Mary Koutselini ^*

• University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Permacrisis implies a permanent crisis in contrary with polycrisis and intracrisis, which point out crises in several fields that are accessible for investigation and repair. Women's equality is a long-standing demand that has be analysed theoretically (Butler 1991) and through research exploring permanent and persistent inequality in all the sections of life (EIGE, 2023; Koutselini & Agathangelou, 2014). This article discusses the permacrisis paradigm of thought and analysis from the gender perspective and research that highlights the effects of the interlocking systems of crisis in the female rights and presence in the society. The interconnected systems of an ongoing crisis, i.e., economic, environmental, political, educational have been intensified through temporary wars and conflicts, climate change, pandemics, and a deep dispute of the international institutions for the protection of human rights along with the helpless and rather incapable political leadership today to face the situation. Under this scene, women's equality is becoming an increasingly distant scenario, which needs new analytical frameworks that lead to meta-crisis, the transcendence of the obstacles and the pessimism of permacrisis. Thus, the main aim of this article is twofold: Firstly, to discuss permacrisis from the gender perspective, and secondly to propose research evidence showing that gender inequality, as an inherent dimension of the permacrisis, needs new theoretical insights for its analysis.