Dear all, the Standing Group "Gender and Politics" of the Italian Political Science Association is organizing a Workshop on "New challenges, changes and trajectories in gender equality policies" to be held 23-24 June 2022, at the University of Verona. Please find below and attached the CfP. The deadline for paper proposals is 8 April 2022. Please, do not hesitate to share the information with anyone who might be interested. Thank you! Best, Massimo Prearo *** Massimo Prearo / PhD EHESS Paris Research Fellow in Political Science <https://www.dsu.univr.it/?ent=persona&id=20534&lang=it> Department of Human Sciences - University of Verona *** Call for Papers - Workshop of the Standing Group “Gender and Politics” of the Italian Political Science Association 23-24 June 2022 / University of Verona New challenges, changes and trajectories in gender equality policies Keynote conference: Emanuela Lombardo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Opposition to gender equality policies, de-democratization, and feminist institutional response in Europe: challenges and opportunities The workshop invites contributions that address the following questions and related ones: * * Which challenges, changes, and trajectories in gender and LGBTI+ equality policies can be identified at the different levels of analysis (local, national, European and international)? * * Are there some specific effects of the policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic? * * How is the framing of gender and LGBTI+ equality policies changing? Which (new) forms of political participation of different or new actors, organizations, or movements are emerging? Are there new or renewed equality policy communities? * * Is it possible to identify new policy-making paradigms compared to first-generation gender equality policies? * How do such transformations and new policy trajectories affect electoral competition and party politics? The deadline for paper proposals is 8 April 2022. Please send a short abstract (max. 400 words) together with a short bio to the co-chairs of the SISP Standing Group on Gender and Politics: pamela.pansardi@unipv.it and massimo.prearo@univr.it There is no registration fee, but accommodation and travel costs are to be covered by the participants. For Early Career Researchers (PhD students and post-doc researchers) the Standing Group is pleased to offer two scholarships covering travel and accommodation costs, in collaboration with the Italian Political Science Association. Please, send your motivated request to generepolitica@gmail.com. More information at: https://standinggroups.sisp.it/genereepolitica