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Latest updates
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Development without women? Gender identity and the global aid sector
With tensions mounting at COP30, will climate and development policies be further reshaped around ‘’gender identities’’? Read more →
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The price of neglect: Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention
Every time a ratification stalls or is withdrawn, it is women and girls who lose legal protection, shelter access and justice… Read more →
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Statement in response to Council of Europe Commissioner’s letter on UK ruling
The Commissioner’s remarks risk undermining women’s rights and judicial independence in the UK. Read more →
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Beneath the surface
Our report on the hidden transformations in European institutions. Read more →
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Time to respond
In the EU and Council of Europe, policies are being rewritten to obscure sex as a legal and material reality. Read more →
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Athena
A European initiative for sex-based rights, democratic values and political courage. Read more →
Athena Forum was founded in response to a growing political, institutional and societal shift across Europe: the erosion of sex-based rights through ideological capture, the suppression of dissent and debate and the striking absence of civil society organisations willing to confront this change.
We bring together legal, medical, and policy experts, alongside academics, feminists, journalists and grassroots advocates — combining skills and expertise to ensure these rights remain visible, coherent, and politically protected, while strengthening democratic accountability across European institutions.
The shift toward gender identity in European institutions has redefined foundational concepts of law, rights and democratic participation — often without clarity, consent or accountability.
We believe it is time to respond. Read more.
Latest publications
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Athena Brief: The European Parliament Resolution on the EU Gender Equality Strategy
The European Parliament’s Resolution on the EU Gender Equality Strategy contains serious legal and conceptual flaws that risk undermining women’s rights… Read more →
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Statement in response to Council of Europe Commissioner’s letter on UK ruling
The Commissioner’s remarks risk undermining women’s rights and judicial independence in the UK. Read more →
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Policy Brief: The EU LGBTIQ+ Strategy
The EU’s new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 places gender identity and self-ID at the centre of EU equality policy. Read more →
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Article [German]: Affirmation at all costs: Parents in Austria break their silence
Read how in Austria an institutional system of affirmation sidelines parents and pushes teenagers toward social, legal, and medical transition. Read more →
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Article [German]: No place left for women
Read how new hate speech and self-ID laws erase the material reality of sex and leave no space for women’s rights. Read more →
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