13 October 2025: Gender Equality Laws in Latin America
On 13 October 2025, we had the pleasure of co-organizing (with the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Poznań Human Rights Centre) an open seminar with Professor Helena Alviar (SciencesPo, Paris) and Professor Aleksandra Szczerba (Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski/ Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights) on Gender Equality Laws […]
Recording: Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies
Recording of Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies, given by Marta Bucholc at the IWM in Vienna on 7 October 2025, is now available for viewing here: https://www.youtube.com/live/bgSV_KwQj_E. Enjoy!
[Polish only] Aborcja a prawa człowieka: perspektywa francuska i polska
8 października 2025 o godzinie 16:45 odbędzie się dyskusja “Aborcja a prawa człowieka: perspektywa francuska i polska” z udziałem profesor Marty Bucholc i profesora Marcina Kościelniaka (UJ), moderowana przez Cezarego Węgińskiego (UW). Spotkanie odbędzie się w sali Z.520 (poziom -1) w budynku Wydziału Neofilologii UW. Serdecznie zapraszamy!
7 October 2025: Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies Lecture
On 7 October 2025 at 18:00, Marta Bucholc will give a lecture entitled: Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies at the IWM in Vienna. The event will be moderated by Ludger Hagerdorn. In many countries that have recently gone through political transitions—from Eastern Europe to Africa and Latin America—nationalism has re-emerged as a powerful […]
The Team in Białystok!
Members of the AbFig team bid farewell to summer at the 19th Polish Sociological Association Summit, hosted by the University in Białystok (UwB). Iskra de Vries spoke on the abortion debates in the Netherlands, while Tomek Detlaf – on the analysis of sociology as an academic field in Poland. Marta Bucholc took part in a […]
The Team in Rabat!
The members of our team were happy to participate in the V ISA Forum in Rabat, Morocco! We have presented on our research findings and methodology. Marta Bucholc, in addition to organizing and chairing three sessions, presented a paper “Alienated Human Rights? Comparative Insights from a Study of Abortion Debates in Poland and Argentina“; Iskra […]
Dr Claire Pierson – our visiting researcher
We are delighted to have dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) with our project team in Warsaw in April 2025! Claire Pierson is a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Liverpool. She specialises in reproductive politics, specifically abortion rights and activism in highly restrictive contexts. She is currently leading on a British Academy […]
Marta Bucholc in Poznań
On February 25th, 2025, Marta Bucholc gave an invited lecture at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, entitled Socjologia praw człowieka: neutralność, zaangażowanie i problemy metodologiczne (Sociology of human rights: detachment, involevement and methodological problems) where she has given the audience the overview of the Abortion Figuration project’s methods, goals, and struggles. This lecture was […]
Abortion Figurations is leaving X/Twitter
Abortion Figurations is leaving X due to recent political shifts and increasing algorithmic bias that limit visibility and distort engagement. As the platform amplifies certain narratives while suppressing others, it no longer supports open discussion and critical analysis. We believe Bluesky offers a more balanced space for meaningful conversations. You can now find us there […]
Abortion Figuration in the European Dissemination Portal!
An overview of our project, it’s aims, goals, and our way of thinking about human rights, is now published in the Project Repository Journal, ran by the European Dissemination project. Take a look here .
