BISA 2026 Conference

Gender and Russia's War Against Ukraine

TH04

4 Jun 2026, 15:00

1h 30m

Panel East Europe and Eurasian Security Working Group

Description

This panel explores a range of gendered issues and actions related to Russia's war against Ukraine, including gendered practices by Ukrainian women refugees, masculinity and Ukrainian men who refuse to fight, embodied protest acts of anti-war resistance by Russian women and gendered discourses of youth militarisation in Russia

Subcontributions

• Gendered practices and discourses of youth militarisation in Putin’s wartime Russia
• The power of the powerless: The body as a site of women’s anti-war protest in Russia
• Gender, Religion, and Social Capital: Experience and Practice among Ukrainian Women Seeking Refuge from Russia’s War
• Refusing to Fight: Masculinity, Responsibility, and Belonging in Wartime Ukraine