• 18 Květen 2022 - 19 Květen 2022
  • Brussels/online
  • Registrace

  • European Parliament in Brussels
    Room JAN 6Q1
    and online

  • Conference

  • Feminism: An Antidote to the Far Right

  • The far right has put feminism and LGTBI people at the centre of its criticism. Their anti-feminist and anti-LGTBI speeches, increase their popularity and have severe consequences.

    In this 2-day event we will discuss the relationship between the rise of the far right and the proliferation of agendas and public policies that go against women’s rights and contribute to sex and gender discrimination.

    The meeting will be hybrid. 

    Interpretation: English, French, Spanish, and Swedish

    You can find more information on the website of The Left in the European Parliament.

Programme

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

16:30—17:00 (CET): Welcome introduction

  • María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, MEP The Left  

Projection of the video “Europe: Extreme right and antifeminism”

17:00—19:00 (CET): Feminist solutions to the Far Right narratives

Speakers:

  • Seyla Benhabib, senior research scholar and adjunct professor of law at Columbia Law School
  • Rosi Braidotti, contemporary continental philosopher and feminist theorist, Professor Emeritus at Utrecht University
  • María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, MEP the Left and Professor in Philosophy of Law at Universidad Carlos III Madrid

Moderation and conclusions: 

  • Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán, Spanish journalist, specialist in political and social theory and feminist theory 

Thursday, 19 May 2022

9:30—10:30 (CET): Fights against the far right movements

Speakers:

  • Steven Forti, historian specialising in the study of fascism, nationalism and the extreme right in contemporary times
  • Rada Borić, Feminist activist and member of the Left from Croatia
  • Barbara Steiner, director of transform! europe and member of Vienna Revolutionary Feminist Reader group

Moderation and conclusions: 

  • Sira Rego, MEP The Left  

11:00—12:30 (CET): Anti-feminist and anti-gender attacks on equality and LGTBI policies

Speakers:

  • Justyna Wydrzyńska, member of the Abortion Dream Team-Poland
  • Gloriya Filipova, project coordinator at the Bilitis Foundation in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Ebba Elena Karlström, anti-racist activist and president of the Stockholm district of the Swedish Left Party
  • Marina Echebarría Sáenz, Spain’s first openly trans Professor and activist on LGBTIQ and women’s rights

Moderation and conclusions: 

  • Malin Björk, MEP The Left