The Brown Bag sessions are part of a series organised by Partos, Aidsfonds, and the Partos Leave No One Behind Community of Practice (LNOB), with inspiring presentations on intersectionality and Leave No One Behind in practice.
The Rise of the Anti-Rights Movement – How Should We Respond?
The first session of the Partos LNOB Brown Bag series focused on the rise of anti-rights movements globally. Partos, together with Aidsfonds, and Botho Maruantona from Mama Cash and Kerry Cullinan, a journalist, looked into how the anti-rights movement impacts civil society. Read on to find the key insights of the session and more resources.
Democracies under attack – the anti-rights movement & public narrative
The second session of the Brown Bag Session series on Anti-Rights focused on tactics such as disinformation (deliberately spreading misleading or deceptive information) & intimidation used by the anti-rights movement in attacks on democracy and civic space. Partos, together with Aidsfonds, Giovana Fleck from RNW media, Haley McEwen from Gothenburg University, and Inés M. Pousadela from CIVICUS, provided insight into why understanding the tactics of anti-rights groups is essential for all of us working to defend human rights and democratic participation.
Fighting back: cross-context strategies on countering the anti-rights movement
The third session of the Brown Bag sessions took place at the Partos Innovation Impulse led by Aidsfonds, we took on the fight for justice, different experts highlighted effective strategies to counter the anti-rights movement through an intersectional lens. Drawing on research from the Love Alliance across ten African countries, experts Kerry Cullinan, Giovana Fleck, Asia Russel, Mahy Hassaan, Oladipupo Shobowale, Soraya, and Margit van Wessel unpacked how the anti-rights movement operates, and what strategies we can use to counter the opposition.