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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
14 May 2024: Gender Wars Network Seminar
Join us on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 for an online discussion of the Gender Wars network. Marta Bucholc, Lourdes Peroni, Iskra de Vries, Carolina Mosquera Vera, and Marta Gospodarczyk will talk about the Abortion Figurations project, which will be followed by comments from Prof. Flávia Biroli (University of Brasília, member of Gender Wars network) and […]
21-22 March 2024: Gendered Autocratization Conference
From March 21st to 22nd, members of the Abortion Figurations team were accepted to the Gendered Autocratization Conference at the Centre on Law and Social Transformation in Bergen, Norway. The main discussions centered on the use of anti-gender rhetoric in different countries, collaboration among junior scholars in gender research, and exploring specificities at regional and […]
13 March 2024: Kiedy prawo stwarza outsiderów
On 13 March 2024, our PI Marta Bucholc has given a lecture “Kiedy prawo stwarza outsiderów” [When Law Creates the Outsiders] as an annual lecture in memory of dr Lena Kondratiewa-Bryzik. The lecture (in Polish) was organized by the Poznań Human Rights Center. Check out the pictures from the event: https://www.facebook.com/PHRC.HumanRights
„The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Rethinking and Constructing Future Together”
This week, the Abortion Figurations team participated in the International Inter and Transdisciplinary Conference at Ghent University, Belgium. Our presentations included: 1. “Relocating the lens of intersex rights: Narratives from Greece and Serbia” by Nikoletta Pikramenou (from AF) and Professor Jelena Simić. 2. “Mold and Malleability of Human Rights and Reproductive Equality: Scapegoating Universalism in […]
