Lesson 1.3: Who Drives ‘Anti-Gender’ Politics?
When imagining 'anti-gender' politics, it is easy to picture only populist leaders or powerful churches. But the RESIST Project demonstrates that anti-gender mobilisation is neither uniform nor contained within the far right. It is a flexible, opportunistic coalition that crosses ideological, institutional, and national boundaries. These alliances adapt their framing – children, women’s safety, secularism, parental rights, national heritage – to local political opportunities.
5. EXTRA: Additional Podcast Resources
The Right Kind of Family is a reportage podcast series by Europod and WePod Project that reveals the rise of the Political Network for Values, a global coalition of conservative and far-right organisations that are restricting sexual and reproductive health rights in Europe under the guise of promoting the ‘natural family.’ The series examines how these political entities implement strategies at various levels, institutionalising harmful policies that threaten women’s autonomy, restrict abortion access, attack transgender rights, and marginalise migrants.
The podcast is available in seven languages: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Spanish. Some interesting episodes include those focused on ‘gender ideology’ and the Political Network for Values, a global network for political leaders who claim to defend ‘the values of life, family, and freedom’.
Episode 5: ’The Great Replacement Conspiracy’
When listening, please consider:
- What is the ‘Great Replacement’ theory?
- How do migration and ‘family’ discourses reinforce each other?
Episode 2: ’A Family-Friendly Country’
When listening, please consider:
- How do pronatalist policies advance anti-gender goals?
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How are gender studies and queer visibility defunded or erased?