News
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The book Transformations of Work Through the Lens of Sexual Work has been published
The book examines transformations of labour in late capitalism through the lens of sex work.
Instrumentalization of equality politics by mechanisms of discoursive regularity
Mojca Pajnik, Roman Kuhar and Rok Smrdelj published an article in 'Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research' on the mechanisms of anti-gender discourse.
Sexual harassment in Slovenian newsrooms is common and increasingly normalised
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Tjaša Turnšek, in cooperation with the Slovene Association of Journalists, presented the first results of the Women...
Affective Sex Work in a Post-Socialist Context
The Sociology journal has published an article by Leja Markelj and Majda Hrženjak in which they analyze the transformations of the sex industry through the lens of shifting structures...
Feminist Responses to Anti-Abortion Attacks in Italy and Slovenia
The journal Interdisciplinary Political Studies has published the article co-authored by Anastasia Barone, Giada Bonu Rosenkranz, Leja Markelj, and Rok Smrdelj.
Peace Institute Annual Report 2024: Focus on human rights, critical thinking, and advocacy
The Peace Institute's 2024 Annual Report summarizes the rich array of research, educational, and advocacy activities undertaken over the past year.
Projects
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Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries
By focusing on gender backlashes and their links to the decline of democratic structures, the project addresses the underlying societal challenges that threaten peace, justice and equality.
Socioecological dynamic models of mental health: Pandemic crisis burden among professions of critical importance for the society
The project systematically analyses the social-ecological context of mental health of employees in critical professions (health care, military, police) in Slovenia and Austria.
Gender, democracy and neoconservative anti-gender movement
The project focuses focuses on the work of the anti-gender movement.
FemQueer: Common strategies for gender equality
Exchange of different theoretical and practical approaches and experiences on gender equality and an inclusive environment.
Equality of gender rules: Creating equal society for all
Forum performances on the topic of gender equality and the prevention of violence, performed in secondary schools in Slovenia.
FIERCE – Feminist movements revitalizing democracy in Europe
The project’s main goal is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge and tools to revitalize alliance among feminist movement, civil society and political decision makers.
Publications
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Book / Transformations of Labour through the Lens of Sex Work: Navigating Digitalization, Precarity and Resistance
The book examines transformations of labour in late capitalism through the lens of sex work.
Article / ‘Gender ideology’ as the master frame: transversal instrumentalization of equality politics by mechanisms of regularity
Mojca Pajnik, Roman Kuhar and Rok Smrdelj published an article in 'Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research' on the mechanisms of anti-gender discourse.
Article / Affective Sex Work in a Post-Socialist Context
The Sociology journal has published an article by Leja Markelj and Majda Hrženjak in which they analyze the transformations of the sex industry through the lens of shifting structures...
Chapter / Trans-thematic Action: Contemporary Feminist Mobilizations in Slovenia
The book Feminist Movements in Time and Space: A European Perspective, recently published by Palgrave Macmillan, includes a chapter by Leja Markelj and Mojca Pajnik on the trans-thematic action...
Chapter / Platform care work: Between the formalization of work and the (re)production of inequalities
Leja Markelj contributed the chapter on the impact of platformization on home-based care work in the monograph The Digitisation of Work and Life (FDV Publishing House).
Article / Sex work online: professionalism between affordances and constraints
The article by Mojca Pajnik and Roman Kuhar entitled Sex work online: professionalism between affordances and constraints has been published in the journal Information, Communication & Society.