A new article by CELSI researcher Kristína Gotthardová was published in the Czech Journal of International Relations (CJIR).

Women politicians and journalists worldwide face death threats, smear campaigns, and coordinated abuse. In Slovakia, this has taken on a sharp edge in recent years as well.

A new article by CELSI researcher Kristína Gotthardová, published in the Czech Journal of International Relations (CJIR), examines why and how.

The article, titled "Discredited and Disgraced: Gender-based Violence against Women Politicians and Journalists in Slovakia", focuses on the period following the 2023 parliamentary elections, marked by democratic backsliding and the rise of an anti-gender movement.

🔗 Discredited and Disgraced: Gender-based Violence against Women Politicians and Journalists in Slovakia. (2026). Czech Journal of International Relations. https://doi.org/10.32422/cjir.1970

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