1. Manufacturing Moral Panic: Weaponizing Children to Undermine Gender Justice and Human Rights
- Author:
- Juliana Martínez, Ángela Duarte, and María Juliana Rojas
- Publication Date:
- 03-2021
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Elevate Children Funders Group
- Abstract:
- This research explores how gender-restrictive groups are using child protection rhetoric to manufacture moral panic and mobilize against human rights, and how this strengthens the illiberal politics currently undermining democracies. The report’s comparative analysis of three country case studies (Bulgaria, Ghana, and Perú) underscores recurring strategies, narratives, and actors and gives insight into how gender-restrictive groups collaborate and engage in coalitional work across the globe. This significant new research includes important findings and recommendations for funders.
- Topic:
- Human Rights, Children, LGBT+, Gender Minorities, and Gender
- Political Geography:
- Bulgaria, Peru, and Ghana