Transcalar Activism Contesting the Liberal International Order: The Case of the World Congress of Families
Journal: Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society
Year: 2023

Abstract This article explores transnational anti-gender networking promoting “the natural family.” We focus on the World Congress of Families (WCF) and investigate how it is organized transnationally. We draw on international relations theory on challenges to the liberal international order as well as on theories on transcalar activism. The empirical material includes observations from two conferences and material produced by the WCF itself. We discuss the WCF’s role in relation to political po