There Is No Democracy Without Gender Justice

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Democracy and gender are often treated as separate issues. The authoritarian right has been acting on these connections for decades.

Amanda Zurawski was denied abortion care in Texas after she experienced preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes at 18 weeks of pregnancy. She speaks outside the U.S. Capitol on March 7, 2024, ahead of the State of the Union speech later in the evening.

In South Africa, the women’s rights movement was crystal clear in its vision. The brilliant activists I worked for made it plain—for everyone—that democracy could never exist without ending white supremacy and misogyny, and without women and girls’ rights being realized. Authoritarians get it: Control over our bodies is fundamental to every other freedom. And cracking down on that control is central to consolidating power.

Once you make the connection, it is hard to miss. Crackdowns in countries like Hungary and Russia now have clear echoes in states like Florida or Missouri. In 2018, Hungary’s far-right leader, Victor Orban, made it a priority to ban gender studies. Then the country’s parliament passed a law banning gay people from being featured in school educational materials. One year later, Florida’s infamous “don’t say gay” bill went into effect.

 

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