Transnational anti-gender movements and the impact on human rights and democracy
The lecture is open to everyone and is part of "Sex and politics in a global perspective", a combined seminar series, PhD and master course organised by SKOK, LawTransform and SkeivForsk.

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In spring 2025, SKOK, LawTransform and Skeivforsk organize a cross-disciplinary combined seminar series, PhD and master course about the dynamics between sex and politics in a global perspective. Read more about the course here.
On 27 February, Neil Datta and Yndira Coelho Soares will hold the second lecture in the seminar series:ÌýTransnational anti-gender movements and the impact on human rights and democracy.Ìý
This lecture is optional for the course participants and is co-organized by LawTransform and the Centre for Research on Paternalism and Discretion.
The lecture takes place at Bergen Global, and
Everyone is welcome!
Overview of spring 2025 lectures
The following lectures are open for both course participants and the public. All lectures are held at Bergen Global from 14:15-16:00 on the following dates (changes may occur):
18 February:Ìý (ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»®): The glocalization of (anti-)queer politics and queer lawfare in an African context
27 February:ÌýNeil Datta and Yndira Coelho Soares:ÌýTransnational anti-gender movements and the impact on human rights and democracy.Ìý
4 March:Ìý (ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»®): Instrumentalisation of LGBT politics across European East/West divides
18 March:Ìý (CMI): The political promise of sexual modernity and state violence
1 April:Ìý (Getúlio Vargas Foundation): The anti-gender politics and new autocrats: Attacks and resistances in Latin AmericaÌý
22 April:Ìý (ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»®): Trans misogyny
6 May: Panel conversation on Trump and the anti-gender movement