Rapid scoping review: anti-rollback actors and strategies
Think tank: Institute of Development Studies
Author(s): Tessa Lewin; Priya Raghavan; Chung-Ah Baek; Samreen Mushtaq
July 8, 2025
This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies reviews queer and feminist organisations and social movements countering roll back in 14 countries.
This rapid scoping review maps out the landscape of rollback politics across four key areas: sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI); sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); gender-based violence (GBV); and women’s public participation and visibility.
We also explore how queer and feminist movements and organisations have worked to counter rollback.
We outline the gaps in our current understanding of counter-rollback dynamics, and stress the importance of supporting a range of counter-rollback strategies to effectively challenge roll back, and progress towards gender and sexual justice and rights.