as the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Sara Concetta Santoriello examines how arguments about consent and free speech shape the politics of generative AI. Margarita Zervoulakou, Rebekka Kesberg and Liza Mügge compare the threat narratives that CitizenGo and Europe for Family use online. The editorial draws out what the contributions share: these movements adapt easily, coordinate across borders and borrow progressive language.