The panel will focus on the rise of religious fundamentalism(s) in Europe, Africa and Middle East, its relation with the concurrent rise of (neo)liberal ideologies and their combined impact on the rights of women & ethnic minorities. From the attack on women’s sexual-reproductive autonomy and re-establishment of “traditional values” by the Catholic, Christian Orthodox and Islamic ideologues, to the appropriation of the feminist language & struggle, we will explore how the two seemingly mutually exclusive movements – one of “tradition” and the other of “modernity”, in fact, work hand in hand, to roll back the universal rights, liberties of women and minority groups.

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