ABSTRACT A backlash against gender equality is a core component of the contemporary tilt away from liberal democracy in some contexts. The backlash has been enabled by two developments that can de-institutionalise women’s rights. First, the privatisation associated with neoliberalism, and the austerity imposed by financial crises, have hollowed-out public provision of social services. The loss or erosion of public social protection systems reinforces the demand for unpaid care work, imposing a partial re-privatisation of women in their mothering roles. Second, security and immigration crises have inflamed nationalist right-wing populist movements that make the de-institutionalisationof liberal equality protections – including attacks on women’s rights provisions – a core signifier of anti-establishment credentials. The result is a stagnation at the global level since 2016 in the rate at which the gender gap is closing. Today, the active construction of inequality by gender – and its contestation – are more explicit features of national and global politics than ever before.

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维护性别不平等的政治：去机构化和再私有化

摘要在某些情况下，对性别平等的强烈反对是当代远离自由民主制的核心组成部分。这种抵制是由两个可以使妇女权利制度化的事态发展引起的。首先，与新自由主义有关的私有化，以及金融危机带来的紧缩政策，已经使社会服务的公共提供空洞化了。公共社会保护制度的丧失或侵蚀加剧了对无偿照料工作的需求，迫使妇女在其母性角色中部分重新私有化。其次，安全和移民危机激化了民族主义右翼民粹主义运动，这些运动使自由平等保护的非制度化（包括对妇女权利条款的攻击）成为反建制证书的核心标志。结果是自2016年以来全球性别差距缩小的速度处于停滞状态。如今，由性别积极构筑的不平等现象及其引发的争论是国家和全球政治比以往任何时候都更加明显的特征。