Editorial - Feminist Movements in Central and Eastern Europe

In recent years, Central Eastern Europe has been witnessing an unprecedented wave of feminist protests.In spring 2016, a group of Ukrainian, Russian and later, Kazakh activists organised a social media based campaign, where they stressed the immutable prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence in contemporary post-Soviet societies.Campaigners used the #ЯнеБоюсьСказать (#IamNotScaredToSpeak) hashtag, which was quickly shared by thousands of women in the above-mentioned countries.The action clearly demonstrates similarities to the North-American and later, global #metoo movement.It is important to note however, that the Eastern European campaign not only preceded the more famous North-American mobilisation, but was also organised by, so called, "ordinary women" unlike its celebrity-focussed counterpart.In the paper entitled "The #яНеБоюсьСказать (#IamNotScaredToSpeak) campaign in the Russian speaking community of Facebook in July 2016: A Critical Discourse Analysis" Anna Sedysheva provides a unique analysis of the character of mobilisation that had started in Ukraine and was overtaken by Russian activists.Attacks on reproductive rights have galvanised public opinion and brought thousands of people into the streets in Poland.An effective platform, countering right-wing and highly patriarchal governments, has started to form around these protests.Recent women's mobilisations are not restricted exclusively to this region, as feminist protests have occurred in other parts of the world as well.Over the past several months, we have witnessed the emergence of the global #metoo movement, women's marches in the USA,

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