Countering Backlash aims to create much needed new knowledge around the complex phenomena of patriarchal backlash and identifying opportunities for women’s rights organisations and other gender justice defenders, to address the erosion of gender objectives within development and counter gender backlash. The programme’s main countries of focus are Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Türkiye and Uganda.
Led by the Institute of Development Studies, Countering Backlash is being implemented by a consortium which includes: Advocates for Social Change Kenya, the Arab Institute for Women at the Lebanese American University, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, Centre for Basic Research, Centre for Health and Social Justice, GenderSphere, Nucleus of Interdisciplinary Women’s Studies of the Federal University of Bahia, Özyeğin University, Refugee Law Project, SAHAYOG, and Women of Uganda Network. The programme is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).