Gendered Protests: Mothers’ Civic Activism and the War in Ukraine
Journal: Laboratorium Russian Review of Social Research
Year: 2019

The dramatic events of the Euromaidan protests, from November 2013 to April 2014, and the consequent armed conflict in the east of Ukraine have led to civil society activation, including women’s activism. I focus on how ideas and expectations about women’s roles as mothers frame mothers’ activism related to war issues and the image of mothers during wartime in general. The structure of the article is as follows: In the first and second sections of the article, I examine the theoretical backgroun