“WOMEN IN POLITICS: NEW APPROACHES TO THE POLITICAL” is an educational feminist journal. The mission of the journal is to raise gender awareness among political actors and promote equality of opportunity for women and other marginalized groups in Belarus and beyond. The journal contributes to an anti-oppressive body of teaching materials on women’s, gender, sexuality and anti-violence issues. “Women in Politics” approaches current political issues in Belarus and post-Soviet states from a feminist perspective. The journal offers critical analysis of current events in Belarusian society and the post-Soviet countries. It focuses on why there are problems with women’s participation in political and public life in Belarus. It gives a voice to emerging and young scholars who work with the category of gender in politics and international relations, anthropology, sociology, literary criticism, linguistics, nationalism and cultural studies.

Women in Politics: New Approaches to the Political