Lidia Kurasinska

<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Lidia Kurasinska is a freelance journalist covering eastern Europe and </span><span style="color: #222222; font

Poland’s abortion rights protesters prepare for revolution

“We’re entering a second stage of the revolution, and everyone’s invited” #12DaysofResistance

By Lidia Kurasinska

/ 2 Jan 2021

Poland’s abortion rights protesters prepare for revolution

‘This is war’: The story behind Poland’s bid to ban abortion today

A new book traces religious and ‘traditional values’ networks in Poland and beyond. Now, amid COVID-19, they’re trying – again – to ban abortion

By Lidia Kurasinska

/ 14 Apr 2020

‘This is war’: The story behind Poland’s bid to ban abortion today

This new political party in Poland wants to ‘re-Christianise’ Europe

Father Rydzyk controls a media empire accused of amplifying homophobic and sexist views. Now, he’s seen as the driving force behind a new party aiming at the European Parliament elections in May

By Lidia Kurasinska

/ 27 Feb 2019

Men in Europe must stop blaming migrants for ‘importing’ gender violence

From Germany to India, these campaigners are battling ‘toxic masculinity’ to engage men in fights for gender equality.

By Lidia Kurasinska

/ 14 Jan 2019

This ultra-conservative institute has infiltrated the Polish state, on a relentless quest to ban abortion

Ordo Iuris is an extreme anti-choice group whose founders were ‘inspired’ by a controversial Catholic fundamentalist network. How has it gained so much political power?

By Lidia Kurasinska

/ 30 Jul 2018