Despite operating in an increasingly challenging environment, the international feminist movement is actively working to counter anti-gender backlash and its impact. Although they face limited funding, shrinking civic spaces, and broader anti-rights political environments, feminist activists are mobilizing transnational networks and bringing together actors at the local, national, and global levels, along with communicating and raising awareness of norm-spoiling.
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Increasingly, CSW negotiations have come to reflect the global debate on gender rights between gender rights activists advocating for progressive gender language and right-wing coalitions pushing for conservative, anti-gender language. Despite polarized views on gender, at this year’s CSW, member states were able to come to a consensus that resulted in some positive language for gender rights activists.