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Annie Wilkinson

Senior Research Analyst

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Annie Wilkinson, Ph.D., researches transnational anti-gender movements, mis- and disinformation and conspiracy theories, and A form of top-down political system that concentrates state power in the hands of a single leader and/or group of close allies. Learn more as a Senior Research Analyst for Political Research Associates.

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Political Research Associates

Why Authoritarianism Needs Gender Stereotypes – and Democracy Needs Gender Justice by Annie Wilkinson

Inform Your Resistance Season 4: Episode 2
In this episode of Inform Your Resistance, Koki reads Koki reads “Gender and Authoritarianism: A Framework for Analysis and Action” by Annie Wilkinson, as part of our ongoing From the Archives series.
Political Research Associates
Koki Mendis
Annie Wilkinson
Podcast
A sign that reads "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own" - Audre Lorde
Religion Dispatches

Why Authoritarianism Needs Gender Stereotypes - and Democracy Needs Gender Justice

This article first appeared in the Winter/Spring 2025 issue of our sibling publication, The Public Eye—a quarterly magazine for analysis and commentary on the US and Global Right. Two weeks before the…
Annie Wilkinson
Article
Public Eye

Gender and Authoritarianism

A Framework for Analysis and Action
Annie Wilkinson provides a framework understanding the rise of anti-gender movements across the globe as part of a wave of autocratization.
Annie Wilkinson
Article
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