What does gender equality mean in a democratic society? How can democratic representation strengthen gender equality? Why are democracy and gender equality facing backlash? What can be done to support democracy and gender equality?
In this TEPSA Explainer in collaboration with the ActEU project, Matilde Ceron, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Salzburg, explores the connection between gender equality and democracy and the challenges they are facing in today’s societies.
The ActEU Project has two main ambitions. First, it seeks to map and investigate persistent problems of declining trust, legitimacy and representation in Europe with a particular attention to the polarisation of societies and the EU’s multi-level structure. Second, it aims to craft tailor-made toolkits for political and civil society actors, school teachers and university lecturers to deal with issues of declining political trust in representative democracies in flux and counteract a further decrease.
