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The European Union has set impressive standards on gender equality, providing legal frameworks for equal pay, investing in work\/life balance and childcare, and allowing for positive action to advance equal treatment of women across member states. At the same time, Europe witnesses considerable backlash from anti-gender activists and right wing reactionary movements, calling into question gender equality as a core norm of European democracies.<\/p>\n

In response to this evolving situation, the Center for European Studies at the University of Washington presents a lecture series covering gender politics in Europe and the European Union. Contributors will investigate actors, institutions, and policies in the area of gender in Europe, offering perspectives on current challenges and possible versions of the future.<\/p>\n

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Elise Rainer |\u00a0From Pariah to Priority: How LGBTI Rights Became a Pillar of American and Swedish Foreign Policy<\/h3>\n

Thurs. Feb. 17, 2022 at 12:00pm PST | Online via Zoom<\/h3>\n

Elise Rainer<\/strong> (Ph.D. International Studies 2016) is Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington Department of \"\"Scandinavian Studies and Co-Founder of\u00a0Aurora Global Advisors,\u00a0a consulting firm that advises foreign policy leaders and organizations on human rights and justice global programs. She is a former diplomat with the U.S. State Department, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and USAID. Along with her recent book on LGBTI rights in foreign policy, Dr. Rainer has published in numerous foreign policy outlets including:\u00a0Foreign Policy, Democracy and Security. Diplomacy & Statecraft, and NPR\u2019s Academic Minute.<\/p>\n

Rainer’s book, “From Pariah to Priority: How LGBTI Rights Became a Pillar of American and Swedish Foreign Policy,”\u00a0gives a unique, insider perspective that explains the unexpected incorporation of LGBTI rights into the United States and Swedish foreign policies. Through case study analysis, former diplomat Dr. Elise Rainer offers exclusive insights into how normative values influence foreign affairs. From original data and interviews with high-level officials within the State Department and across U.S. foreign policy institutions, the book provides original insights from leaders responsible for shaping emerging LGBTI global policies. Sweden was the first country to implement a feminist foreign policy and commence formal LGBTI diplomacy. As other countries replicate these policies, Sweden is an important country to follow for international human rights trends. This book contextualizes the diplomatic precedent of revamping foreign assistance to Uganda when lawmakers proposed a death penalty law for homosexuality. The book scrutinizes effective tactics for advocacy organizations to influence foreign policy institutions. It also explores current debates in the area of gender and sexuality in foreign affairs, and offers pragmatic policy recommendations for civil society organizations, foreign policy leaders, and human rights practitioners.<\/p>\n

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Christina Fiig | EU Gender Policies in a Context of (Quasi) Permanent Crisis<\/h3>\n

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Christina Fiig<\/b> is an Associate Professor at the School of Culture and Society, Section for Global Studies (European Studies), Aarhus University, Denmark,\u00a0has authored the paper \u201cGender Equality Policies and European Union Policies\u201d\u00a0(Oxford University Press 2020) and co-authored the chapter \u201cThe Populist Challenge to Gender\u00a0Equality\u201d with Birte Sim (Routledge 2021).<\/p>\n

Since 2008, the EU has been struggling with the \u201cinterrelatedness of the Euro, refugee and Brexit\u00a0crisis\u201d (Caporaso, 2018), with the rise of populism (Erman &amp; Verdun, 2018), and most recently\u00a0with the Covid-19 pandemic. There are good reasons to assume that these multiple crises may be\u00a0here to stay (Dinan, Nugent, &amp; Paterson, 2017), as they are the result of many factors that are at\u00a0once local, domestic, European, and global (Erman &amp; Verdun, 2018). In this lecture, Dr. Fiig\u00a0will establish a context of (quasi) permanent crisis as a framework for understanding the\u00a0contemporary developments in EU gender policies and the rise of rightwing populist parties and\u00a0voices in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n

Tues. May 17, 2022 at 12:00pm PDT | Online via Zoom<\/h3>\n

Register Here<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Read more about the 2021 installments in the Talking Gender in the EU series below.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2021 series began with Dr. Laura Dean’s lecture, Political Ethnography with a Gender Lens in the Latvian Parliament<\/em>, on March 1, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Dean spoke about her research of the Latvian Parliament and the often-deceptive appearance of representation of women in Latvian politics. Her experiences of observing the Latvian Parliament sessions in-person and interviewing politicians provided interesting data that she unpacked for listeners even while her research continues.<\/p>\n

Laura A. Dean is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Human Trafficking Research Lab at Millikin University, and a Regional Faculty Associate at the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2016, she was a Title VIII Summer Research Scholar at the Kennan Institute part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Kansas and an M.A. in International Studies focusing on Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies from the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Dr. Dean researches gender and politics issues focusing on women\u2019s representation, public policy, and gender-based violence in Eurasia. Her book Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy in Eurasia was published by Policy Press at the University of Bristol in May 2020.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dean\u2019s lecture was recorded and is available as a podcast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n