Conflicts and Negotiations about framings of gender equality and diversity by political actors within the European public sphere

The article addresses conflicts and negotiations about gender equality and diversity within the European Public Sphere (EPS). It aims to explore the specific constraints and possibilities for realizing gender equality and justice from the transnational European context. Research illustrtes that the European Union (EU) approach to gender equality has strngthened the transnational space of mobilization and given actors new possibilities to negotate multiple inequalities and direct their claims at different policy levels. This has at the same time led to a diversification of women's claims and conmflicts about the meanings and framings of gender equality and ethno-national doversity by political actors in the European Women's Lobby and the European Parliament. The article proposes that the multilevel EU policy can be interpreted as a unique case for reframing gender justice in a globalized workd.