Chapter 27: Velvet triangles and more: alliances of supranational EU gender equality actors

• Main Author: Ahrens, Petra (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2023
• Subjects: JFFK; Velvet triangle; European Union; Women's movements; Transnational civil society; Femocrats; Anti-gender mobilisation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Building feminist alliances has always been an important feature of supranational European Union (EU) gender equality policy and politics. Historically, a so-called 'velvet triangle' consisting of feminist actors inside and outside of EU institutions committed to promoting gender equality...