Politicizing Gender and Democracy in the Context of the Istanbul Convention

This book examines opposition to the Council of Europes Istanbul Convention and its consequences for the politics of violence against women in four countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Krizsn and Roggeband discuss why and how successful anti-gender mobilizations managed to obstruct ratification of the Convention or push for withdrawal from it. They show how resistance to the Convention significantly redraws debates on violence against women and has consequences for policies, womens rights advocacy, and gender-equal democracy.